RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/238
G/SCM/W/248
ORGANIZATION 5December 1995
(95-3948)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, hasbeenreceived on4December 1995 from thePermanent
Mission ofIndia.
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Question 1
Itmaybeclarified whether anyRegulations, referred toinSection 34oftheActhavebeen
notified andwhether acopyofthesame willbesupplied toMember countries.
Question 2
Itmaybeclarified whether investigations intheterritory ofother Members arepermitted under
theAct,andifso,under which provisions?
Question 3
ItmaybeclarifiedwhetherprovisionsexistintheLawsofTrinidadandTobagoforconsultations
withMember countries asprovided forinArticle 17oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement andArticles 4,
7,8and13oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures.
Question 4
PartIVoftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures describes certain non-
actionable subsidies. Thispartisnotreflected intheLegislation. Itmaybeclarified whether subsidies
described inPartIVoftheAgreement willattract investigations inTrinidad andTobago?
Question 5
Under Article 7.4oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement, theapplication ofprovisional measures
islimited toaperiod notexceeding fourmonths, extendable uptosixmonths upon request bythe
exporters representing asignificant percentage ofthetrade involved. Section 10(4) doesnotreflect
these provisions fully. Itmaybeclarified whether, unless exporters represent otherwise, provisional
measures shallbelimited tofourmonths.
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