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WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/URY/5
G/SCM/Q1/URY/5
ORGANIZATION 21April 1997
(97-1722)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from CHILE toURUGUAY1
Thefollowing communication, dated 14April 1997, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofChile.
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1. Please clarify theexpression "primary ornon-primary products" inArticle 1ofyourlegislation.
2. Please specify whether theprovisions ofArticle 32ofyouranti-dumping legislation would
cover theinitiation ofaninvestigation supported bydomestic producers whorepresent alowpercentage
ofthetotaloutput ofthelikeproduct.
3. Please clarify whatelements areusedtoestablish the"conditions ofcompetition" mentioned
inArticle 22ofyouranti-dumping legislation forthecumulative assessment oftheeffects oftheimports
under investigation.
4. With regard totheamount ofanti-dumping duties, please clarify whatprovision ismade in
youranti-dumping legislation fortheimposition ofadutywhich isequal tothemargin ofinjury and
corrects onlytheinjury caused.
5. Please describe theprocedure followed under Article 54ofyouranti-dumping legislation for
informing theinterested parties oftheessential facts. Isawritten copy ofthementioned hearing
provided? Isacopysenttoparties thatdidnotattend thehearing?
6. What considerations aretaken intoaccount under Articles 15and16ofyourlegislation and
inyouranti-dumping practices withrespect toadjustments forquality oftheproduct under investigation?
7. Please clarify howtheinvestigations mentioned inArticle 107ofyourlegislation arecarried
out,inconnection withtheinvestigation ofproducers orexporters ofcountries whohavenotexported
theproduct during theperiod ofinvestigation. Howaretheappropriate transparency andnotification
ofparties guaranteed?
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8. What criteria areusedforinterpreting, inaccordance withArticle 2.2oftheAnti-Dumping
Code, theconcept of"particular market situation" forrejecting thedomestic price oftheexporting
country asthenormal value?
9. Article 92ofyourlegislation provides fortherefund ofanyexcess amount arising from a
provisional duty. Isthisrefund adjusted forthecorresponding financial costs?
10. Inconnection withArticle 37(e) ofyourlegislation, inwhatwayareindustrial users ofthe
investigated product considered aninterested party?