RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/212
G/SCM/W/222
ORGANIZATION 30November 1995
(95-3880)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYTHAILAND1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 21November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofCanada.
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With reference totheNotification ofLaws andRegulations byThailand under Article 18.5
oftheAgreement onImplementation ofArticle VIandArticle 32.6oftheSubsidies andCountervailing
MeasuresAgreementoftheGATT1994,documentG/ADP/N/1/THA/2-G/SCM/N/1/THA/2,submitted
14June1995 totheCommittee onAnti-Dumping Practices andtheCommittee onSubsidies and
Countervailing Measures, Canada would liketoaddress thefollowing items:
1. Inregard tothenotification oftheMinistry ofCommerce B.E.2534, Article 5concerning
Submission andExamination ofComplaints doesnotinclude theinitiation standards provided forin
Article 5.4oftheA-DAgreement. Willtheinvestigating Committee conclude thatacomplaint isnot
substantive, asprovided forinArticle 5.3ofB.E.2534, ifitdoesnotmeetthese support standards?
2. Article 6.2.1(2) ofB.E.2534refers totermination oftheinvestigation inthecaseof"minimal
injury". Isthismeant tobeinterpreted astoconform withthedeminimis provisions ofArticle 5.8
oftheA-DAgreement andthedeminimis andnegligible injury provisions ofArticle 11.9oftheSCM
Agreement?
3. Article 7-Determination ofInjury -B.E.2534 doesnotappear torequire evaluation ofall
relevant economic factors, asprovided forinArticle 3.4oftheA-DAgreement and15.4oftheSCM
Agreement. CanThailand explain howthesefactors willbeconsidered inthecourse ofaninvestigation
without legislative requirement todoso?
4. Section 3.5ofB.E.2534provides ashortdefinition ofsubsidized imports. There donotappear
tobeanyfurther regulations beyond thisdefinition, meaning several essential provisions oftheSCM
Agreement havebeenomitted. Forexample, could Thailand please clarify:
(a) whether inthecaseofacontradiction between itsdefinition ofsubsidy andthatdetailed
inArticle 1oftheSCM Agreement thatthelatter willprevail
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(b) howspecificity istobecalculated, andwhynoneofthedetails ofArticle 2oftheSCM
Agreement areincluded initsregulations
(c) howtheThaiauthorities willbeabletoterminate proceedings involving non-actionable
subsidies asdefined under PartIVoftheSCM Agreement, given thatthere areno
suchprovisions intheThai legislation, noranydefining prohibited oractionable
subsidies asprovided forinPartIIandPartIIIoftheSCM Agreement.
5. Under what circumstances doesThailand foresee extension ofprovisional duties forlonger
thansixmonths, asprovided forinArticle 8.1ofB.E.2534, andhowisthisjustified bytheA-D
Agreement?
6. Inlightofthespecific obligation inArticle 18.1oftheAgreement nottotakeactions against
thedumping ofexports fromanother Member except inaccordance withtheprovisions ofGATT 1994
asinterpreted bytheAgreement, could Thailand indicate thebasisintheAgreements forthedefacto
anti-circumvention provisions inArticle 12?
7. Could Thailand clarify whether industrial users orconsumer organizations willbeallowed to
provide relevant information inaninvestigation, asrequired byArticle 6.12oftheAgreement on
Implementation ofArticle VI?
8. DoesThailand intend toinclude provisions initslegislation toimplement DSBpanel decisions,
andifnot,whatwillbethelegalbasis fortheadoption ofapanel decision?