RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/JPN/1
G/SCM/Q1/JPN/1
ORGANIZATION 9August 1996
(96-3174)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Replies ofJAPAN1
toquestions posed byAUSTRALIA2
Thefollowingcommunication,dated29July1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofJapan.
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NecessarynotificationsoflawsandregulationsandtheGuidelineareinthecourseofpreparation,
andwillbesubmitted bythenextmeeting oflegislation review.
1. Does Japan intend introducing further regulations regarding some ofthedetail inthe
Anti-Dumping andSubsidies Agreements suchas:deminimis margins; negligible volumes;
lowvolume ofsales; andsales ataloss?
Japan'slawsandregulations donothaveprovisions concerning "deminimis "margin/amount
andnegligible volume ofimport, etc.
Therefore, theprovisions ofArticle 5.8oftheADAgreement andArticle 11.9oftheSCM
Agreement aredirectly applied.
2. WillJapan beintroducing regulations tofulfiltherequirements under Article 14oftheSubsidies
Agreement?
Withregard tothecriteria forCVD amount, theprovisions ofArticle 14oftheSCM Agreement
aredirectly applied.
3. CantheJapanese authorities accept undertakings before there hasbeen anaffirmative
preliminary determination?
1G/ADP/N/1/JPN/2+Corr.1-G/SCM/N/1/JPN/2+Corr.1.
2G/ADP/W/220-G/SCM/W/230.
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G/SCM/Q1/JPN/1
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According toArticle 8.8oftheLaw, theGovernment shallnotaccept suchanundertaking
untilitcanbepresumed thatthere isthefactoftheimportation ofdumped products andthefactof
thematerial injury, etc.Thispresumption corresponds tothepreliminary affirmative determination
asreferred toinArticle 8.2oftheADAgreement.
Therefore, itisconsistent withArticle 8.2oftheAgreement.