RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/222
G/SCM/W/232
ORGANIZATION 1December 1995
(95-3902)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYICELAND1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 28November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofAustralia.
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1. Howdotheprovisions offree-trade agreements affect thewayinwhich Iceland implements
itsanti-dumping andcountervailing legislation?
2. What guidance isprovided toensure thatunder Article 4,thedefinition ofsubsidy andof
countervailable subsidy conform totheSubsidies Agreement?
3. Willtherevised legislation reflect thedetail intheAnti-Dumping Agreement suchasin
Articles 2.2.1, 2.4.1, and9.3.3?
4. WillIceland benotifying Article 8oftheCustoms Lawreferred toinArticles 9and13?
5. Willprovision bemade inthenewlegislation fortheimmediate termination ofinvestigations
where thevolume ofallegedly dumped product isnegligible under Article 5.8oftheAnti-Dumping
Agreement?
6. WillIceland beproviding regulations onthemethods tobeusedtocalculate thebenefit tothe
recipient asrequired under Article 14oftheSubsidies Agreement inorder toimplement Article 18?
7. Under Article 25whattimeperiod isprovided forexporters torespond toquestionnaires?
8. Isanaffirmative preliminary determination required before anundertaking canbeaccepted
under Article 31?
9. Cantheexporter alsorequest thecompletion oftheinvestigation under Article 32?
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10. Thereference to"preliminary examination" inArticle 34seems toimply thatprovisional
measures canbeimposed onthebasis oftheexamination under Article 24,i.e.onthebasis ofthe
prima faciedecision oninitiation. Isthiscorrect? Willtherevised legislation reflect theprovisions
ofArticles 7and17oftheAnti-Dumping andSubsides Agreements, respectively, inparticular the
higher levelofproof required, theminimum period of60daysbefore imposition, andthemaximum
periods formaintenance ofprovisional measures?
11. Willtherevised legislation reflect therequirements oftheAnti-Dumping andSubsidies
Agreements forpublic notice?