RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/123
G/SCM/W/132
23October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3188)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BYTHE
GOVERNMENT OFARGENTINA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 11October 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofChile.
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Ihavethehonour totransmit toyouthequestions posed byChile inconnection withArgentina 's
legislation onanti-dumping andcountervailing duties, which willbereviewed atthesecond special
meeting oftheCommittees onAnti-Dumping Practices andonSubsidies andCountervailing Measures.
Themeeting willbeheldfrom 23to27October 1995.
Questions toArgentina:
(a) When theconstructed costcriterion isused ininvestigations under Article 2.2.2 ofthe
Anti-Dumping Code, whatmethodologies areusedtodetermine theexporter 'smargin ofprofit?
(b) What criteria areusedtointerpret under Article 2.2oftheAnti-Dumping Code theconcept
ofthe"particular market situation" inorder topreclude thedomestic price intheexporting country
asthenormal value?
(c) What aretheprocedures usedinthecaseofanaccelerated investigation inaccordance with
Article 9.4oftheAnti-Dumping Code? Howareappropriate transparency andnotification oftheparties
ensured?
(d) How arethepossible interested parties inaninvestigation defined andwhatarethecriteria
forconsidering themassuchunder Article 6.1oftheAnti-Dumping Code? Areconsumers considered
asoneofthem?
(e) With reference toArticle 5.3oftheAnti-Dumping Code, isalltheinformation provided by
thecomplainant verified before theinvestigation isinitiated? What arethecriteria fordetermining
whether thereissufficient evidence forinitiation? Istheresome definite period between thesubmission
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ofthecomplaint andtheformal initiation ofinvestigation? What isthemethodology usedtomeasure
therepresentativeness ofthecomplaining party inthedomestic industry?
(f) Undertheanti-dumpinglegislationandininvestigations,cantheinvestigatingauthoritycumulate
imports from theorigins investigated?
(g) What isthemethod under yourdomestic legislation tocalculate theamount ofthesubsidy
investigated pursuant toArticle 14oftheAgreement onCountervailing Duties?
(h) How aretheobligations setoutinArticle 8.2oftheAgreement onCountervailing Duties
implemented?
(i) Doesdomestic legislation include theconcept ofmargin ofinjury? Ifso,isitusedtodetermine
anti-dumping duties instead ofthemargin ofdumping?
(j) What istheprocedure inArgentina forapplying anti-dumping duties toimports ofparts and
components ofproducts subject toanti-dumping duties?