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ORGANIZATION 11October 1995
(95-3003)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OFCANADA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 29September 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofAustralia.
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Please findenclosed thewritten questions submitted byAustralia inview ofthelegislation
review tobecarried outinthenextmeeting oftheAnti-Dumping andCountervailing Measures
Committees.
1. Under paragraph 2(7.3)(d) (page 17),asubsidy maybefound tobespecific ifit"isnotgenerally
available". How would "isnotgenerally available" bedetermined?
2. Inparagraph 16(2)(b)(page 35),willtheextended period oftimeofArticle 2.2.1 oftheAnti-
Dumping Agreement normally beoneyear?
3. Indetermining whether there isasufficient quantity ofsalesinArticle 19(page 37),willthe
Canadian authorities beapplying the5percentruleinfootnote 2toArticle 2.2oftheAnti-Dumping
Agreement?
4. Sub-section 43(1.01) (page 63)provides forseparate determinations forNAFTA countries.
While non-application oftheAnti-Dumping andSubsidies Agreements tocountries inaFTAcanbe
justified, howdoesCanada justify different treatment? Does thismean thatimports from NAFTA
countries willnotbecumulated withthose fromother countries forthepurposes ofanti-dumping and
countervailing investigations? Ifthatisthecase,then,inassessing causal linkinrespect ofnon-NAFTA
countries, doesCanada ensure thatallimports from NAFTA countries aregiven fullconsideration
asother factors causing injury? Ifanotice inrespect ofaNAFTA country were toberevoked for
whatever reason, whateffect would thathaveonextant notices inrespect ofother countries?
5. Paragraph 49(2)(a)(ii) (page 66)would appear toallow forprice undertakings from the
government oftheexporting country inrespect ofdumped goods. Howwould thisbeconsistent with
theAnti-Dumping andSafeguards Agreements?
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6. Could Canada explain howthereviews provided forinsub-sections 53(1) (pages 70and71)
and76(5) (page 83)willbesufficient tomeettherequirements ofArticles 11.3and21.3oftheAnti-
Dumping andSubsidies Agreements, respectively?
7. Regulation 25.3(1) (page 258)applies thecriteria ofArticle 8.2(b) oftheSubsidies Agreement
nottotheterritory ofaMember butrather totheterritory ofthegranting authority (seefor
example 25.3(1)(c) and25.3(3)(a)). How isthisconsistent withtheSubsidies Agreement?