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WORLD TRADE G/ADP/M/5
G/SCM/M/6
ORGANIZATION 21March 1996
(96-1023)
Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
MINUTES OFTHE SPECIAL MEETING
HELD ON23-26OCTOBER 1995
(Mr.O.Lundby, Mr.J.McNab)
1. TheCommittees onAnti-Dumping Practices andSubsidies andCountervailing Measures held
ajointspecial meeting on23to26October 1995. Thefollowing agenda wasadopted:
A. Review ofnotifications oflegislation pursuant toArticles 18.5 and32.6 ofthe
Agreements
(i) European Communities (G/ADP/N/1/EEC/1 andG/SCM/N/1/EEC/1)
(ii) Brazil (G/ADP/N/1/BRA/1-G/SCM/N/1/BRA/1)
(iii) Canada (G/ADP/N/1/CAN/2-G/SCM/N/1/CAN/2)
(iv) Argentina (G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1-G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1)
(v) India (G/ADP/N/1/IND/2-G/SCM/N/1/IND/2)
(vi) NewZealand (G/ADP/N/1/NZL/1-G/SCM/N/1/NZL/1)
B. Review ofnotifications without legislative text
(vii) Czech Republic (G/ADP/N/1/CZE/1 andG/SCM/N/1/CZE/1)
(viii) Egypt (G/ADP/N/1/EGY/1 andG/SCM/N/1/EGY/1)
(ix) Hungary (G/ADP/N/1/HUN/1-G/SCM/N/1/HUN/1)
(x) Mauritius (G/ADP/N/1/MUS/1 andG/SCM/N/1/MUS/1)
(xi) Peru(G/ADP/N/1/PER/1 andG/SCM/N/1/PER/1)
(xii) Slovak Republic (G/ADP/N/1/SVK/1 andG/SCM/N/1/SVK/1)
(xiii) Singapore (G/ADP/N/1/SGP/1-G/SCM/N/1/SGP/1)
(xiv) Switzerland (G/ADP/N/1/CHE/1 andG/SCM/N/1/CHE/1)
(xv) Uruguay (G/ADP/N/1/URY/1 andG/SCM/N/1/URY/1)G/ADP/M/5
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C. Next meeting oftheCommittees toreview notifications ofanti-dumping and
countervailing legislation andnotifications without legislative text
A. Review ofnotifications oflegislation pursuant toArticles 18.5and32.6oftheAgreements
2. TheChairman observed thattheprincipal itemontheagenda forthisspecial meeting wasthe
review oflegislation, andstated thatthereview would beconducted intheorder indicated intheagenda.
3. Hereminded Members thatthedeadline forsubmission ofwritten questions hadbeenadvanced
tothree weeks before themeeting, inorder torelieve some oftheproblems caused bylatesubmission
ofquestions atthefirstspecial meeting, particularly theadministrative difficulties experienced bythe
Secretariat inreproducing, translating, andcirculating thewritten questions. TheChairman noted that,
unfortunately, themajority ofquestions were submitted afterthedeadline. Hereminded Members
thattheChairman hademphasized atthelastspecial meeting thatquestions submitted latewould not
becirculated.Nonetheless,theSecretariathadmadeeveryefforttotranslateandcirculatethosequestions
thathadbeensubmitted onlymoderately late. Heemphasized thatitwould ofcourse beuptoeach
Member todecide theextent towhich itcould respond toquestions submitted late. Heobserved that
thedeadline forsubmission ofwritten questions forthenextspecial meeting toreview legislation was
13November 1995, andexhorted Members tomake theirbestefforts toensure thatquestions were
received bytheSecretariat bythatdate.
4. TheChairman reminded theCommittees oftheprocedures thathadbeenestablished forthe
conduct ofthereview oflegislation. Henoted thatthedeadline forsubmission totheSecretariat in
written form ofquestions asked orally atthemeeting was17November 1995, andthatthedeadline
forsubmission ofwritten responses toallwritten questions was15January 1996.
5. TheCommittees proceeded tothesubstantive review ofthelegislations ontheagenda.
6. Thequestions concerning thelegislation oftheEuropean Communities canbefound inthe
following documents:
G/ADP/W/71-G/SCM/W/80 submitted byArgentina
G/ADP/W/72-G/SCM/W/81 submitted bytheUnited States
G/ADP/W/72/s.1-G/SCM/W/81/s.1 submitted bytheUnited States
G/ADP/W/77-G/SCM/W/86 submitted byAustralia
G/ADP/W/88-G/SCM/W/97 submitted byJapan
G/ADP/W/94-G/SCM/W/103 submitted byBrazil
G/ADP/W/95-G/SCM/W/104 submitted byHong Kong
G/ADP/W/103-G/SCM/W/112 submitted byCanada
G/ADP/W/106-G/SCM/W/115 submitted byThailand
G/ADP/W/107-G/SCM/W/116 submitted byMalaysia
G/ADP/W/124-G/SCM/W/133 submitted byChile
G/ADP/W/132-G/SCM/W/141 submitted byKorea
G/ADP/W/137-G/SCM/W/144 submitted byIndia
G/ADP/W/140-G/SCM/W/147 submitted byNewZealand
G/ADP/W/145-G/SCM/W/152 submitted bySingapore
G/ADP/W/147-G/SCM/W/154 submitted byPoland
G/ADP/W/149-G/SCM/W/156 submitted byVenezuela
G/ADP/W/209-G/SCM/W/219 submitted byJapanG/ADP/M/5
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Answers tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing document:
G/ADP/W/301-G/SCM/W/309 toArgentina, theUnited States, Australia, Japan, Brazil,
HongKong,Canada,Thailand,Malaysia,Chile,Korea,India,
NewZealand, Singapore, Poland, Venezuela, andJapan
7. Thequestions concerning thelegislation ofBrazil canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/84-G/SCM/W/73 submitted byAustralia
G/ADP/W/90-G/SCM/W/99 submitted bytheEC
G/ADP/W/102-G/SCM/W/111 submitted byCanada
G/ADP/W/122-G/SCM/W/131 submitted bytheUnited States
G/ADP/W/126-G/SCM/W/135 submitted byChile
G/ADP/W/129-G/SCM/W/138 submitted byKorea
G/ADP/W/142-G/SCM/W/149 submitted byHong Kong
G/ADP/W/150-G/SCM/W/157 submitted byVenezuela
Answers tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/277-G/SCM/W/287 toAustralia
G/ADP/W/278-G/SCM/W/288 totheEC
G/ADP/W/280-G/SCM/W/290 toCanada
G/ADP/W/279-G/SCM/W/289 totheUnited States
G/ADP/W/281-G/SCM/W/291 toHong Kong
Answers tothequestions submitted byChile, Korea, andVenezuela hadnotbeen received asof
15March 1996.
8. Thequestions concerning thelegislation ofCanada canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/73-G/SCM/W/82 submitted bytheUnited States
G/ADP/W/73/s.1-G/SCM/W/82/s.1 submitted bytheUnited States
G/ADP/W/80-G/SCM/W/89 submitted byAustralia
G/ADP/W/91-G/SCM/W/100 submitted bytheEC
G/ADP/W/91/s.1-G/SCM/W/100/s.1 submitted bytheEC
G/ADP/W/97-G/SCM/W/106 submitted byJapan
G/ADP/W/97/s.1-G/SCM/W/106/s.1 submitted byJapan
G/ADP/W/125-G/SCM/W/134 submitted byChile
G/ADP/W/131-G/SCM/W/140 submitted byKorea
G/ADP/W/133-G/SCM/W/142 submitted byHong Kong
G/ADP/W/138-G/SCM/W/145 submitted byIndia
G/ADP/W/139-G/SCM/W/146 submitted byNewZealand
G/ADP/W/151-G/SCM/W/158 submitted byVenezuela
Answers tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/262-G/SCM/W/272 toAustralia
G/ADP/W/264-G/SCM/W/274 totheEC
G/ADP/W/267-G/SCM/W/277 toJapan
G/ADP/W/263-G/SCM/W/273 toChile
G/ADP/W/268-G/SCM/W/278 toKoreaG/ADP/M/5
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G/ADP/W/265-G/SCM/W/275 toHong Kong
G/ADP/W/266-G/SCM/W/276 toIndia
G/ADP/W/269-G/SCM/W/279 toNewZealand
G/ADP/W/269/c.1-G/SCM/W/279/c.1 toNewZealand
Answers tothequestions submitted bytheUnited States andVenezuela hadnotbeenreceived asof
15March 1996.
9. Thequestions concerning thelegislation ofArgentina canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/75-G/SCM/W/84 submitted byAustralia
G/ADP/W/89-G/SCM/W/98 submitted bytheEC
G/ADP/W/89/s.1-G/SCM/W/98/s.1 submitted bytheEC
G/ADP/W/98-G/SCM/W/107 submitted byJapan
G/ADP/W/101-G/SCM/W/110 submitted byCanada
G/ADP/W/116-G/SCM/W/125 submitted bytheUnited States
G/ADP/W/123-G/SCM/W/132 submitted byChile
G/ADP/W/128-G/SCM/W/137 submitted byKorea
G/ADP/W/141-G/SCM/W/148 submitted byHong Kong
G/ADP/W/154-G/SCM/W/161 submitted byVenezuela
Answers tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/286-G/SCM/W/293 toAustralia, Canada, Chile, Korea, United States, Japan, EC,
andHong Kong
G/ADP/W/308-G/SCM/W/314 toVenezuela
10. Thequestions concerning thelegislation ofIndia canbefound infollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/82-G/SCM/W/91 submitted byAustralia
G/ADP/W/92-G/SCM/W/101 submitted bytheEC
G/ADP/W/92/s.1-G/SCM/W/101/s.1 submitted bytheEC
G/ADP/W/104-G/SCM/W/113 submitted byCanada
G/ADP/W/117-G/SCM/W/126 submitted bytheUnited States
G/ADP/W/127-G/SCM/W/136 submitted byKorea
G/ADP/W/144-G/SCM/W/151 submitted byHong Kong
G/ADP/W/153-G/SCM/W/160 submitted byVenezuela
Answers tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/287-G/SCM/W/295 totheEC
G/ADP/W/288-G/SCM/W/296 toAustralia
G/ADP/W/289-G/SCM/W/297 toCanada
G/ADP/W/290-G/SCM/W/298 totheUnited States
G/ADP/W/291-G/SCM/W/299 toKorea
G/ADP/W/292-G/SCM/W/300 toHong Kong
Answers tothequestions submitted byVenezuela hadnotbeenreceived asof15March 1996.G/ADP/M/5
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11. Thequestions concerning thelegislation ofNew Zealand canbefound inthefollowing
documents:
G/ADP/W/93-G/SCM/W/102 submitted bytheEC
G/ADP/W/93/s.1-G/SCM/W/102/s.1 submitted bytheEC
G/ADP/W/105-G/SCM/W/114 submitted byCanada
G/ADP/W/115-G/SCM/W/124 submitted byHong Kong
G/ADP/W/121-G/SCM/W/130 submitted bytheUnited States
G/ADP/W/130-G/SCM/W/139 submitted byKorea
G/ADP/W/152-G/SCM/W/159 submitted byVenezuela
Answers tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/155-G/SCM/W/162 toCanada, theEC,Hong Kong, Korea, andtheUnited States
G/ADP/W/283-G/SCM/W/206 toVenezuela
B. Review ofnotifications without legislative text
12. Thequestions concerning thenotification oftheCzech Republic canbefound inthefollowing
documents:
G/ADP/W/87-G/SCM/W/96 submitted byAustralia
G/ADP/W/118-G/SCM/W/127 submitted bytheUnited States
Answers tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/305-G/SCM/W/313 toAustralia
G/ADP/W/306-G/SCM/W/314 totheUnited States
13. Thequestions concerning thenotification ofEgypt canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/79-G/SCM/W/88 submitted byAustralia
G/ADP/W/118-G/SCM/W/127 submitted bytheUnited States
Answers tothese questions hadnotbeenreceived asof15March 1996.
14. Thequestions concerning thenotification ofHungary canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/81-G/SCM/W/90 submitted byAustralia
G/ADP/W/118-G/SCM/W/127 submitted bytheUnited States
Answers tothese questions hadnotbeenreceived asof15March 1996.
15. Thequestions concerning thenotification ofMauritius canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/78-G/SCM/W/87 submitted byAustralia
G/ADP/W/118-G/SCM/W/127 submitted bytheUnited States
Answers tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing documents:G/ADP/M/5
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G/ADP/W/146-G/SCM/W/153 toAustralia
G/ADP/W/276-G/SCM/W/286 toAustralia andtheUnited States
16. Thequestions concerning thenotification ofPerucanbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/83-G/SCM/W/92 submitted byAustralia
G/ADP/W/120-G/SCM/W/129 submitted byHong Kong
G/ADP/W/245-G/SCM/W/255 submitted bytheUnited States
Answers tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/258-G/SCM/W/268 toAustralia
G/ADP/W/259-G/SCM/W/269 toHong Kong
Answers tothequestions submitted bytheUnited States hadnotbeenreceived asof15March 1996.
17. Thequestions concerning thenotification oftheSlovak Republic canbefound inthefollowing
documents:
G/ADP/W/86-G/SCM/W/95 submitted byAustralia
G/ADP/W/118-G/SCM/W/127 submitted bytheUnited States
Answers tothese questions hadnotbeenreceived asof15March 1996.
18. Thequestions concerning thenotification ofSingapore canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/85-G/SCM/W/94 submitted byAustralia
G/ADP/W/148-G/SCM/W/155 submitted byMalaysia
Answers tothese questions hadnotbeenreceived asof15March 1996.
19. ThequestionsconcerningthenotificationofSwitzerlandcanbefoundinthefollowingdocuments:
G/ADP/W/76-G/SCM/W/85 submitted byAustralia
G/ADP/W/118-G/SCM/W/127 submitted bytheUnited States
G/ADP/W/143-G/SCM/W/150 submitted byHong Kong
Answers tothese questions canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/206-G/SCM/W/216 toAustralia
G/ADP/W/207-G/SCM/W/217 totheUnited States
G/ADP/W/208-G/SCM/W/218 toHong Kong
20. Thequestions concerning thenotification ofUruguay canbefound inthefollowing documents:
G/ADP/W/96-G/SCM/W/105 submitted byAustralia
G/ADP/W/118-G/SCM/W/127 submitted bytheUnited States
G/ADP/W/119-G/SCM/W/128 submitted byHong Kong
Answers tothese questions hadnotbeenreceived asof15March 1996.G/ADP/M/5
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21. TheChairmanobservedthattheCommitteeshadmadeexcellentprogressinthetaskofreviewing
legislations andnotifications atthemeeting. Heparticularly thanked thedelegations oftheMembers
reviewed forthehardwork theyhadputintopreparing forthemeeting andtheobvious seriousness
withwhich theyundertook thetask. Theresult had,inhisview, beenextremely positive.
C. Next meeting oftheCommittees toreview notifications ofanti-dumping andcountervailing
legislation andnotifications without legislative text
22. TheChairman briefly reviewed thestatus ofnotifications oflegislation. Heobserved that,
although theChairmen oftheCommittees had,on4September 1995, sentaletter toallMembers who
hadnotyetnotified theiranti-dumping and/or countervailing dutylegislation, 38Members hadnot
yetsubmitted anotification totheCommittee. Those Members were: Antigua andBarbuda, Bahrain,
Bangladesh,Belize,BruneiDarussalam,BurkinaFaso,Burundi,CentralAfricanRepublic,Côted'Ivoire,
Djibouti, Dominica, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Kenya, Kuwait, Lesotho, Macau, Malawi,
Mali,Malta,Mauritania,Mozambique,Myanmar,Namibia,Nigeria,Pakistan,SaintLucia,SaintVincent
&Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad andTobago
forcountervailing duties legislation only, andTunisia. TheChairman observed that,asthefirst
anniversary ofthecoming intoforce oftheWTO Agreement approached, hefound thissituation
distressing, particularly since, forthose Members whohavenolegislation, notification wasasimple
matter.
23. TheChairman reminded Members thatthethirdjointspecial meeting toreview legislation was
scheduled fortheweek of4December. Theproposed listoflegislations andnon-textual notifications
tobereviewed atthemeeting hadalready beendecided, andconsisted ofthelegislations ofColombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Israel, Iceland, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Romania, Thailand, Trinidad &Tobago,
andZambia, aswellasthenon-textual notifications oftheDominican Republic, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Honduras, Paraguay, SriLanka, andTurkey.
24. TheChairman proposed that,inviewofadditional notifications received since thatlistwas
decided, thenon-textual notifications ofBotswana, Maldives, Morocco, thePhilippines, Suriname,
Uganda, andZimbabwe beadded tothelist,aswellasthelegislation ofJamaica.
25. TheCommittees sodecided.
26. TheChairman reminded Members thatwritten questions forthethird special jointmeeting
weretobesubmitted totheMembers whose legislation theyconcerned andtotheSecretariat nolater
than13November 1995. Heemphasized again theimportance ofrespect forthisdeadline.
27. TheChairman reminded theCommittees thatthedeadline forsubmission totheSecretariat
inwritten formofquestions asked orally atthismeeting was17November 1995, andthatthedeadline
forsubmission ofwritten responses toallwritten questions was15January 1996.
28. Themeeting wasadjourned.