RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/232
G/SCM/W/242
ORGANIZATION 1December 1995
(95-3912)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee Subsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
JAMAICA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 29November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofCanada.
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Indocument G/ADP/N/1/JAM/1-G/SCM/N/1/JAM/1, submitted 16August 1995 tothe
Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices andtheCommittee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures,
Jamaica indicates thatnewlegislation relating toanti-dumping andcountervailing measures arecurrently
being drafted toimplement provisions oftheADandSCM Agreements.
1. WillallthenewWTO Agreement obligations (referred tointheAppendix) beimplemented
through theforthcoming law, through regulations, administrative practices ordecrees?
2. What isthelegal mechanism inJamaican lawfortheimplementation ofdecisions rendered
byaWTO panel?
3. Could theJamaica indicate when theywillbeabletonotify thechanges tolegislation referred
tointheabove documents?
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Appendix
Changes ToLegislation Resulting From
TheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
and
TheAgreement onImplementation ofArticle VIofthe
General Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994
OfPrimary Interest ToCanada
I. Subsidies Disciplines
Definition ofSubsidy
Treatment ofdefinition ofsubsidy: [SCM Art.1]-financial contribution bygovernment that
confers abenefit totherecipient;
Treatment ofexhaustive listofgovernment practices thatconstitute financial contributions;
inclusion ofincome orprice support elements;
Specificity
Treatment ofdejureanddefacto testsgoverning specificity, [SCM,
Art.2];
Treatment ofsub-federal specificity (SCM Art.2.2),anddesignation ofprohibited subsidies
asspecific (SCM Art.2.3);
Prohibited subsidies
Treatment ofdefinition [SCM Art.3and4]andillustrative list[SCM Annex I];
Treatment ofAgriculture Agreement exemptions,
Actionable Subsidies
Treatment ofactionable subsidies: [SCM Art.5,6,7]i.e.countervailable subsidies, toensure
exclusion ofnon-actionable under theSCM Agreement ;
Treatment ofserious prejudice elements;
Non-Actionable Subsidies
Treatment oftypes, definitions andremedies for"non-actionable" subsidies [SCM Art.8and
9];
II. Countervailing Measures
Massive Subsidization
Treatmentofdifferenceswithanti-dumpingmeasures,i.e.,onlyapplieswithrespecttoprohibited
subsidies;
Calculation ofAmount ofSubsidy
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Treatment ofbasisforcalculation, i.e.,benefit torecipient basis(unless Annex IVcalculation);
Treatment ofamounts attributable tonon-actionable subsidies;
Developing Country Members
Treatment oftransition andphase outperiod forprohibited subsidies (Art. 27.3and27.4);
thresholds for"export competitiveness" (Art.27.5and27.6); actionable subsidies (Art. 27.9);
thresholds forterminating countervail investigation (Art. 27.10. 27.11);
III. Determination ofDumping (ADP. Art.2):
Treatment ofsalesbelow cost-n.V.Based oncost-plus orthirdcountry sales (ADP Art2.2)
Treatment ofnon-recurring items (ADP Art2.2.1.1)
Treatment ofstart-up operations (ADP Art.2.2.1.1)
GS&A andProfits based onactual data(ADP Art.2.2.2)
Faircomparison provisions (ADP Art.2.4)
Useofexchange rates -Treatment ofsustained movements (ADP Art.2.4.1)
Determination ofdumping: investigation phase (ADP Art2.4.2)
Targeted dumping (ADP Art.2.4.2)
Trans-shipments (ADP Art.2.5)
IV. Provisions Common toAntidumping andCountervail Investigations
DETERMINATION OFINJURY:
Cumulation
Injury analysis /causation
Injury from other factors nottobeattributed todumping/subsidizing
Threat ofmaterial injury
Treatment incountervail provisions ofdifferences withanti-dumping measures i.e.,caseof
agriculture, deminimis standard and"negligible" injury;
APPLICATIONS/COMPLAINTS:
Content ofcomplaint
Explicit requirement toexamine adequacy andaccuracy ofcomplaint
INITIATION STANDARDS:
Support
Authorities toavoid publicising complaints
Notice ofcomplaint
Conduct ofinvestigations
EVIDENCE:
Elements ofdueprocess
Sampling
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TRANSPARENCY:
Public notice/ explanation ofdeterminations
PROVISIONAL MEASURES:
Properinitiation,publicnoticeandinterestedpartieshavehadanopportunitysubmitinformation
andmake comments
Shall notbeapplied sooner than60daysafterinitiation
FINAL MEASURES:
Imposition andcollection ofduties
Margin where exporters notincluded insamples
Expedited reviews
PRICE UNDERTAKINGS:
Timethresh-hold(i.e.Notbeforeapreliminarydetermination)foracceptingpriceundertakings.
Treatmentincountervailprovisionsofdifferenceswithanti-dumpingmeasures,i.e.,government
permission, andquantitative restrictions;
SUNSET:
Duration andreview ofantidumping/countervailing duties andprice undertakings
JUDICIAL REVIEW:
Independent judicial review shallbemaintained
FINAL PROVISIONS
Prohibition ofactions notbased ontheagreement
Transitional measures