RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/104
G/SCM/W/113
ORGANIZATION 13October 1995
(95-3045)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OFINDIA1OFLAWS AND
REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 3October 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofCanada.
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With reference totheNotifications ofLaws andRegulations byIndia under Article 18.5of
theAgreement onImplementation ofArticle VIandArticle 32.6oftheSubsidies andCountervailing
Measures Agreement oftheGATT 1994, documents G/ADP/N/1/IND/2-G/SCM/N/1/IND/2, dated
22June1995 totheCommittee onAnti-dumping Practices andtheCommittee onSubsidies and
Countervailing Measures, Canada would liketoaddress thefollowing items:
PartIISection 1
1. WhohastheGovernment ofIndiaauthorized tocarry outtheinvestigation? Arethereseparate
authorities required tocalculate thelevel ofdutyandtoassess injury? More precisely, whatisthe
roleoftheDepartments ofJustice, Finance andRevenue?
Article 2(9A)(3) -Retroactivity
1. Before levying ananti-dumping dutyretrospectively, willtheIndian Government provide an
opportunity toimporters tocomment asrequired under Article 10.6(ii)oftheAnti-dumping Agreement?
Article 2(b)-Definition -Domestic industry
1. How are"related parties" defined?
PartIISections 2&3
Articles 5(AD) and6(SCV) -Initiation ofinvestigation
1. Could theGovernment ofIndia please clarify ifaninvestigation canbeself-initiated? Does
theIndian Government intend toself-initiate onlyunder special circumstances? Ifso,under whatspecial
circumstances pursuant toArticles 11.6oftheSCM Agreement andArticle 5.6oftheADAgreement?
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2. While countervailing duties maynotbeassessed against subsidies notified under Article 8of
theSCM Agreement, arethereanyprovisions thatexpressly prohibit theinitiation ofaninvestigation
intosuchsubsidies?
Article 11-Nature ofsubsidy
1. Article 11excludes products covered intheAgriculture Agreement from thedefinition of
subsidy. Does theGovernment ofIndia intend thatexport subsidies subject toreduction under the
Agriculture Agreement notbecountervailable?
2. Does theGovernment intend thatsubsidies conferred onalimited number ofpersons, but
generally available within thejurisdiction ofthegranting authority, tobecountervailable?
3. Arethere conditions other thanthose specified inArticle 11.(1)(c) inwhich asubsidy may
befound tobespecific, andtherefore countervailable, suchasthose setoutinArticles 2.1(b)and
(c)oftheSCM Agreement?
4. Isfundamental research conducted byhigher education orresearch establishments exempt from
countervail?
Article 12-Conferment ofbenefit
1. WilltheGovernment ofIndia beissuing regulations onthecalculation ofasubsidy, additional
tothose provided forinArticle 12?
Article 15-Levy ofprovisional duty
1. HowdoestheGovernment ofIndia intend toimplement itsobligations under Article 17.1(c)
oftheSCM Agreement, requiring thatprovisional measures onlybeapplied toprevent injury being
caused during theinvestigation?
Article 21-Imposition ofdutyonnon-discriminatory basis
1. How doestheGovernment ofIndia intend totreatexporters whose exports aresubject toa
definitive countervailing dutybutwhowerenotactually investigated forreasons other thanarefusal
toco-operate?