RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SG/W/36
18October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3147)
Original: French Committee onSafeguards
REPLIES FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES CONCERNING QUESTIONS
POSED BYAUSTRALIA1CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATION OF
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES LAWS AND REGULATIONS2
Thefollowing communication, dated 3October 1995, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Communities.
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1. Aresafeguard measures based onananalysis offactors setoutinArticle 10.1(a) of
Regulation (EC) 3285/94?
Article 5.1ofRegulation (EC) No.3285/94 stipulates that,without prejudice toArticle 8,
aCommunity investigation procedure shallbeimplemented before anysafeguard measure isapplied.
Paragraph 2ofthesameArticle states that,using asabasisthefactors described inArticle 10,
theinvestigation shallseektodetermine whether imports oftheproduct inquestion arecausing or
threatening tocause serious injury toCommunity producers.
Itfollows fromthisprovision thatsafeguard measures under Article 2.1oftheAgreement on
Safeguards arebased onananalysis oftheeconomic factors indicated inArticle 10.1(a) of
Regulation (EC) No.3285/94.
Astoprovisional safeguard measures, Article 8ofRegulation (EC)No.3285/94 reflects the
provisions ofArticle 6oftheAgreement onSafeguards. ThislatterArticle, doesnotmention thefactors
onwhich apreliminary determination ofclear evidence thatincreased imports havecaused orare
threatening tocause serious injury should bebased.
However, theCommunity 'spractice issuchthatprovisional measures are,generally speaking,
adopted when there isclearevidence ofthefactors indicated inArticle 10.1(a), provided byMember
States inconformity withArticle 2ofRegulation (EC) No.3285/94.
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2. What constitutes a"region" under Regulation (EC) No.3285/94?
Inthecontext ofRegulation (EC) No.3285/94, theterm"region" isusedinthelightofthe
findings oftheexamination oftheconditions laiddown fortheadoption ofmeasures under Articles 11
and16and,more particularly, thefindings oftheexamination concerning theplace atwhich these
conditions arefound.
Theterm"region" means: anygeographical entity which doesnotcomprise theCommunity
asawhole, inother words, partofaMember State, amember Stateormore thanoneMember State.
When theconditions fortheadoption ofsafeguard measures aremetinoneormore regions
oftheCommunity, suchmeasures maybeapplied inconformity withfootnote 1ofArticle 2ofthe
Agreement onSafeguards, if,ofcourse, suchmeasures canprevent orrepair theserious injury in
question.
3. Concept ofpublic policy.
Thenotion of"public policy", mentioned inArticle 24.2(a)(i) ofRegulation (EC)
No.3285/94, indicates theinternal aspect ofState security. Article 24isnotdirectly connected
withtheimplementation oftheAgreement onSafeguards. Itshould beviewed inthelight of
themeasures which, under Article 11.1(c) oftheAgreement onSafeguards, Members oftheWTO
cantakeormaintain pursuant toprovisions ofGATT 94other thanArticle XIX.
Measures concerning public policy aremeasures thatMembers oftheWTO canmaintain
ortakeinconformity withArticles XXandXXIofGATT 94.