RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/11
G/SCM/W/20
ORGANIZATION 11July1995
(95-1920)
Original: English Committee onAntidumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYTHE GOVERNMENT OFCHILE OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 5July1995, hasbeen received from thePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Community.
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Please findenclosed questions oftheEuropean Community concerning thedumping legislation
ofChile.
Chile -Notification ofADlegislation pursuant toArticle 18.5oftheAgreement onImplementation
ofArticle VIoftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade (1994 ADCode)
Theabove-mentioned Notification consisted of(emphasis added) "Articles 10and11of
LawNo.18,525,D.O.,30June1986"(Law)and"DecreeNo.575oftheMinistryofFinance,Adopting
regulations under Article 11ofLawNo.18,525 dated 17June1993" (Decree). Chile explains that
theAgreement onImplementation ofArticle VIoftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade and
[...]areapplied withtheforce oflawinChile andthatadraftlawcontaining administrative changes
isbeing prepared. Until thisdraftisapproved, theabove-mentioned legislation willbeapplied inso
farasitisnotinconsistent withthe1994 A-DCode.
1. HowwastheAgreement onImplementation ofArticle VIoftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs
andTrade of1994 transposed intonational Chilean law?
Anylaw,decree orother legislation bywhich thiswasdoneshould bemade available. Ifnot
yetavailable:
2. When willChile comply withitsinternational obligation under Article 18.4ofthe1994 A-
DCode tobring itslegislation intoconformity withthisagreement?
3. The"draft law"containing administrative changes should bemade available inorder topermit
anassessment.
4. Under thecircumstances outlined above, howcanChile assure thatitsanti-dumping practice
willbepredictable, equitable andinconformity withitsinternational obligations?
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5. How, ingeneral terms, doesChile assure thatitslegislation isapplied inconsistency withthe
1994 A-DCode?
6. How, inpractical terms, wasthisrealized inthenational legislation? Anylaw,decree orother
legislation tothatextent should bemade available.