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WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/UGA/1
G/SCM/Q1/UGA/1
ORGANIZATION 14April 1997
(97-1573)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from theUNITED STATES
toUGANDA1
Thefollowingcommunication,dated9April1997,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
oftheUnited States.
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1. IstheCOMESA Treaty (Treaty) nowthesolelegalauthority bywhich Uganda canimpose
antidumping orcountervailing duties?
2. Wasalldomestic legislation relating totheimposition ofantidumping andcountervailing duties
suspended in1993? (Ifnot,thenallquestions below relating totheTreaty pertain alsotodomestic
legislation stillinforce.)
3. Articles 51-54 oftheCOMESA Treaty apply to"Member States". Presumably thatrefers
toMembers ofCOMESA, nottoMembers oftheWTO. Aretheterms oftheCustoms (Dumping
andSubsidies) Actof1970 identical tothose oftheCOMESA Treaty provisions onantidumping?
4. DidUganda submit acopyofitsCustoms (Dumping andSubsidies) Actof1970 separately?
(Itwasnotappended totheNotification, asindicated.)
5. What isthe"Council" referred toinArticle 51.6oftheTreaty?
6. HastheCouncil promulgated theantidumping andcountervailing dutyregulations referred
toinArticle 51.6andArticle 52.4?
7. Uganda ’sNotification issilent onmany ofthespecific requirements contained intheWTO
Agreements onAntidumping andSubsidies andCountervailing Measures. Isitcorrect toassume that
wherever theNotification issilent onanissuecovered bytheAgreements, theAgreements willprevail?
What legalmechanisms within Uganda willinsure suchconformity?
8. Article 5oftheADAgreement andArticle 11oftheSCM Agreement setouttheconditions
thatmustbemetinorder toinitiate aninvestigation, including thatthepetition mustbefiledonbehalf
ofthe"domestic industry". Please indicate whether theTreaty satisfies these conditions.
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9. Article 54oftheCOMESA Treaty states that“Members States shallcooperate inthedetection
andinvestigation ofdumping andsubsidy practices. ”Howdoesthisprovision operate inpractice?
DoMember States promulgate identical regulations fortheadministration ofinvestigations? Dothey
share common procedures forjudicial review, aswell?
10. TheTreaty doesnotappear torequire thattheinvestigation beterminated ifthemargin of
dumping oramount ofsubsidization isdeminimis ,orthevolume ofsubject imports ortheinjury caused
bythem isnegligible, asrequired byArticle 5.8oftheADAgreement andArticle 11.9oftheSCM
Agreement. HasUganda implemented thisrequirement?
11. Where doestheTreaty implement therequirement ofArticle 5.10oftheADAgreement and
Article 11.11 oftheSCM Agreement, which provide thatabsent special circumstances investigations
shallbecompleted within oneyear, andinnocasemore thaneighteen months, aftertheirinitiation?
12. Where doestheTreaty provide thatinterested parties havetherighttopresent evidence and
review evidence provided byother interested parties, asrequired byArticle 6oftheADAgreement
andArticle 12oftheSCM Agreement?
13. TheTreaty doesnotappear toimplement therequirement ofArticle 6.9oftheADAgreement
andArticle 12.8oftheSCM Agreement thattheauthorities shallinform interested parties of"the
essential factsunder consideration" before afinaldetermination ismade. HasUganda addressed this
requirement?
14. Please indicate whether theTreaty implements thepublic notice andexplanation requirements
ofArticle 12oftheADAgreement andArticle 22oftheSCM Agreement.
15. DoestheTreatyrequireanaffirmativeinjurydeterminationpriortotheimpositionofantidumping
andcountervailing duties against countries thatarenotmembers ofCOMESA?
16. HowdoestheTreaty implement Article 3oftheADAgreement andArticle 15oftheSCM
Agreement, which require theinvestigating authority toconsider thevolume ofthesubject imports,
thepriceeffects oftheimports onthedomestic market forthelikeproduct, andtheimpact ofthesubject
imports onproducers ofthedomestic likeproduct?
17. DoestheTreaty require theinvestigating authority toexamine alltherelevant economic factors
listed inArticle 3.4oftheADAgreement andArticle 15.4oftheSCM Agreement (such assales,
profit, market share, capacity utilization, themagnitude ofthedumping margin, etc.)when examining
theimpact ofthesubject imports onthedomestic industry?
18. How doestheTreaty define thedomestic likeproduct andthedomestic industry?
19. TheTreaty doesnotaddress whether orunder whatcircumstances theinvestigating authority
maycumulatively assess theeffects ofsubject imports fromdifferent countries onthedomestic industry.
Please indicate whether Uganda lawcontemplates cumulation, andifso,under whatcircumstances.
20. Please explain whether theTreaty permits theapplication ofprovisional measures. Ifso,please
explain whether theTreaty comports withArticle 7oftheADAgreement andArticle 17oftheSCM
Agreement, which provide thatprovisional measures maybeapplied onlyif(1)public notice andan
opportunity tocomment aregiven tointerested parties, (2)there arepreliminary affirmative
determinations ofdumping andinjury, and(3)there isadetermination thatprovisional measures are
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21. Paragraph 2(b)(ii) ofArticle 51oftheCOMESA Treaty states that,intheabsence ofcomparable
domestic prices, normal value maybecompared tothe“highest comparable price forthelikeproduct
forexport toanythird country. ”Issuchcomparison made onatransaction-by-transaction basis?
Does theCustoms Actof1970provide foraweighted average comparison ofprices, ascontemplated
inArticle 2.4.2 oftheAntidumping Agreement?
22. Article 52oftheCOMESA Treaty defines objectionable subsidy practices as"anysubsidy
granted byaMember Stateorthrough stateresources inanyformwhatsoever". Howdoesthisdefinition
comport withtheWTO definition ofsubsidies inArticle 1oftheAgreement onSubsidies and
Countervailing Measures? HowdoesArticle 52comport withtheWTO specificity requirements (for
prohibited oractionable subsidy practices)?
23. OnwhatprovisionintheSCMAgreementisArticle52'sstandardforactionability-"anysubsidy
...inanyform whatsoever which distorts orthreatens todistort competition" -based?
24. Does Uganda provide forconsultations, asrequired inArticles 7,9and11oftheAgreement
onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures?
25. Does Uganda provide forundertakings, ascontemplated inArticle 18oftheAgreement on
Subsidies andCountervailing Measures?
26. Does paragraph 2(1)oftheCustoms (Dumping andSubsidies: Rates) Actof1964 operate
inaccordance withtheprovisions oftheWTO Agreements? OrdoesthePresident haveopenauthority
todetermine applicable antidumping andcountervailing dutyrates?
27. Does theTreaty implement Article 11oftheADAgreement andArticle 21oftheSCM
Agreement, which provide thatantidumping orcountervailing duties mustexpire afterfiveyears unless
thereisafinding thattheexpiry ofadutywould likely leadtoacontinuation orrecurrence ofdumping
orsubsidization, andinjury?
28. Does theTreaty implement Article 13oftheADAgreement andArticle 23oftheSCM
Agreement, which require thatWTO members maintain judicial, arbitral, oradministrative tribunals
orproceduresforthepromptreviewofadministrativeactionsrelatingtofinaldeterminationsandreviews
ofdeterminations?