RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/PER/6
G/SCM/Q1/PER/6
ORGANIZATION 23April 1998
(98-1646)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from Venezuela toPeru1
Thefollowing communication, dated 14April 1998, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofVenezuela.
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1. Determination ofthenormal value inparticular market situations
Could Peruclarify whatthespecial factors, referred toinArticle 5ofitslegislation, arewhich
donotpermit aproper comparison ofprices?
2. Initiation oftheinvestigation
Degree ofsupport oropposition
Could Peruindicate atwhatmoment andinwhatwaythecompetent authority verifies thedegree
ofsupport fororopposition totheapplication foraninvestigation submitted bythedomestic industry?
Questionnaires fortheinitiation ofinvestigations
Article 18ofthePeruvian legislation provides thattheapplication shallcontain theinformation
requested inthequestionnaires. Could Peruexplain towhatthese questionnaires connected withthe
application foraninvestigation refer?
3. Calculating oftime-limits
CanPeruclarify whether thetime-limits provided forthroughout itslegislation arecalculated
inmarket daysorincontinuous days?
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4. Exofficio investigations
Could Peruindicate inwhatcircumstances aninvestigation would beinitiated without awritten
application being made bythedomestic industry?
5. Hearings
Could Peruindicate atwhatstage intheinvestigation theauthority could holdthehearings
oftheinterested parties, asprovided forinArticle 31?
6. Form andamount oftheprovisional measures
Could Peruexplain howtheformandamount oftheprovisional measures would beestablished
inaccordance withtheprovisions oftheCode ofCivil Procedure, assetforth inArticle 33ofthe
Peruvian legislation?
7. Commitments
Could Peruindicate ifthecommitments referred toinArticle 34etseq.ofitslegislation would
beaccepted onlywhen there hasbeenapositive preliminary determination?
8. Applications andappeals
Could Peruclarify thedifference between theapplications forreconsideration andappeals,
provided forinArticle 49ofitslegislation?
9. Notification tothegovernment oftheexporting member
Could Peruindicate whether, afterhaving received adulydocumented application andbefore
initiating theinvestigation, itwillnotify thesituation inquestion tothegovernment oftheexporting
member?
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