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Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices  
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER  
ARTICLES 18.5 AND 32.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS  
TEMPORARY CHANGE TO FILING PROCEDURES  
ARGENTINA  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated 4 January 2 021, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Argentina.  
 
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By means of Secretariat for Industry, the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade Management 
Resolution No. 77/2020 of 8 June 2020 (G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.10 - G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.9), 
a digital channel was temporaril y established to enable interested parties to address concerns, 
queries, and responses to requests in connection with investigations into unfair international trade 
practices.  
 
In view of the fact that this interactive instrument  has allowed for investigations to be successfully 
carried out and has facilitated the  participation of the interested  parties in these investigations 
without overlooking the health situation linked to the COVID -19 pandemic, by means of Secretariat 
for Ind ustry, the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade Management Resolution No.  586/2020  of 
22 December  2020 (O fficial Journal  of 23 December  2020), it was decided to maintain such 
temporary changes for the duration of the health emergency established by Law No.  27.51 and 
extended by Decree No. 260 of 12 March  2020 and the amendments thereto . 
 
 
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SUMMARY : Secretariat for Industry, the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade Management 
Resolution No. 586/2020 (RESOL -2020-586-APN- SIECYGCE#MDP) of 22 December  2020,  
published in the Official Journal o f 23 December  2020, replaces the first paragraph of Article  1 of 
Secretariat for Industry, the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade Management Resolution 
No. 77/2020 , notified in document  G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.10 - G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.9.  
 
FURTHER INFORMATION : Secretariat for Industry, the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade 
Management  Resolution No. 586/2020 is available at: 
https://www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/detalleAviso/primera/239085/20201223 . The text of the 
measure is as follows:  
 
Resolu tion No. 586/2020  
 
RESOL -2020-586-APN-SIECYGCE#MDP  
 
City of Buenos Aires, 22/12/2020  G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.11 • G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.10  
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  HAVING REGARD TO File No. EX-2020-88483052 -APN-DGD#MDP, Law No. 24.425, Decre e 
No. 1.393 of 2 September  2008, Resolu tions No. 293 of 25 September  2008 of the former 
SECRETARIAT FOR INDUSTRY, TRADE AND SMALL AND MEDIUM -SIZED ENTERPRISES of the former 
MINISTRY OF THE ECONOMY AND PRODUCTION , and No. 77 of 8 June 2020 of the SECRETARIAT 
FOR INDUSTRY, THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND FOREIGN TRADE MAN AGEMENT  of the MINISTRY 
OF PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT , and 
 
WHEREAS:  
 
The Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, the 
Ministerial Decisions, Declarations and Understandings, and the Marrakesh Agreement Establish ing 
the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) were approved under Law No.  24.425 ; 
 
Annex  1A of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization contains the 
Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1 994 and 
the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures ; 
 
Decree No.  1.393 of 2  September  2008 laid down the rules and regulations for the effective 
application of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs 
and Trade 1994 and the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and appointed the 
implementing authorities for those rules and regulations ; 
 
Article  1 of Necessity and Urgency Decree No. 260 of 12  March  2020 and the amendments thereto 
extended the public health emergency established under Law No.  27.541, for ONE (1) year from the 
entry into force of the Decree, in view of the pandemic declared by the WORLD HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION (WHO) in relation to coronavirus COVID -19; 
 
In light of the e xisting health emergency in our country and so as not to affect the healthcare services 
provided to the population, it was decided, in view of the coronavirus COVID -19 outbreak, to issue 
Decree No.  297 of 19 March  2020 and the amendments thereto extending the "social, preventive 
and mandatory isolation" measure ; 
 
Decree No.  1.063 of 4  October  2016 approved the implementation of the Remote Procedure 
Management Platform, comprising the "Remote Procedure" module of the Electronic Document 
Management System, as  a means of interaction between citizens and the administration ; 
 
Article  3 of the Decree mentioned in the preambular paragraph above provides that the national 
public sector entities and jurisdictions listed in Article  8 of Law No.  24.156 shall use the electronic 
"Remote Procedure" platform and the "Assistance and Transfer Manager" and "Comprehensive 
Addressee Register" modules of the Electronic Document Management System, in accordance with 
the timetable set by the former MINISTRY OF MODERNIZATION ; 
 
In view of the complexity of the matter, the above -mentioned procedures are still being 
incorporated, by the competent body, into the electronic "Remote Procedure" platform, for 
investigations into unfair trade practices and sunset or changed circumstances re views of existing 
anti-dumping measures handled through Electronic File Management, which is currently under 
development ; 
 
In order to ensure the normal and delay -free functioning of procedures for investigations into alleged 
dumping or subsidization withi n the framework of Article  6 of the Agreement on Implementation of 
Article  VI and Article  12 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, tools must be 
provided to reconcile this need with the healthcare measures that are required in these ex ceptional 
circumstances to prevent infections and the spread of the virus to the detriment of public health ; 
 
Accordingly, Resolution No.  77 of 8 June 2020 of the SECRETARIAT FOR INDUSTRY, THE 
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND FOREIGN TRADE MANAGEMENT  of the  MINISTRY OF PRODUCTION 
DEVELOPMENT  was issued in order to provide an instrument to enable interaction between the 
parties concerned within the framework of the Electronic Document Management System ; in this 
way, concerns, enquiries and replies to requests  that cannot, according to reasonability parameters 
or other criteria, be deferred,  may be transmitted through the website www.argentina.gob.ar  and/or 
by email ; 
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  This instrument has proven to be useful to citizens, has made it possible  to continue with the 
investigation process and has facilitated the participation of the parties in the investigations , while 
not overl ooking  the current health situation, and therefore it has been deemed appropriate to extend 
the measure for the duration of the COVID -19 pandemic ; 
 
The relevant entities have taken action ; 
 
The Directorate -General of Legal Affairs of the MINISTRY OF PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT has taken 
the appropriate action within its sphere of competence ; 
 
The present Resolution is issued under the powers conferred by Decree No.  1.393/08 ; 
 
Accordingly,  
 
THE SECRETARY FOR INDUS TRY, THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND FOREIGN TRADE MANAGEMENT 
HEREBY DECIDES AS FOLLOWS:  
 
ARTICLE 1 .- The first paragraph of Article 1 of Resolution No.  77 of 8  June 2020 of the SECRETARIAT 
FOR INDUSTRY, THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND FOREIGN TRADE MANAGEMENT of the MINISTRY 
OF PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT  shall be replaced by the following:  
 
Interested parties shall, for the duration of the health emergency established by  Law No. 27.541 
and extended by Decree No.  260 of 12 March  2020 and amendments thereto, in connection with 
coronavirus COVID -19, make their submissions and respond to requests in connection with 
investigations into alleged dumping or subsidization, by submitting notes and documentation in 
digital form through the official website at https://www.argentina.gob.ar/produccion/mesa -
entradas -aspo/formulario -tramites  and/or by email to mgedesarrolloproductivo@gmail.com , which 
is the address for the Office of Incoming Communications of the Document Management Directorate 
of the SECRETARIAT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT of the MINISTRY OF PRODUCTION 
DEVELOPMENT, for matters pertaining to the UNDER -SECRETARIAT FOR TRADE POLICY AND 
MANAGEMENT of the SECRETARIAT FOR INDUSTRY, THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND FOREIGN 
TRADE MANAGEMENT of th e MINISTRY OF PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT . Interested parties shall 
obtain, as proof of the initiation of the procedure, an electronic file number in the Electronic 
Document Management System, so as to ensure subsequent follow -up. 
 
ARTICLE 2.- This Resolution sha ll enter into force  as from its publication in the Official Journal.  
 
ARTICLE 3.- This Decree shall be proclaimed, published, transmitted to the NATIONAL DIRECTORATE 
OF OFFICIAL RECORDS  and filed.  
 
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