. /.RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/Q1/IND/7
16 September 1998
(98-3504)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLE 12.6 OF THE AGREEMENT
Replies from INDIA to
Questions Posed by the UNITED STATES1 and JAPAN2
The following communication, dated 31 August 1998, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of India.
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QUESTION FROM THE UNITED STATES
Q. While rule 6 (6) of India’s Customs Tariff Rules provides for the Director-General to
make available to parties the evidence presented by other interested parties, does India plan to
allow interested parties the opportunity to re spond to the presentations of other parties as
required by Article 3.1 of the WTO Safeguards Agreement?
Reply
The Director-General (Safeguards) has issued a Trade Notice No. SG/TN/1/97 dated
26 September 1997 wherein it is stated that in any investigation, a public file containing the relevant
non-confidential material shall be available for inspection by all interested parties in the Office of the
Director-General (safeguards).  The requests for inclusion of any party to the investigation, as aninterested party, may be considered by the Director-General (Safeguards) and the list of interested
parties shall be published by the Director-General within 21 days of the publication of Notice of
Initiation, a copy of which shall be sent to all interested parties.
QUESTIONS FROM JAPAN
Q1. Could the Government of India explain how it intends to implement its domestic laws?
Q2. Could the Government of India explain how it will ensure that the domestic laws are
applied consistently with the GATT 1994 and the Agreement on Safeguards?
                                                     
1 G/SG/Q1/IND/5.
2 G/SG/Q1/IND/3.G/SG/Q1/IND/7
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Reply
India's domestic regulations are based entirely on the Agreement on Safeguards.  Even though
there is no specific provision for unforeseen developments, the Indian domestic regulations are
consistent with both the letter and spirit of Article XIX of GATT 1994 which has been appropriatelyreflected in the domestic regulations.  India would like to reiterate that the implementation of its
domestic laws has been entirely consistent with GATT 1994 and the Agreement on Safeguards.
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