RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/124
G/SCM/W/133
23October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3189)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BYTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 11October 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofChile.
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Ihave thehonour totransmit thequestions from Chile concerning theanti-dumping and
countervailing measures legislation oftheEuropean Communities, which willbereviewed atthesecond
special meeting oftheCommittees onAnti-Dumping Practices andonSubsidies andCountervailing
Measures. Themeeting willbeheldfrom 23to27October 1995.
1G/ADP/N/1/EEC/1 andG/SCM/N/1/EEC/1.
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G/SCM/W/133
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Question totheEuropean Community:
(a) When theconstructed costcriterion isusedininvestigations under Article 2.2.2 oftheAnti-
Dumping Code, whatmethodologies areusedtodetermine theexporter 'smargin ofprofit?
(b) What criteria areusedtointerpret under Article 2.2oftheAnti-Dumping Code theconcept
of"particular market situation" inorder todisregard thedomestic market priceintheexporting 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 themassuchinaccordance withArticle 6.1oftheAnti-Dumping Code? Areconsumers
considered asoneofthem?
(e) With reference toArticle 5.3oftheAnti-Dumping Code, isalltheevidence provided bythe
complainant verified before initiating aninvestigation? What arethecriteria fordetermining whether
thereissufficient evidence forinitiation? Isthere some definite period between thesubmission ofthe
complaint andtheformal initiation oftheinvestigation? What isthemethodology usedtomeasure
therepresentativeness ofthecomplainant inthedomestic industry?
(f) Undertheanti-dumpinglegislationandininvestigations,cantheinvestigatingauthoritycumulate
imports from theorigins investigated?
(g) What isthemethod under yourdomestic legislation tocalculate theamount ofthesubsidy
investigated pursuant toArticle 14oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures?
(h) How aretheobligations ofArticle 8.2oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing
Measures implemented?
(i) Doesdomestic legislation include theconcept ofmargin ofinjury? Ifso,isitusedtodetermine
anti-dumping duties instead ofthemargin ofdumping?