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WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/157/Suppl.1
G/SCM/W/164/Suppl.1
ORGANIZATION 30November 1995
(95-3862)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYJAPAN1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Supplement
Thefollowing communication, dated 27November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Commission.
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1. General
Question 1
Attheoutset itshould bestated thattheexact meaning ofsome oftheprovisions canbyno
means beestablished withcertainty because thetextcontains brackets andcross-references toother
provisions which arefrequently drafted insuchawaythatitisdifficult todetermine theirexact effect
(Cf.e.g.subparagraph (2)ofArticle 8(2)). Itmight therefore beagood ideaifJapan submitted a
revised translation oftherelevant legaltexts.
Itshould alsobenoted thatthetextofArticle 8oftheCabinet Order relating toAnti-Dumping
Duty wasomitted inthedocuments received.
Question 2
Legal relationship between theCustoms Tariff LawandtheCabinet Order relating toAnti-Dumping
Duty
Could Japan explain thelegalrelationship between theCustoms Tariff LawandtheCabinet
Order relating toAnti-Dumping Duty? What willhappen ifadecision taken under theCabinet Order
appears tobeinconflict withtheCustoms Tariff Law?
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II. Specific provisions oftheJapanese Anti-Dumping Law
Question 3
Subparagraphs (1)and(2)ofArticle 8(2)oftheCustoms Tariff Law
Could themeaning ofsubparagraphs (1)and(2)ofArticle 8(2)oftheCustoms Tariff Law
beexplained?
Itwould appear thattheEnglish version ofthese twoprovisions maynotbeentirely clear.
Article 8(9)oftheCustoms Tariff Law
Question 4
Towhatcircumstances doestheword "etc." ascontained inArticle 8(9)oftheCustoms Tariff
Lawrefer? Howwillitbeensured thattheprovisions contained inArticle 10.4oftheGATT Anti-
Dumping Code arecomplied with?
Article 8(14) oftheCustoms Tariff Law
Question 5
WillJapan notonlycarry outnewcomer reviews onanaccelerated basis, butalsoinitiate them
onthisbasis? Howisitintended tointerpret thewording "within oneyearonanaccelerated basis"?
Does thismean thatnewcomer reviews willalso, likenormal investigations, becarried within one
year?
Article 8(25), (26), (27)oftheCustoms Tariff Law
Question 6
Towhatcircumstances doestheword "etc." ascontained inArticle 8(25), (26)(27)ofthe
Customs Tariff Law, refer? Could Japan describe precisely under whatcircumstances itisenvisaged
toextend the5-year period?
Article 8(32) to(36)oftheCustoms Tariff Lawinconjunction withArticle 19oftheCabinet Order
relating toAnti-Dumping Duty
Question 7
Howisitintended tocalculate thereimbursable amount inarefund proceeding incases where
export prices havetobeconstructed? Willanti-dumping duties already paidbeconsidered asacost
between importation andresale?
Whatismeantbytheterm"othernecessarymatters"ascontainedinArticle8(33)oftheCustoms
Tariff Law?
Could Japan submit theprovisions oftheCustoms Lawreferred toinArticle 8(35) ofthe
Customs Tariff Lawinorder toevaluate iftherelevant provisions areincompliance withthelasttwo
sentences ofArticle 9.3.1 oftheGATT Anti-Dumping Code?G/ADP/W/157/Suppl.1
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Article 2(2)oftheCabinet Order relating toAnti-Dumping Duty
Question 8
Could itbeexplained howitisintended tointerpret theprovision "lowvolume ofthesales
ofthelikeproducts inthesaidsupplying country"? Would itnothavebeenmore appropriate to
reproduce thetextoffootnote 2oftheGATT Anti-Dumping Code?
Article 2(2)oftheCabinet Order relating toAnti-Dumping Duty
Question 9
Could itbeexplained howitisintended tointerpret theconcept of"ordinary course oftrade"
asreferred toinArticle 2(2)oftheCabinet Order relating toAnti-Dumping Duty? Isitintended to
enact provisions similar tothose ofArticle 2.2.1 and2.2.1.1 (including therelevant footnotes) ofthe
GATT Anti-Dumping Code?
Subparagraph 3ofArticle 2(1)oftheCabinet Order relating toAnti-Dumping Duty
Question 10
Could itbeexplained howitisintended tocalculate theconstructed normal value? Isitintended
toenactmoredetailed provisions onthissubject which reflect Article 2.2.2 oftheGATT Anti-Dumping
Code?
Subparagraph (1)ofArticle 5(1)oftheCabinet Order relating toAnti-Dumping Duty
Question 11
Neither theCustoms Tariff LawnortheCabinet Order contain anyprovisions corresponding
toArticle 5.4oftheGATT Anti-Dumping Code. How exactly willstanding bedetermined?
Article 7oftheCabinet Order relating toAnti-Dumping Duty
Question 12
Subparagraph (5)ofArticle 7(1)oftheCabinet Order relating toAnti-Dumping Duty lays
down onlythataperson requesting theinitiation ofanewanti-dumping proceeding hastoprovide
a"(...) summary astothefactofimportation ofthedumped products andthefactofthematerial injury,
etc.totheindustry caused bysuchimportation (...)".
How willJapan ensure thatthestandards applying tothecontents ofacomplaint setoutin
Article 5.2(iii)(iv) oftheGATT Anti-Dumping Code willbecomplied with?
Article 7(6)oftheCabinet Order relating toAnti-Dumping Duty
Question 13
Article 7(6)oftheCabinet Order, which addresses thequestion ofnon-confidential summaries,
doesnot,contrary tothefirstsentence ofArticle 6.5.1 oftheGATT Anti-Dumping Code, laydown
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HowwillJapan ensure thatthestandards setoutinArticle 6.5.1 oftheGATT Anti-Dumping
Code willbecomplied with?
Articles 11,15and16oftheCabinet Order relating toAnti-Dumping Duty
Question 14
How aretheterms "interested parties" and"directly interested parties", ascontained inthe
aforementioned provisions, tobeinterpreted? Dotheyalsocover thegovernment oftheexporting
country? (Cf.Article 6.11oftheGATT Anti-Dumping Code)
Article 12oftheCabinet Order relating toAnti-Dumping Duty
Question 15
HowwillJapan make surethataparty'srefusal toparticipate inahearing withparties having
adverse interests willnotbeprejudicial tothatparty'scase? How willproblems ofconfidentiality
beaddressed insuchmeetings? (Cf.Article 6.2oftheGATT Anti-Dumping Code).
III. Other questions
Confidential treatment ofacomplaint prior totheinitiation oftheproceeding
Question 16
HowhasJapan implemented theprovisions ofArticle 5.5.oftheGATT Anti-Dumping Code?
Simultaneous consideration ofbothdumping andinjury
Question 17
HowhasJapan implemented theprovisions ofArticle 5.7oftheGATT Anti-Dumping Code?
Termination ofproceedings without theimposition ofmeasures incases where there isnodumping,
noinjury, deminimis dumping ornegligible imports
Question 18
HowhasJapan implemented theprovisions ofArticle 5.8oftheGATT Anti-Dumping Code?
Provisions contained inArticles 6.10, 6.13, 12.1aswellasinAnnexes IandIIoftheGATT Anti-
Dumping Code
Question 19
HowdoesJapan intend todealwithquestions covered byArticles 6.10, 6.13and12.1aswell
asthose covered byAnnexes IandIIoftheGATT Anti-Dumping Code?