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WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/72/Suppl.1
G/SCM/W/81/Suppl.1
ORGANIZATION 13October 1995
(95-3079)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES1OFLAWS AND
REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 5October 1995, hasbeenreceived from theOffice of
theUnited States Trade Representative.
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1. WhatfactorswilltheCommissiontakeintoconsiderationindeterminingwhatisa"likeproduct"
pursuant toArticle 1(4)oftheADRegulation (Council Regulation (EC) 3283/94) andArticle 1(5)
oftheSubsidies Regulation (Council Regulation (EC)3284/94) andwhen defining the"Commission
industry" referred toinArticles 4(1)and5(4)oftheADRegulation andArticles 6(1)and7(8)ofthe
Subsidies Regulation?
2. Article 3.4oftheADRegulation andArticle 5.4oftheSubsidies Regulation allow cumulation
when imports are"simultaneously subject to...investigation". What does"simultaneously subject
to...investigation" mean? Iscumulation permitted withrespect toinvestigations initiated under separate
petitions?
3. Cumulation isallowed onlywhen "appropriate inlightoftheconditions ofcompetition between
imported products andtheconditions ofcompetition between theimported products andthelike
Community product". SeeArticle 3.4ADRegulation; Article 5.4Subsidies Regulation. What factors
willtheEUCommission consider inaddressing thisrequirement?
4. What other "relevant economic factors" under ADRegulation Article 3(5)andSubsidies
Regulation Article 5(5)potentially could beusedinthematerial injury analysis?
5. Article 3(9)(a)(iii) oftheADRegulation andArticle 5(3)oftheSubsidies Regulation refer
toimports entering atprices thatwould, "toasignificant degree, depress prices orprevent price
increases". Dotheregulations intend onlytoreflect thedepressed orsuppressed priceoftheCommunity
likeproduct, orbecause thereisnomention oftheCommunity likeproduct, doesitreferalsotoprices
ofproducts thatarenotCommunity likeproducts, suchasthedepressive orsuppressive effects on
non-subject imports?
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6. HowisSCM Agreement Article 11.9(which requires immediate termination incases where
thevolume ofsubsidized imports actual orpotential, ortheinjury, isnegligible) accounted forinthe
Subsidies Regulation?