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12 February 2020 
(20-1123) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12.1(C) UPON TAKING  
A DECISION TO APPLY OR EXTEND A SAFEGUAR D MEASURE  
UNITED STATES 
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells  (Whether or Not  
Partially or Fully Assembled into Other Products)  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated  12 February 2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.1(c) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards (Safeguards Agreement), the 
United States is supplementing its earlier notification1 regarding the initiation of an investigation to 
review the situation with respect to the safeguard measure on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells 
(whether or not partially or fully assembled into other products) . 
As previously notified, the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) initiated the 
investigation on July 25, 2019 for the purpose of preparing a report to the President and the 
Congress, as required by section 204(a)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (th e Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 
sec. 2254(a)(2)) on its monitoring of developments in the domestic industry following the President 's 
decision to impose a safeguard measure on imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells (whether 
or not partially or fully ass embled into other products). Pursuant to the requirements under 
section  204(a)(2) of the Trade Act, the Commission was due to submit a report on the results of the 
monitoring to the President and the Congress no later than the mid -point of the initial peri od of 
relief - in this case by February 7, 2020. On February 7, 2020, the Commission released its report 
and a non -confidential copy is attached.* The report can also be downloaded from the ITC 's website 
at: https://usitc.gov/commission_publications_library . 
 
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1 G/SG/N/10/USA/7/Suppl.5 (dated 7 August 2019).  
* To consult this document, please contact Ms Richards ( anne.richards@wto.org ) or Ms Naville 
(delphine.naville@wto.org ) of the Rules Division.  