G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.10  
G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.9  
17 June 2020 
(20-4264) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices  
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS  AND REGULATIONS UND ER 
ARTICLES 18.5 AND 32 .6 OF THE AGREEMENTS  
TEMPORARY CHANGE TO FILING PROCEDURES  
ARGENTINA  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated 1 5 June 2 020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Argentina . 
 
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Argentina hereby notifies that, in response to  concerns related to the coronavirus COVID -19 
pandemic, the Secretariat for Industry, the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade Management has 
decided to implement  temporary changes to procedures for filing documents in investigations 
concerning unfair international trade practices . 
The temporary changes entered into effect  on 9 June 2 020 and will remain in place  for the duration 
of the  "social, preventive and mandatory isolation " measure provided for in Decree  No. 297/2020 
and amendments thereto . 
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SUMMARY : Pursuant to Secretariat for Industry, the Knowledge Economy and Foreign Trade 
Manageme nt Resolution No. 77/2020 (RESOL -2020-77-APN-SIECYGCE#MDP) of 8 June 2 020 
(Official Journal of  9 June 2 020), interested parties shall make their submissions and respond to 
requests in connection with  investigations into alleged dumping or subsidization, by  means of notes 
and documentation in digital form . Information submitted requiring confidential treatment shall be 
properly identified and placed in a separate file to public information . 
DATES : Immediately and until further notice . 
FURTHER INFORMATION : Resolution No. 77/202 0 may be viewed  online at 
https://www.boletinoficial.gob.ar/detalleAviso/primera/230357/20200609 . The text of the measure 
is provided b elow.  
Resolu tion No. 77/2020  
RESOL -2020 -77-APN-SIECYGCE#MDP  
City of  Buenos Aires, 08/06/2020  
HAVING REGARD TO File No. E X-2020-36111301 - -APN-DGD#MPYT, Law No. 24.425, Decree  
No. 1.393 of 2 September 2 008, and Resolution No. 293 of 25 September 2008 of the  former G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.10  • G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.9  
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  SECRETARIAT  FOR INDUSTRY, TRADE AND SMALL AND MEDIUM -SIZED ENTERPRISES of the former 
MINISTRY OF THE ECONOMY AND PRODUCTION , and 
WHEREAS : 
The Final Act Embodying the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiat ions, the 
Ministerial Decisions, Declarations and Understandings , and the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing 
the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) w ere approved under  Law No. 24.425;  
Annex 1A of the above -mentioned Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Tra de Organization, 
approved under  Law No. 24.425, contains the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the  
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 and the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing 
Measures;  
Decree No. 1.393 of 2 September 2 008 laid down the rules and regulations for the effective 
application  of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs 
and Trade 1994 and the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and appointed the 
implementing  authorities for those rules and regulations ; 
Article 1 of Necessity and Urgency Decree No. 260 of 12 March 2 020 and the amendment thereto 
extended  the public health emergency established under  Law No. 27.541, for ONE (1) year from the 
entry into force of the Decree, in view of the pandemic declared by the WORLD HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION (WHO ) in relation to c oronavirus COVID -19; 
In light of the existing  health emergency in our country and so as not to affect the  healthcare services 
provided to the population , it was decided, in view of the new coronavirus COVID -19 outbreak, to 
issue Decree No. 297 of 1 9 March 2 020 establishing the "social, preventive and mandatory isolation" 
measure , which was  subsequently extended by Decrees Nos. 325 of  31 March 2 020, 355 of 
11 April 2020, 408 of 26 April 2 020, 459 of 10 May 2 020, 493 of 24 May 2 020 and 520 of 
7 June 2020; 
Decree No. 1.063 of 4 October 2 016 approved the implementation of the Remote Procedure 
Management Platform , comprising the " Remote Procedure" module of the Electronic Document 
Management System, as a means of interaction between citizens and the administration ; 
Article  3 of the Decree mentioned in the preambular paragraph above provides that the national 
public sector entities and juri sdictions listed in Article 8 of Law No. 24.156 shall use the electronic 
"Remote Procedure"  platform and the " Assistance and Transfer Manager" and " Comprehensive 
Addressee Register" modules  of the Electronic Document Management System , in accordance with 
the timetable set by the MINISTRY OF MODERNIZATION ; 
In view of the complexity of the matter , the above -mentioned procedures are still being 
incorporated , by the competent body,  into the electronic "Remote Procedure"  platform, for 
investigations into unfair trade practices and sunset or changed circumstances reviews of existing 
anti-dumping measures handled  through Electronic File Management , which is currently under 
development;  
In order to ensure the normal and dela y-free functioning  of procedures for investigations into alleged 
dumping or subsidization within the framework of Article 6 of the Agreement on Implementation of 
Article VI and Article 12 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures , tools mus t be 
provided to reconcile this need with the healthcare measures that are required in th ese exceptional 
circumstances  to prevent infections and the spread of the virus to the detriment of public health;  
Accordingly, it is  appropriate to ensure the availability of  instruments that permit interaction between 
the parties concerned within the framework of the Electronic Document Management Syste m; in this 
way, concerns, enquiries and replies  to requests that cannot , according to reasonability  parameters  
or other criteria,  be deferred , may be transmitted through the website www.argentina.gob.ar  and/or 
by email ; 
The relevant entities have taken action ; G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.10  • G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.9  
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  The Directorate -General of Legal Affairs of the MINISTRY OF PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT has taken 
the appropriate action  within its sphere of competence;  
The present Resolution is issued under the powers conferred by Decree No. 1.393 of 
2 September  2008; 
Accordingly , 
THE SECRETARY FOR INDUSTRY, THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND FOREIGN TRADE MANAGEMENT  
HEREBY DECIDES AS FOLLOWS : 
ARTICLE 1 .- Interested parties shall, for the duration of the "social, preventive and mandatory 
isolat ion" measure provided for in Decree No. 297 of 19 March 2 020 and amendments thereto , make 
their submissions and respond to requests in connection with  investigations into alleged dumping or 
subsidization, by submitting  notes and documentation in digital for m through the official website at 
https://www.argentin a.gob.ar/produccion/mesa -entradas -aspo/formulario -tramites  and/or  by 
email to mgedesarrolloproductivo @gmail.com , which is the address for the Office of Incoming 
Communications of the Document Management Directorate of the SECRETARIAT FOR 
ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT of the MINISTRY OF PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT , for matter s 
pertaining to the  UNDER -SECRETARIAT FOR TRADE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT of the SECRETARIAT 
FOR INDUSTRY, THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND FOREIGN TRADE MANAGEMENT  of that Ministry . 
Interested parties shall obtain , as proof of the initiation of the procedure , an electronic file number 
in the Electronic Document Management System , so as to ensure subsequent follow -up. 
Information submitted requiring confidential treatment shall be properly identified and placed in a 
separate file to public information . Where this requirement  is not met , the staff of the Office of 
Incoming Communications of the MINISTRY OF PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT shall be free from any 
form of responsibility regarding confidentiality, this falling instead on the interested party . 
Submissions to th e NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR FOREIGN TRADE, a decentralized agency of the 
SECRETARIAT FOR INDUSTRY, THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND FOREIGN TRADE MANAGEMENT of 
the above -mentioned Ministry, shall, in the case of public information,  be emailed to 
entradacnce@produccion.gob.ar , with a copy to entradacnce@gmail.com ; in the case of confidential 
information,  submissions  shall be emailed to entradacnceconfidencial@produccion.gob.ar , with a 
copy to entradacnceconfidencial@gmail.com . An electronic file number shall be obtained in the 
Electronic Document Management System, so as to ensure subsequent follow -up. 
Where  the above  requirement is not met , the staff o f the National Commission for Foreign Trade 
shall be free from any form of responsibility regarding confidentiality, this falling instead on the 
interested party . 
The submissions made shall take the form of a sworn statement under  the terms of Article 110 of 
the Regulations on Administrative Procedures, Decree No. 1.759/72 , T.O. 2017 , and must have been 
sent from an email address created  in accordance with Article 2 of this Resolution . 
ARTICLE 2 .- In order for the investigating aut hority to make notifications, interested parties are 
required to set up a special electronic address  under the terms of Article 19( b), (c) and ( d) of the 
Regulations on Administrative Procedures, Decree No. 1.759/72, T.O.  2017. This address  is to be 
notified to the UNDER -SECRETARIAT FOR TRADE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT, in accordance with 
Article 1, and to the NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR FOREIGN TRADE  via the email addresses referred 
to in the Article  above . For ongoing procedures, interested parties  shall have a pe riod of TEN (10) 
working days from the publication of this Resolution . 
ARTICLE 3 .- Requests to view files shall be submitted in the manner described in Article 1 of this 
measure by means of a note indicating the representative's taxpayer identification code (CUIT) and 
the corresponding electronic file number . 
Once the request has been received, the representative shall be notified of its approval through the 
"Remote Procedure" module of the Electronic Document Management System . The file shall be 
deemed to have been viewed by the interested party as of the day following th is notification, in G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.10  • G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.9  
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  accordance with the provisions of Article 41(h) of the Regulations on Administrative Procedures , 
Decree No.  1.759/72, T.O. 2017.  
Article 38(b)(4) of the Regulations on Administrative Procedures , Decree No. 1.759/72, T.O. 2017 , 
is not applicable . 
ARTICLE 4 .- Notifications to producers/exporters concerning the initiation of the investigation or 
review shall be sent to the relevant diplomatic repre sentation . 
ARTICLE 5 .- The relevant notifications shall be made within the framework of the Agreement on 
Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, which was 
incorporated into our legislation by Law No. 24.425, as regulated by Decree  No. 1.393 of 
2 September 2 008. 
ARTICLE 6 .- This Resolution  shall take effect as of the day of its publication in the Official Journal . 
ARTICLE 7 .- For communication, publication, transmittal to the NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF 
OFFICIAL RECORDS, and archiving . 
 
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