RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/IDN/2
G/SCM/Q1/IDN/2
ORGANIZATION 14April 1997
(97-1564)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from TURKEY
toINDONESIA1
Thefollowingcommunication,dated7April1997,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofTurkey.
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Q.1. Article 19oftheCustoms Law(p.4)states that"Anti-Dumping duties shallbeimposed on
theimported goods asreferred toinArticle 18atmaximum amount ofthemargin between normal
value andexport priceofsuchgoods". Also, thereisasimilar provision inArticle 4oftheRegulation
(p.12)which states thattheanti-dumping andcountervailing measures willbeashighasthedumping
margin andnetsubsidies. However, inArticle 26.1oftheRegulation (p.19)itisstated that"the
Minister ofIndustry andTrade shall decide certain tariffs fortheimposition ofanti-dumping and
countervailing duties thatareequal toorlessthanthedumping margin and/or netsubsidies".
Within thisframework:
(a) Incaseofconflict, doestheCustoms LawortheRegulation prevail inapplication in
theIndonesian legislative system andifsuchaconflict occurs between thedomestic
andWTO provisions, which onewillprevail?
(b) IftheCustoms Lawprevails then,would youplease clarify theseprovisions inrelation
toArticle 9.1oftheADAgreement?
Q.2. HowdotheIndonesianauthoritiesinterpretArticle1(8)(b)oftheRegulation(p.10)inconnection
withArticle 5.4oftheADAgreement?
Q.3. Would youplease specify therequirements foranapplication tobeaccepted withrespect to
Article 8oftheRegulation (p.13)?
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Q.4. Article14.(1)(c)oftheRegulation(page14)statesthat"...theCommitteemayprovideinterested
parties theopportunity toexamine allpieces ofrelevant andunsecret information used inthe
investigation". Interested parties havetherighttoexamine therelevant information andtheauthorities
areobliged toprovide itwithrespect totheprovisions oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement Article 6.2.
Considering theprovisions oftheabove-mentioned Article oftheAgreement, howdotheIndonesian
authorities interpret Article 14,paragraphs (c)and(f)oftheRegulation (p.14,15)?
Q.5. What isthepolicy andlawofIndonesia oftheimplementation ofWTO Panel Reports?
Q.6. HowdotheIndonesianauthoritiescalculatetheweightedaveragedumpingmargin(theRegulation
Article 26.2, p.19)? Isthere anyspecific definition ofthemethod tobeusedinthiscalculation?
Ifnot,would youplease explain themethod employed inthedetermination ofdumping margins and
comment onitsconformity withthemethods defined inArticle 2.4.2 oftheADAgreement?
Q.7. Would youplease explain themethod of"calculation ofcertain tariffs" (theRegulation
Article 26.3, p.19)?
Q.8. Does the"stipulation dateoftheDecision oftheMinister ofFinance" mean thepublication
dateofthedecision intheOfficial Gazette? Ifnot,would youplease explain theabove-mentioned
term(Article 29andArticle 31oftheRegulation, p.19and20)?
Q.9. Could youplease clarify whether Indonesia hasanindependent agency charged withjudicial
review oftheADandCVD determinations asrequired bytheADandSCM Agreements (Article 13
andArticle 23respectively)? IftheAppeal Institute isconsidered tobetheindependent agency, would
youplease clarify whether theAppeal Institute fortheobjections totheADandCountervailing Duties
isanindependent agency inthemanner defined bytheADandSCM Agreements (theRegulation,
Article 35,p.21)? Also, would youplease explain thelegalstatus oftheInstitute andtheauthorities
whoappoint themembers andthepresident oftheInstitute?