RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/390
G/SCM/W/400
ORGANIZATION 24April 1996
(96-1549)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS POSED BY
THE UNITED STATES TOTUNISIA
CONCERNING THE LATTER 'SNOTIFICATION1OFLAWS AND
REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 23April 1996, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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1. TheTunisian lawdoesnotappear toinclude provisions requiring specific levels ofindustry
support asrequired byArticle 5.4oftheA-DAgreement. Howisthisprovision implemented under
Tunisian law?
2. What istheearliest dateafterinitiation ofaninvestigation thatapreliminary dutycanbe
implemented?
3. What provision hasbeenmade forconducting “newshipper reviews ”asrequired under A-D
Article 9.5?
4. What provision hasbeenmade toprovide judicial review asrequired byA-DArticle 13?
5. Theredoesnotappeartobearequirementthatsubsidiesbefoundtobespecificpriortoimposing
countervailing duties. Isthiscorrect?
6. Could youplease explain whatismeant inArticle 18[page 3]where itstates:
Where aninvestigation shows thattheexporter isdirectly orindirectly responsible
forallorpartofthecountervailing duty, anadditional countervailing dutymaybe
fixed inaccordance withArticles 14and15ofthisLaw.
7. What isthetimelimitforcompletion oftheinvestigations?
1G/ADP/N/1/TUN/1-G/SCM/N/1/TUN/1.