RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/162
G/SCM/W/169
ORGANIZATION 22November 1995
(95-3688)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYTHE GOVERNMENT OFTHAILAND1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 15November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
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Questions onconsistency ofThaiLawwiththeAnti-Dumping Agreement (AA)
andtheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
1. Length oftheinvestigation
Article 5.10oftheAAprovides thatinvestigations "shall, except inspecial circumstances,
beconcluded within oneyear, andinnocasemore than18months, aftertheirinitiation". Article 6.6
oftheThailegislation however, provides thattheCommittee "shall conclude theinvestigation within
oneyearfromthedateoftheinitiation oftheinvestigation. Forcaseswhich areextremely complicated,
theCommittee mayextend theperiod asnecessary".
Q. Does theThailawallow investigations tocontinue longer than18months asprovided forby
theAA?
2. Anti-Circumvention
Although theparticipants oftheUruguay Round considered theinclusion ofrulesandnorms
fortheapplication ofanti-circumvention measures, theAAdoesnotinclude anyauthorization foranti-
circumvention measures. TheThaiLaw, however, authorizes theapplication ofanti-circumvention
measures (Article 12).
Q. Where intheAAdoesThailand findthebasis foritsanti-circumvention provision?
1G/ADP/N/1/THA/2-G/SCM/N/1/THA/2.