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28April 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1106)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR NOTIFICATIONS UNDER
ARTICLE 25.11 OFTHE AGREEMENT
Note from theChairman
Atthefirstmeeting oftheCommittee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures on
22February 1995, theCommittee requested thatIundertake informal consultations regarding anew
format forsemi-annual reports aswellasminimum information guidelines forreports ofpreliminary
andfinalcountervailing actions under Article 25.11 oftheAgreement. TheCommittee further decided
thattheSecretariat should prepare suggested guidelines, drawing ontheexperience oftheTokyo Round
Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices inADP/122 and124,asabasis forthese consultations.
Iamnowcirculating totheCommittee fordiscussion andcomment suchsuggested guidelines.
Between nowandthefirstregular meeting oftheCommittee, Iwillconsult informally withdelegations
withaviewtodetermining whatchanges arerequired tothose suggested guidelines. Iencourage any
delegation withspecific comments tocontact myself orJesse Kreier attheWTO Secretariat (7395140).
Itismyhope thattheguidelines could befinalized intimeforadoption atthenextregular meeting
oftheCommittee.G/SCM/W/1
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SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR INFORMATION
PROVIDED INTHE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS
1. Theinformation should always make clearwhich country1issubject tothemeasure reported.
2. Inorder tosystematically present datainthesemi-annual reports, thenames ofthecountries
whose imports aresubject toaction shallbeorganized inalphabetical order.
3. Ifanysingle country, e.g.Alpha intheillustrative report intheAnnex, issubject tomore
thanoneinvestigation, thedifferent investigations forthiscountry shallbeorganized inchronological
order.
4. When imports ofanyparticular product frommorethanonecountry areinvestigated, thenames
ofthecountries concerned should beprovided separately, i.e.eachproduct-country combination should
betreated asoneinvestigation. Thisisshown, forexample, fortheproduct category "machine tufted
carpeting" intheillustrative report intheAnnex.
5. Asindicated bythetitlesforcolumns 4,5and6inthesemi-annual report, thedatewhen the
measure istaken should always beprovided.
6. Columns 4,5and6inthesemi-annual reports should contain thedates onwhich measures
entered intoforce rather thanthedates onwhich findings were made.
7. Thetitlesforcolumns 4,5and6alsoindicate thattheamount ofsubsidization, expressed as
apercentage oramount percent, mustbeprovided along withthedates forthemeasures reported in
these columns. When theamount ofsubsidization differs, arange oftheamounts ofsubsidization
could beprovided.
8. Iftherateofdutyimposed islessthantheamount ofsubsidization, thentherateofdutyshould
alsobeprovided along withtheamount ofsubsidization. Ifthelower dutyratecannot beprovided,
thisshould beindicated byafootnote.
9. Fortheinformation incolumn 11,thereporting country should clarify thecoverage ofthe
dataon"Trade volume" thatisprovided, i.e.whether thisdatarefers tothetotaltrade volume ofthe
subject product fromthecountry under investigation, ortototaltrade volume fromthecountry which
isdetermined tobesubsidized, orsome other notion oftrade volume. TheCommittee could reach
anagreement onthesymbols tobeusedforindicating thecoverage ofsuchdata.
10. When noinformation isprovided under columns 11to13,thenthereporting country should
giveareason fornotproviding suchdata. Inthiscontext, newsymbols which could beusedare"CL"
todenote confidentiality and"AR" todenote thatthedataisnotprovided because itmaynotbeavailable
orrelevant inasituation ofareview.
11. Incolumns 11to13,whenever relevant information isavailable itshould beprovided from
thetimewhen provisional measures aretaken, andtheinformation inthesecolumns should beupdated
inorder toprovide themostrecent relevant datapertinent tothelatest decision point covered bythe
report, e.g.provisional measures ordefinitive duties.
1Inthisnote, theterm"country" includes customs territories.G/SCM/W/1
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12. Fortheinformation provided incolumns 11to13,itwould bedesirable toindicate thetime
period forwhich theinformation isprovided.
13. Aninitiation ofacompletely newinvestigation should bedistinguished from thereopening
ofasuspended investigation ortheopening ofaninvestigation inthecontext ofareview ofanexisting
subsidization measure. Thisshould bedonebyusing thesymbol (R)afterthedateofinitiation for
reviews orforreopening ofasuspended investigation.2
14. Forfurther improving thetransparency ofcountervailing investigations, information onall
newcases pending attheendoftheperiod should bereported evenifthere wasnoaction taken during
theperiod forwhich thereport isprovided.
15. Listsofdefinitive duties andundertakings inforce asoftheendofthereporting period should
beprovided along withtheother information inthisreport.
16. Thelistsofdefinitive duties andundertakings inforce should contain measures inforce atthe
endofthereporting period, i.e.measures inforce on30Juneor31December, rather thanmeasures
inforce atthetimeofthesubmission ofthereport totheCommittee.
17. Theinformation onthemeasures inplace attheendofthereporting period should include
thedateonwhich themeasures were putinplace.2
18. Alistofcountervailing measures revised during thereporting period should alsobeprovided.
19. Theauthorities should, asfaraspossible, compare theinformation inasemi-annual report
withthatprovided intheprevious report inorder tocorrect pasterrors andtoavoid anyerrors inthe
latest report.
2Theformat forreview investigations willbediscussed bytheCommittee.Reporting Party: IllustrativeG/SCM/W/1
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ILLUSTRATIVE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OFCOUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS
Fortheperiod 1July-31December 1994
FINAL MEASURES NOFINAL MEASURES
Country
orcustoms
territoryProduct Initiation* Provisional
measuresDefinitive
dutyPrice
under-
takingNo
subsidiza-
tionNo
injuryCase
w/drawnOther Trade
volume
**Subsidized
imports as
%of
domestic
consump-
tion%oftrade
volume
investigated (of
theexporting
country)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Date Date,
amount of
subsidiza-
tion1Date,
amount of
subsidization1Date,
amount of
subsidiza-
tion1Date Date Date Date
Alpha Coated
groundwood
paper1.1.1994 4.5.1994
8-21%8.10.1994
5-18%32,000
M.T.12% 100%
Alpha Machine tufted
carpeting3.2.1994 29.7.1994
4-45%4.10.1994
3-34%14million
square m.37% 75%
Alpha Printcloth 1.4.1994 4.8.1994
12%20.12.1994
Beta Coated
groundwood
paper1.1.1994 4.5.1994
12-18%7.8.1994
12-15%23,000
M.T.8% 85%1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Delta Machine tufted
carpeting3.2.1994 29.7.1994
35-52%20.12.1994
20-42%CL CL CL
Delta Video tapes in
cassettes1.6.1994 (R) 12.12.1994
55%CL CL CL
Delta Barium chloride 7.4.1994 15.11.1994
23%n/a n/a n/a
Gamma Pureandalloy
magnesium4.3.1994 5.7.1994
35%15.12.1994
20%15Mil.Kg. n/a 100%
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*Thesymbol (R)should beusedifaninvestigation isopened inthecontext ofareview ofanexisting countervailing measure, orafteranallegation ofabreach ofanundertaking.
**Trade volume based onstatistical dataforthelatest available calendar yearprior toinitiation (1993 forthedataprovided inthisreport). Thedataontrade volume isprovided for
thetotaltrade volume ofthesubject product from thecountry/customs territory under investigation.
1Percentage oramount perunitifappropriate.
CL=Information notprovided forreasons ofconfidentiality.
n/a=Notavailable.G/SCM/W/1
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OUTSTANDING COUNTERVAILING MEASURES
DEFINITIVE DUTIES INFORCE
(Asof31December 1994)
Country/Customs Territory Product DateofImposition
Alpha Widgets 10.12.1992
Theta Snub-nosed screwdrivers 17.06.1993
UNDERTAKINGS INFORCE
(Asof31December 1994)
Country/Customs Territory Product DateofUndertaking
Gamma Stuffed rabbits 08.06.92
REVOCATION OFCOUNTERVAILING MEASURES
(1July-31December 1994)
Country/Customs Territory Product DateofRevocation
Sigma Oatbran 11.11.94G/SCM/W/1
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ANNEX
SUGGESTED MINIMUM INFORMATION TOBEPROVIDED UNDER
ARTICLE 2:16OFTHE AGREEMENT INTHE REPORTS
ONALL PRELIMINARY ORFINAL COUNTERVAILING ACTIONS
1. Titleofthepublic notice regarding theaction.
2. Dateandplace ofpublication.
3. Investigation (Regulation) number andothernotices relating tothesameinvestigation (e.g.for
initiation, provisional measure).
4. Foreachsubsidy investigated, (a)theform ofsubsidy (e.g., grant, loan, equity infusion),
(b)nature ofsubsidy (export orother) (c)identity ofthegranting authority, (d)thebasis for
thedetermination ofspecificity, and(e)amount ofsubsidization (percentage oramount per
unit,asappropriate).
5. Where countervailing measures areimposed, theproduct (including customs classification),
origin (country/customs territory/firm), rateofdutyandtheeffective dateforeachsource
ofimports.
6. Where anundertaking isinvolved, theproduct, country/customs territory/firm, andeffective
dateoftheundertaking.
7. Theperiod ofinvestigation (subsidization, injury).
8. Dateofthesubsidization determination.
9. Dateoftheinjury determination.
10. Type ofinjury found (material injury, threat, material retardation).
11. Volume andimport penetration ofsubsidized imports.
12. Effect ondomestic prices ofthelikeproduct (whether there wassignificant price
undercutting/price suppression ordepression).
13. Evidenceontheimpactregardingthedomesticindustry(i.e.thefactorsmentionedinArticle6:3
oftheAgreement which werethebasis forthefinding regarding theimpact onthedomestic
industry).
14. Evidence ofcausation ofinjury todomestic industry (thebasis fordetermining thecausation
ofinjury, andother factors which might atthesame timebecausing injury tothedomestic
industry).