RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/226
G/SCM/W/236
ORGANIZATION 1December 1995
(95-3906)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee Subsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
ROMANIA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 28November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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Injury
1. Article 3.2oftheA-DAgreement andArticle 15.2oftheSCM Agreement require anevaluation
ofwhether theeffect oftheunfairly traded imports “isotherwise todepress prices toasignificant degree
orprevent price increases, which otherwise would haveoccurred, toasignificant degree. ”Howis
thisrequirement addressed under Romanian law?
2. Article 3.4oftheA-DAgreement andArticle 15.4oftheSCM Agreement require anevaluation
ofcertain relevant economic factors intheexamination oftheimpact ofthedumped imports onthe
domestic industry. There isnorequirement inArticle 4.2oftheRules toevaluate thefollowing factors
enumerated inArticle 3.4oftheA-DAgreement and15.4oftheSCM Agreement: “actual andpotential
decline ...inproductivity"; the“actual andpotential negative effects on...inventories ...wages,
growth, theability toraisecapital orinvestments;" andfortheA-DAgreement, "themagnitude of
themargin ofdumping." How doesRomanian lawimplement these requirements?
3. Article 4.3oftheRules states thatathreat ofinjury onlyexists "where aparticular situation
islikely todevelop intoanactual injury. ”Isthislanguage consistent withArticle 3.7oftheA-D
Agreement andArticle 15.7oftheSCM Agreement which require thatsuchthreat “mustbeclearly
foreseen andimminent ”?
4. Article 4.3(a) oftheRules states thataconsideration ofthreat ofmaterial injury “may”include
anexamination ofa“rateofincrease ofimports ”under investigation. Howdoesthisarticle comply
withArticle 3.7(I) oftheA-DAgreement andArticle 15.7(I) oftheSCM Agreement, which require
theauthority toconsider a“significant rateofincrease ”ofimports?
5. Article 4.3(b) oftheRules states thatathreat analysis “may”takeintoaccount “export capacity
inthecountry oforigin orexport, already inexistence orwhich willbeoperational intheforeseeable
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future, andthelikelihood thattheresulting exports willbedirected toRomania. ”Isthisprovision
consistent withtherequirement toanalyze “sufficient freely disposable, oranimminent, substantial
increase in,capacity oftheexporter ”,contained inArticle 3.7oftheA-DAgreement andArticle 15.7
oftheSCM Agreement? Totheextent thatnewcapacity canbe"foreseen" several years inthefuture,
isthislanguage consistent withtherequirement thatfuture newcapacity be"imminent."
6. HowdoesArticle 4.3oftheRules comply withtherequirement ofArticle 3.7(iii) oftheA-D
AgreementandArticle15.7(iii)oftheSCMAgreement,whichrequiretheauthorityto“considerwhether
imports areentering atprices thatwillhaveasignificant depressing orsuppressing effect ondomestic
prices, andwould likely increase demand forfurther imports ”inthecontext ofitsthreat analysis?
7. HowdoesArticle 4.3oftheRules comply withtherequirement ofArticle 3.7(iv) oftheA-D
Agreement andArticle 15.7(iv) oftheSCM Agreement, which require theauthority toconsider
“inventories oftheproduct being investigated ”inthecontext ofitsthreat analysis?
8. Article 15oftherulesstates that"[w]henever intheseRules special provisions arenotexpressly
mentioned," theGATT andAnti-Dumping Code provisions areapplicable. Does thisprovision have
theeffect ofincorporating theprovisions oftheA-DandSCM Agreements asoperative andequivalent
toRomanian law,where Romanian lawissilent?