RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/151
G/SCM/W/158
ORGANIZATION 23November 1995
(95-3694)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYCANADA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 26October 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofVenezuela.
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1. Notification ofthetextofthelegislation
WhennotifyingthetextsofitslawsandregulationstotheCommittee,theGovernmentofCanada
stated thatthe"integrated text" oftheSpecial Import Measures Acthasnotbeensanctioned bythe
Canadian Department ofJustice andistherefore unofficial. Could theGovernment indicate when it
willnotify theofficial textoftheActtotheCommittee? What consequences doestheunofficial status
oftheActhavewithrespect toitshaving effects?
2. Amount ofduties
InSection 4,subsections 3(a)and(b)oftheSpecial Import Measures Actstatethattheamount
ofanti-dumping orcountervailing duties applicable should beequal tothemargin ofdumping orthe
amount ofsubsidy, respectively, asthecasemaybe.
Cantheamount oftheanti-dumping orcountervailing duty, asthecasemaybe,belessthan
themargin ofdumping established, ifsuchlesser amount issufficient toeliminate theinjury tothe
domestic industry?
How canthisprovision beconsistent with thecontents ofArticles 9.1and9.2ofthe
Anti-Dumping Code and19.2oftheSubsidies Code, under which theamount oftheduties imposed
maybeequal toorlessthantheamount thanthemargin ofdumping orofsubsidy, asthecasemay
be?
1G/ADP/N/1/CAN/2-G/SCM/N/1/CAN/2.