RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/314
G/SCM/W/322
2April 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1178)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYTURKEY1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 27March 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofArgentina.
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1. LawNo.3577 isthelegislation notified ascurrently inforce bytheRepublic ofTurkey
according tonotification G/ADP/N/1/TUR/2-G/SCM/N/1/TUR/2 of1December 1995. There
would appear tobepossible contradictions withthetextoftheWTO Agreements.
Which legislation willTurkey apply inthecaseofcontradiction? Does Turkey plantoenact
newprovisions thatcover thenewrequirements oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement?
2. Article 3ofLawNo.3577establishes thatanti-dumping orcountervailing duties maybeapplied
when imports "...cause material injury orconstitute threat ofmaterial injury toanindustry
orcause themarket impairment orphysical retardation ofanindustry ...".
ThisArticle introduces acategory -namely thatofmarket impairment -notprovided forin
thedefinition ofinjury infootnote 9totheWTO Anti-Dumping Agreement.
3. Article 12ofLaw3577 establishes thatprovisional measures shallbeadopted when "...the
national interest callsforimmediate intervention and/or adoption ofprovisional measures
...". Theconcept ofnational interest isnotoneoftherequirements under Article 7.1ofthe
Anti-Dumping Agreement fortheapplication ofprovisional measures.
Does thisimply thatthereference tothenational interest willallow non-compliance withthe
requirements laiddown intheabove-mentioned Article 7.1?
4. Article 12ofLaw3577 establishes thatprovisional measures may"...beextended fortwo
months bytheMinistry ...". Thisprovision doesnotappear tomeet therequirements of
Article 7.4oftheAgreement forextending suchmeasures.
HowdoesTurkey intend tocomply withtheprovisions oftheAgreement?
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5. Article 2ofDecree 89/14506 establishes therequirements forimposing anti-dumping or
countervailing duties retroactively. TheArticle doesnotrefertotheneedtogiveimporters
theopportunity tocomment before such retroactive application, asisrequired under
Article 10.6(ii) oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement.
WillTurkey comply withthisrequirement?
6. Article 3ofDecree 89/14506 establishes that"...incaseofseveral exporters fromthesame
country andimpossibility ofdetermining allexporters, provisional anddefinitive measures
maybeapplied toalltheimports ofinvestigated products from thatcountry ...".
Where importers sorequest, mayindividual margins becalculated foreachparticular importer?
WillTurkey apply theprovisions ofArticles 9.4and9.5oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement?