RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/209
G/SCM/W/219
ORGANIZATION 30November 1995
(95-3864)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
ORAL QUESTION POSED ATTHE JOINT SPECIAL MEETING
OFTHE COMMITTEES CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATION OF
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 17November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
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Cross-cumulation
Article 3.3oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement (AA) authorizes under certain conditions a
cumulative assessment oftheeffects ofimports ofaproduct frommore thanonecountry indetermining
material injury when more thanonecountry aresimultaneously subject toanti-dumping investigations.
TheAA,however, doesnotpermit across-cumulation ofimports forsimultaneous A-DandCVD
cases.
Question
Totheextent thattheAAdoesnotpermit cross-cumulation ofimports forsimultaneous A-D
andCVD cases, doestheECagree thatsuchcross-cumulation isinconsistent withtheAA? Ifnot,
where intheAAdoestheECfindsupport forsuchcross-cumulation?
1G/ADP/N/1/EEC/1 andG/SCM/N/1/EEC/1