RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/315
G/SCM/W/323
ORGANIZATION 2April 1996
(96-1179)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
THE PHILIPPINES1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 27March 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofArgentina.
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1. ActNo.7843, known astheAnti-Dumping Actof1994, isthelegislation notified asbeing
currently inforce bytheRepublic ofthePhilippines inaccordance with notification
G/ADP/N/1/PHL/1-G/SCM/N/1/PHL/1 of6November 1995. Areading oftheActsuggests
possible contradictions withthetextoftheAgreement.
What legislation willthePhilippines apply intheevent ofacontradiction? DothePhilippines
intend toissue newrules which takeintoaccount thenewrequirements oftheAgreement on
Dumping?
Asexamplesofpossiblecontradictionswecouldmentiontheprovisionsconcerningtheinitiation
ofaninvestigation motu proprio ,concerning customs clearance during theinvestigation,
concerningnotificationsandpublications,concerningtheretroactivityoftheanti-dumpingduties,
concerning theparticipation ofother interested parties intheprocedure, concerning thecausal
relationship andconcerning injury factors, thedetermination ofmargins ofdumping, normal
value andtheapplication oftheAgreement onCustoms Valuation forthepurpose ofdetermining
thelatter, provisional measures, thereviews provided forinArticle 11,andappeals tothe
courts against administrative decisions.
2. Wheresubsidiesareconcerned,itispossibletoidentifycontradictionssimilartothosementioned
under theprevious question concerning dumping.
What willbethePhilippine 'sposition withrespect tosuchcontradictions?
1G/ADP/N/1/PHL/1-G/SCM/N/1/PHL/1.