RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/224
G/SCM/W/234
ORGANIZATION 1December 1995
(95-3904)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYCOLOMBIA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 28November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofAustralia.
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1. Article 1excludes imports frommembers oftheCartagena Agreement fromthescope ofthe
Decree. Arethese countries totally exempt fromanti-dumping andcountervailing dutyaction, orare
theydealtwithunder separate legislation?
2. What provision ismade todealwithexchange rateconversions inaccordance withArticle 2.4.1
oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement?
3. Thethirdparagraph ofArticle 10would appear toallow acomparison ofthenormal value
established onaweighted average basis toprices ofindividual export transactions when there isany
variation inthenormal value andexport price during theperiod ofreview. Would thisonlybedone
under theconditions setoutinArticle 2.4.2 oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement?
4. Indefining asubsidy, Article 11refers to"bounty, aid,premium, stimulus orincentive".
How arethese defined anddotheyrequire afinancial contribution bygovernment?
5. How willINCOMEX determine under theDecree whether asubsidy isnotcountervailable
(because itisnotspecific, fulfils thecriteria ofArticle 8.2oftheSubsidies Agreement orconforms
fullywiththeprovisions ofAnnex 2oftheAgriculture Agreement)?
6. Howwould theamount insubparagraph 1ofthesecond paragraph ofArticle 12beestablished?
WillColombia beproviding implementing regulations onthemethods tobeusedtocalculate thebenefit
totherecipient asrequired under Article 14oftheSubsidies Agreement?
7. Isthere explicit provision inthelegislation forimmediate termination during aninvestigation
where themargin ofdumping ortheamount ofcountervailable subsidization isdeminimis ,orthevolume
ofdumped/subsidized imports arenegligible?
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8. Under paragraph 2ofArticle 13willINCOMEX alsoconsider themagnitude ofthemargin
ofdumping?
9. What requirement isthere forINCOMEX toconsider known factors other thanthedumped
orsubsidized imports thatareinjuring thedomestic industry?
10. What ismeant inthesecond paragraph ofArticle 19bytheamount ofduties "may ...be
expressed ...inaccordance withabaseprice"?