WORLD TRADE G/SCM/N/1/ZMB/1
28April 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1097)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENT
ZAMBIA
Thefollowing communication, dated 13April 1995, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofZambia.
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GOVERNMENT OFZAMBIA
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENT No.54OF1994
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TheCustoms andExcise Act
(Laws, Volume XII,Cap. 662)
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TheCustoms andExcise (Countervailing Duty)
(Investigations) Regulations, 1994
INEXERCISE ofthepowers contained insection onehundred andninety-eight oftheCustoms
andExcise Act,thefollowing Regulations arehereby made:
1. TheseRegulationsmaybecitedastheCustomsandExcise(CountervailingDuty)(Investigations)
Regulations 1994.
2. Inthese Regulations, unless thecontext otherwise requires -
"complaint" means acomplaint under regulation three:
"countervailing duty" means thedutychargeable under section seventy-four AoftheAct:
"domestic value", inrelation toanygoods, hasthemeaning ascribed toitinsection seventy-four
oftheAct:
"goods ofZambian origin" means goods thataregrown, manufactured orproduced inZambia:
"subsidized imports" means goods inrespect ofwhich anyexport compensation, incentive,
subsidy orother payment ispaidorpayable toanexporter, manufacturer orsupplier ofthe
goods.
3.(1) Aperson whoconsiders that-
(a) anindustry bywhich goods ofZambian origin aregrown, produced ormanufactured
hasbeenorislikely tobeadversely affected byreason oftheimportation orlikely
importation intoZambia ofsubsidized imports: and
(b) acountervailing dutyought tobeimposed onthose subsidized imports:
maymake acomplaint totheController inwriting inaform approved bytheController.G/SCM/N/1/ZMB/1
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(2) Thecomplainant shallfurnish thefollowing information insupport ofhiscomplaint:
(a) aprecise description andprecise specifications ofthesubsidized imports:
(b) thecountry oforigin andthecountry fromwhich thegoods areexported toZambia:
(c) thename andaddress oftheproducer ofthesubsidized imports:
(d) thename andaddress oftheexporter ofthegoods toZambia:
(e) thename andaddress oftheimporter orseller ofthesubsidized imports:
(f) thedomestic value ofthesubsidized imports intheircountry oforigin orinthecountry
from which thegoods areexported toZambia:
(g) thecost,including freight andinsurance, atwhich thesubsidized imports havebeen
orarelikely tobeimported intoZambia:
(h) theamount oftheexport compensation, incentive, subsidy orother payment alleged
tobepaidorpayable inrespect ofthegoods:
(i) aprecise description andprecise specifications ofgoods ofZambian origin which have
beenorarelikely tobesoldincompetition withthesubsidized imports:
(j) theselling price andthecoststructure ofthegoods ofZambian origin likely tobe
affected bythesaleofthesubsidized imports:
(k) theextent towhich thesaleofthegoods ofZambian origin islikely tobeadversely
affected bythesaleofthesubsidized imports.
4. Onreceipt ofacomplaint, itshallbethedutyoftheController -
(a) forthwith toundertake aninvestigation intotheamount ofanyexport compensation,
incentive, subsidy orother payment paidorpayable inrespect ofthegoods towhich
thecomplaint relates: and
(b) toreport totheMinister theresults ofhisinvestigation.
5. Onreceipt ofthereport made bytheController under regulation four,theMinister maycause
further investigation ofthecomplaint tobeundertaken inconsultation withtheMinister responsible
fortrade, toascertain whether, having regard toallthecircumstances ofthecaseandtotheprocedures
andconditions stipulated inanyinternational trade agreements towhich theRepublic isasignatory,
itwould beinthepublic interest toimpose acountervailing dutyinrespect ofthesubsidized imports
towhich thecomplaint relates.