RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/333
G/SCM/W/341
ORGANIZATION 12April 1996
(96-1320)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYBOLIVIA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated3April1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofAustralia.
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Questions from Australia
1. WillBolivia berevising itsspecific legislation inorder tobring itintoconformity withthe
Anti-Dumping andSubsidies Agreements?
2. What ismeant inArticles 8and19oftheDecree (pages 4and5,respectively) bythe
Committee andtheMECE taking intoaccount theprovisions ofLAIA andthedecisions of
theAndean Group? Willthese benotified totheCommittees where theyaffect other
Members? What happens ifthere isaninconsistency between suchprovisions andthe
WTO Agreement?
3. Could Bolivia explain thebasis fortheemergency measures provided forinArticles 30
and31oftheDecree (pages 6and7,respectively) andArticles 45and46oftheDecision
(page 26). Since Article 45oftheDecree applies onlytocases where imports aredeemed
tobesubsidized, doesthismean thatsuchmeasures donotapply toanti-dumping cases?
4. Isitassumed thatsubsidies onrawmaterials andinputs willbepassed though completely
forthepurpose ofcalculating asubsidy under Articles 10and11oftheDecree (page 4)?
Could Bolivia please explain howthesecond sentence ofArticle 10oftheDecree would
operate?
5. Article 2oftheDecision (onpage10)defines "domestic industry" tobeamajor
proportion ofdomestic production (with theusual exclusions) and"major proportion of
domestic industry" tobeatleast25percentofthedomestic industry itself interms ofthe
volume ofproduction. Isthere aminimum proportion ofdomestic production forthe
determination ofinjury?
6. WilltheBolivian investigating authorities berequired under domestic lawtocomply with
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thetimeframes setoutintheAnti-Dumping andSubsidies Agreements where they
conflict withthose inthespecific legislation, e.g.Articles 11and12oftheDecision
(page 14)?
7. What isthebasis fordefining "massive imports" through a15percentincrease (Article 2,
page9,oftheDecision)? Whowould decide when thisfigure should bevaried? Would
retroactive anti-dumping duties onlybecollected fortheperiod following initiation ofthe
investigation (Article 2,page9,oftheDecision)?