RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/Q1/ECU/3
G/SCM/Q1/ECU/3
8 October 1998
(98-3879)
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5 AND 32.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS
Questions Posed by JAPAN
Regarding the Notification of ECUADOR1
The following communication, dated 5 October 1998, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Japan.
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Q1. "Rules and procedures to be followed for the application of measures to prevent and
counteract the adverse effects of unfair trade practices or increased imports under conditions such asto cause or threaten to cause serious injury to domestic industry" (hereinafter "the Rules") has no
description about cumulative assessment of the effects of imports of a product from more than one
country, which is provided in Article 3.3 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement.
If imports of a product from more than one country are simultaneously subject to
investigation, could Ecuador explain whether the investigating authorities assess them cumulatively?
If so, what kind of criteria do the authorities use?
Q2. Article 6.1.1 of the A-D Agreement provides that "Exporters or foreign producers receiving
questionnaires used in an anti-dumping investigation shall be given at least 30 days for reply".
While Article 32 of the Rules provides that "the investigating authority may request any kind
of information, including technical advice, from th e various departments of government, which shall
respond as rapidly as possible".
Are exporters or foreign producers given at least 30 days for reply to the Ecuadorian
investigating authority?
Q3. Article 53 of the Rules provides for anti-circumvention measures.  How does Ecuador justify
this provision under the A-D Agreement?
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1 G/ADP/N/1/ECU/1-G/SCM/N/1/ECU/1 &
G/ADP/N/1/ECU/1/Suppl.1-G/SCM/N/1/ECU/1/Suppl.1-G/SG/N/1/ECU/2/Suppl.1