RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/5
G/SCM/W/13
ORGANIZATION 11July1995
(95-1919)
Original: English Committee onAntidumping Practices
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS
PROVIDED BYTHE GOVERNMENT OFKOREA OFLAWS AND
REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated4July1995,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofAustralia.
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Please findenclosed thewritten questions submitted byAustralia inview ofthelegislation
review tobecarried outinthenextmeetings oftheAnti-Dumping andSubsidies andCountervailing
Measures Committees.
I. Anti-Dumping
1. WillKorea ensure thatanydetermination made through applying "anyutmost information"
assetoutinArticle 10(2) oftheCustoms Actwillbemade onthebasis ofthefactsavailable in
accordance withArticle 6.8oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement, andAnnex IIofthatAgreement?
2. WillKorea ensure thattherequirements oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement under Article 6
(Evidence) andArticle 12(Public Notice andExplanation ofDeterminations) arecomplied with?
3. Canundertakings require exporters toreduce thequantity exported rather thantaking theform
ofeither revising prices orceasing exports totheareainquestion atdumped prices (seeArticle 10(3)
oftheCustoms Act,Article 4-11(2) oftheEnforcement Decree, andArticle 4-7oftheRegulation)?
Howwould these bejustified under Article 8oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement? Inaddition isthere
provision toensure thatprice increases under undertakings willnotbehigher thanisnecessary to
eliminate themargin ofdumping?
4. Article 4-3(2) oftheEnforcement Decree provides onlythattheTrade Commission mayreject
anapplication thatisdeficient. Whyisthisnotmandatory asrequired byArticle 5oftheAnti-Dumping
Agreement?
5. Whyistermination ofaninvestigation notmandatory under Article 4-4(4) oftheEnforcement
Decree when there isadetermination thateither themargin ofdumping isdeminimis orthevolume
ofdumped imports isnegligible, asrequired under Article 5.8oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement?
6. Article 4-9oftheEnforcement Decree refers totheuseof"abaseimport price". What is
thisandhowisitjustified under theAnti-Dumping Agreement?
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7. What legislative provisions doesKorea haveforJudicial Review asrequired under Article 13
oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement?
II. Countervailing Measures
Questions 1,2,4,5and7asked about G/ADP/N/1/KOR/1 regarding procedures thatare
common toboth anti-dumping andcountervailing arealso applicable mutatis mutandis to
G/SCM/N/1/KOR/1.
1. How willKorea ensure consistency withregard tothetreatment ofspecific non-actionable
subsidies which comply withAnnex IIoftheAgriculture Agreement?
2. Thelegislation doesnotdefine theconcept ofspecificity indetail. Inparticular whatismeant
by"specific area" inparagraph 3ofArticle 5(2)oftheOrdinance, i.e.isthisaspecific areaunder
thejurisdiction ofthegranting authority, orsimply anareawithin theterritory oftheMember? On
theother hand, istheintent toensure general consistency withtheSubsidies Agreement onspecificity
through paragraph 4ofArticle 5(2)oftheOrdinance?
3. Paragraph 4ofArticle 5(3)includes thepurchase ofservices, which isnotcovered under
Article 1.1(a)(iii) oftheSubsidies Agreement. HowwillKorea ensure consistency withtheSubsidies
Agreement inthisregard?