RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/ISR/4
G/SCM/Q1/ISR/4
ORGANIZATION 4November 1996
(96-4627)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Replies ofISRAEL1
toquestions posed bytheEUROPEAN COMMUNITY2,
JAPAN3andtheUNITED STATES4
Thefollowing communication, dated 28October 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofIsrael.
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Question from theEC
When willIsrael modify itsTrade Levies Law5751-1991 totakeintoaccount theUruguay Round
results?
AsexplainedindocumentNos.G/ADP/W/299andG/SCM/W/307,Israelispresentlypreparing
adraftBillincorporating allrequisite amendments inorder tobring theLawintoconformity withthe
Agreements. Wewould liketostress thatmuch effort isbeing placed sothatthelegislative process
willbecompleted assoonaspossible.
Questions from Japan
Q1. According toG/ADP/W/298, theIsraeli Government answered that"Therevisions presently
taking place willconsider theexclusion ofsection 12(b) fromtheproposed legislation".
When andhowwilltheIsraeli Government modify 12(b) oftheIsraeli Anti-Dumping Law?
Willthissection bedeleted?
Q2. Please explain howtheconsistency oftheprovisions of12(c) oftheIsraeli LawwithArticle 2.2
oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement isensured.
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Q3. According toG/ADP/W/299, theIsraeli Government answered that"themethod of12(c) has
never beenapplied inA-Dproceedings andisbeing evaluated intheframework oftherevised
legislation".
HowhastheIsraeliGovernmentevaluatedthemethodintheframeworkoftherevisedlegislation?
Answer
Weappreciate thequestions posed byJapan andwewould liketoanswer thethree questions
posed concerning Section 12oftheLawinonestatement:
Aswehaveexplained indocument Nos. G/ADP/W/299 andG/SCM/W/307, therevisions
being instituted intheLawof1991 havenotyetbeencompleted andtherefore itwould bedifficult
togiveananswer tothequestions concerning thefinaltextswhich willbeenacted relating tothe
determination ofnormal value (Section 12ofthecurrent Law). Weareaware thatthepresent text
ofSection 12isnotinfullconformity withtheAgreement, although theAuthorities havenot,infact,
acted incontradiction totheAgreement. Once thelegislative amendment process iscompleted the
present Lawwillbeinconformity withtheAgreement.
Questions from theUnited States
1. Wenotethatyournotification (G/ADP/N/1/ISR/2) isarevised translation ofthelawpreviously
notified totheCommittee. Ifthisisaccurate, isitcorrect thatyouranti-dumping lawhasnot
beenbrought intoconformity withtheAgreement? Also, isitcorrect thatthisisaviolation
ofArticle 18.4oftheA-DAgreement?
Thenotification ofG/ADP/N/ISR/2 isarevised translation ofIsrael's1991 law,butitdoes
notyetcontain thechanges thatarebeing prepared presently inorder tobring the1991 Lawinto
conformity withtheAgreement. Asstated indocument G/ADP/W/299 andG/SCM/W/307 Israel is
presently inthemidst oftheamendment process which wehavebegun andwhich isprogressing so
thattheresult willbearevised Law, inconformity withtheAgreement. Itshould betaken intoaccount
thatduetolimited resources thisprocess isatimeconsuming onebutitwillbecompleted induetime.
Asalready explained indocument G/ADP/W/299 andG/SCM/W/307 notmany contradictions
existbetween theLawandtheAgreement, andduetothebroad language oftheLaw, theAuthorities,
currently, throughout theinvestigation process do,infact,asamatter ofcourse referandadhere to
theprovisions setforth intheAgreement.
2. HasyourGovernment initiated anyA-DorCVD action since 1January 1995?
Inanswer tothequestion concerning investigations opened sinceJanuary 1995, wewould like
torefertothesemi-annual reports submitted totheADandCVD Committees inwhich theinitiation
ofinvestigations havebeennotified.