RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/278
G/SCM/W/288
ORGANIZATION 7February 1996
(96-0457)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
REPLIES TOQUESTIONS POSED BYTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES1
CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND
REGULATIONS OFBRAZIL2
Thefollowing communication, dated 23January 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofBrazil.
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Countervailing Duty Legislation ofBrazil
Q. Withregard toBrazil 'scountervailing legislation, which dates from14.9.1994 andwhich refers
atmany instances totheTokyo Round Codes, theCommunity would liketoknow howBrazil
canensure fullcompliance withallitsobligations under theWTO Agreement onSubsidies and
Countervailing Measures.
A. TheabidanceofBrazilwithitsobligationsundertheAgreementonSubsidiesandCountervailing
Measures isguaranteed bytheincorporation oftheWTO Agreements totheBrazilian legislation, by
means ofDecree No.1355, dated 30December 1994, which promulgated Legislative Decree No.30,
dated 15December 1994, which approved theAgreements. Decree No.1751/95, which regulates
theprocedures fortheapplication ofcountervailing measures, hasalready beenpublished, andisbeing
presently translated fornotification purposes.
Inwhatconcerns Provisional Measure 926/95, ithasbeenrepublished asLawNo.9019, dated
30March 1995, without anymodification toitscontent. ThisLawestablished thejuridical nature
oftheanti-dumping duties andofthecountervailing measures, eliminating linkswiththeimport tax,
anddefined theauthorities thatarecompetent toconduct anti-dumping andsubsidies investigations,
aswellasfortheapplication ofmeasures andreceipt ofduties. LawNo.9019/95 makes reference
totheTokyo Round codes, using theDecrees which incorporated them totheBrazilian legislation,
withtheobjective ofdefining thenature ofthemeasures (duties ortaxes) andthecompetent authorities.
Itshould bestressed thattheTokyo Round codes, which werenotified totherespective committees,
willremain inforce during thetransition period, andwillbeapplied onlytoactions relative to
countervailing measures (investigations orrevisions) initiated before 31December 1994.
1G/ADP/W/90-G/SCM/W/99
2G/ADP/N/1/BRA/1-G/SCM/N/1/BRA/1