RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/126
G/SCM/W/135
23October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3224)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BYTHE
GOVERNMENT OFBRAZIL1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 11October 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofChile.
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Ihave thehonour totransmit thequestions from Chile concerning theanti-dumping and
countervailing measures legislation ofBrazil, which willbereviewed atthesecond special meeting
oftheCommittees onAnti-Dumping Practices andonSubsidies andCountervailing Measures. The
meeting willbeheldfrom 23to27October 1995.
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Questions toBrazil:
(a) When theconstructed costcriterion isused ininvestigations under Article 2.2.2 ofthe
Anti-Dumping Code, whatmethodologies areusedtodetermine theexporter 'sprofit margin?
(b) What criteria areusedtointerpret under Article 2.2oftheAnti-Dumping Code theconcept
of"particular market situation" inorder todisregard thedomestic market priceintheexporting country
asthenormal value?
(c) What aretheprocedures usedinthecaseofanaccelerated investigation inaccordance with
Article 9.4oftheAnti-Dumping Code? Howaresuitable transparency andnotification oftheparties
ensured?
(d) How arethepossible interested parties inaninvestigation defined, andwhatarethecriteria
forconsidering themassuchinaccordance withArticle 6.1oftheAnti-Dumping Code? Areconsumers
considered asoneofthem?
(e) With reference toArticle 5.3oftheAnti-Dumping Code, isalltheevidence provided bythe
complainant verified before initiating aninvestigation? What arethecriteria fordetermining whether
thereissufficient evidence forinitiation? Isthere some definite period between thesubmission ofthe
complaint andtheformal initiation oftheinvestigation? What isthemethodology usedtomeasure
therepresentativeness ofthecomplainant inthedomestic industry?
(f) Undertheanti-dumpinglegislationandininvestigations,cantheinvestigatingauthoritycumulate
imports from theorigins under investigation?
(g) What isthemethod under yourdomestic legislation tocalculate theamount ofthesubsidy
investigated pursuant toArticle 14oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures?
(h) How aretheobligations ofArticle 8.2oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing
Measures implemented?
(i) Doesdomestic legislation provide theconcept ofmargin ofinjury? Ifso,isitusedtodetermine
anti-dumping duties instead ofthemargin ofdumping?