RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/152
G/SCM/W/159
23November 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3680)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
NEW ZEALAND1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 26October 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofVenezuela.
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1. Implementation oftheAgreement
NewZealand hasnotified totheCommittee ActNo.158toprovide fortheimposition of
anti-dumping andcountervailing duties. Isitintended tointroduce newinstruments toimplement the
WTO Anti-Dumping andSubsidies Agreements, withalltheirannexes?
2. Official publication oflegislation
Could theGovernment ofNewZealand indicate when itwillbeabletonotify theCommittee
astotheofficial publication ofActNo.158toprovide fortheimposition ofdumping andcountervailing
duties?
3. Effect ofthelegislation
Aslongasthetextofthelegislation hasnotbeenofficially published, please explain what
force theprovisions ofthenotified acthaveandhowtheywillensure fulfilment oftheobligations laid
down intheWTO Agreements.
4. Deminimis rules
Thenotified legislation doesnotinclude specific provisions concerning therejection ofan
application where themargin ofdumping oramount ofsubsidy, asthecasemaybe,isdeminimis .
Intheabsence ofanexpress provision, howwillNewZealand ensure implementation oftheprovisions
ofArticle 5.8oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement and11.9oftheAgreement onSubsidies?
5. Provisional measures
Section 16,Subsection 1(a),ofthenotified legislation establishes thatfortheMinister tobe
abletogiveaprovisional direction hemust have"reasonable cause tobelieve ...that(i)thegoods
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arebeing dumped orsubsidized; and(2)byreasons thereof material injury toanindustry hasbeen
orisbeing caused oristhreatened ...". Does NewZealand consider thatthisprovision isconsistent
withtherequirement laiddown inArticle 7.1(ii) oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement and17.1(ii) ofthe
Agreement onSubsidies, under which itisnecessary tomake apositive preliminary determination
oftheexistence ofdumping orsubsidization andtheensuing injury?
6. Provisional measures. Timeliness ofimposition
IsSection 16,Subsection 2,ofthenotified legislation, whereby theSecretary "...atanytime
...maybynotice giveaprovisional direction thatpayment ofdutyinrespect ofthegoods subject to
investigation shall besecured", consistent with theprovisions ofArticle 7.3ofthe
Anti-Dumping Agreement and17.3oftheAgreement onSubsidies?
7. Provisional measures. Duration
Thenotified legislation doesnotinclude specific provisions withrespect totheduration of
provisional measures. Intheabsence ofaspecific provision forthispurpose, howwillNewZealand
ensure fulfilment oftheprovisions ofArticle 7.4oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement and17.4ofthe
Agreement onSubsidies?
8. Definitive determination
Does New Zealand consider thatthetime-limit of180days established inSection 13,
Subsection 1,ofthenotified legislation issufficient togather thenecessary information tocomplete
theinvestigation andadopt anydefinitive determination?
9. Definitive determination. Formalities
IsSection 14,Subsection 1,concerning "notice" ofanti-dumping orcountervailing duties
consistentwithArticles12.2.2oftheAnti-DumpingAgreementand22.5oftheAgreementonSubsidies,
which laydown therequired contents ofanynotice ofdefinitive decisions?
10. Anti-dumping andcountervailing duties
Subsection 5ofSection 14(anti-dumping andcountervailing duties) ofthenotified legislation
states textually that: "Inexercising thediscretion under Subsection (4)ofthisSection, theMinister
...". Please explain whatthisdiscretion consists of.Isthisprovision consistent withArticles 9.1of
theAnti-Dumping Agreement and19.1oftheAgreement onSubsidies?
11. Periodic review ofduties
Please explain thedifference between Subsection (6)ofSection 14which provides forthe
"reassessment" ofanti-dumping orcountervailing duties andSubsection (8)ofSection 14which provides
forthe"review" ofanti-dumping orcountervailing duties?
12. Undertakings
DoesNewZealand consider thatSubsection (1A)ofSection 15ofthenotified legislation, which
provides that"before accepting anyundertaking given ...theMinister must havereasonable cause
tobelieve ...that(a)thegoods arebeing dumped orsubsidized; and(b)byreason thereof material
injury toanindustry hasbeenorisbeing caused oristhreatened ...",isconsistent withtheprovisionsG/ADP/W/152
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ofArticles 8.2oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement and18.2oftheAgreement onSubsidies, under which
thecompetent authorities must "have made apreliminary affirmative determination" ofdumping or
subsidization andoftheinjury caused bysuchdumping orsubsidization, asthecasemaybe?
13. Judicial review
Thenotified legislation doesnotinclude specific provisions onjudicial review ofdeterminations.
Intheabsence ofaspecific provision, howwillNewZealand ensure consistency ofitspractices with
theprovisions ofArticles 13oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement and23oftheAgreement onSubsidies?
Please describe theprocedure toobtain judicial review ofeachtypeofdetermination, provisional or
definitive.
14. Extension ofduties
Thenotified legislation doesnotinclude specific provisions onthepossibility ofextending
definitive duties thathavebeenestablished, ifitisdetermined thattheelimination ofthedutycould
giverisetothecontinuation oftheinjury andofthedumping orsubsidization. Intheabsence ofexpress
provision, howwillNewZealand ensure thefulfilment ofArticles 11.3oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement
and21.3oftheAgreements onSubsidies?