RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/371
G/SCM/W/381
23April 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1522)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS POSED BYVENEZUELA CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATION
PROVIDED BYBARBADOS1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 16April 1996, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofVenezuela.
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Questions Posed byVenezuela Concerning theAnti-Dumping and
Countervailing Measures Legislation ofBarbados
VenezuelahasthefollowingquestionsconcerningtheAnti-DumpingandCountervailingMeasures
Legislation notified byBarbados indocuments G/ADP/N/1/BRB/1 andG/SCM/N/1/BRB/1 dated
30October 1995.
1. GENERAL
(a) Could thedelegation ofBarbados saywhether theMarrakesh Agreement anditsassociated
Agreements, including theAnti-Dumping Agreement (A-D Agreement) andtheAgreement
onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures (SCM Agreement), form partofthedomestic
legislation ofBarbados?
(b) What isthestatus oftheWTO 'sA-DandSCM Agreements within thedomestic legislation
ofBarbados and,inparticular, inrelation totheA-D andSCM legislation previously
promulgatedandanylegislationwhichmightbepromulgatedsubsequenttothesaidAgreements?
(c) How aretheWTO 'sA-DandSCM Agreements applied andincorporated inthedomestic
legislation ofBarbados?
(d) Isitintended tointroduce newdomestic A-DandSCM legislation inorder toimplement the
WTO 'sA-DandSCM Agreements? Ifso,whatstatus willthenewlegislation haveinrelation
totheWTO 'sA-DandSCM Agreements andother pre-existing legislation?
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2. SUBSTANTIVE ASPECTS OFTHE A-DAND SCM LEGISLATION NOTIFIED BY
BARBADOS
2.1 Likegoods, domestic industry, elements ofinjury, deminimis criteria, etc.
(a) Observations
TheA-DandSCM legislation ofBarbados appears tobeinconsistent withthecorresponding
agreements oftheWTO, since itcontains nothing concerning suchaspects aslikegoods, domestic
producers oflikegoods, criteria fordetermining injury orthreat ofinjury, deminimis criteria, initiation
ofinvestigations, etc.
Questions
Could thedelegation ofBarbados saywhether theA-DandSCM investigating authority takes
theseaspects intoaccount? Istheresomeadditional legalinstrument thatdealswiththeabove-mentioned
aspects orisonetobeadopted? Willthedelegation ofBarbados confirm thattheseaspects aregoverned
bytheprovisions oftheWTO 'sA-DandSCM Agreements?
2.2 Competent authorities
(a) Observations
Itisnoted thattheA-DandSCM legislation ofBarbados grants wide discretion tothe
investigating anddecision-making authority. ThisisthecasewithArticles 4(3)(a), 8(3)and9(3)
(...asmayappear totheMinister tobeproper).
Questions
Could thedelegation ofBarbados saywhether there exists anyadditional A-DandSCM
legislation establishing clearandobjective standards which limitthepowers oftheinvestigating and
decision-making authority orwhether suchlegislation istobeadopted? Willthedelegation ofBarbados
confirm thatitsinvestigating authorities aregoverned bytheobjective standards established inthe
provisions oftheWTO 'sA-DandSCM Agreements?
2.3 Determination ofsubsidy
(a) Observations
Itisnoted thattheSCM legislation ofBarbados doesnotappear toestablish specificity criteria
asprovided forinArticle 2oftheWTO Subsidies Agreement.
Question
Does theSCM legislation ofBarbados contain ortakeintoaccount specificity criteria forthe
determination oftheexistence ofsubsidies, assetoutinArticle 2oftheWTO Subsidies Agreement?