RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/SGP/3
G/SCM/Q1/SGP/3
ORGANIZATION 14April 1997
(97-1568)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from TURKEY
toSINGAPORE1
Thefollowingcommunication,dated7April1997,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofTurkey.
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Q.1. What isthelegalstatus oftheWTO Agreement? Does ithavetheforce oflawinSingapore?
Incaseofaconflict withthedomestic legislation which willtakeprecedence?
Q.2. Article 18ofSingapore 'sActstates that(page 20)"Where thecountry oforigin ofanysubject
goods isanon-market economy country, thenormal value ofthesubject goods shallbedetermined
intheprescribed manner".
Could Singapore clarify whatisalluded toin"intheprescribed manner"?
Q.3. Article 3.7oftheADAgreement states that"Adetermination ofathreat ofmaterial injury
shallbebased onfactsandnotmerely onallegation, conjecture orremote possibility".
Inthiscontext, could Singapore provide information onhowitdetermines "threat ofmaterial
injury"?
Q.4. Article 22(4) ofSingapore 'slegislation states that(page 22)"Provisional measures imposed
under thissection shallnotexceed suchperiod asmaybeprescribed".
Could Singapore explain whatisalluded toin"such period asmaybeprescribed"?
Q.5. Article 12oftheADAgreement states that"Apublic notice oftheinitiation ofaninvestigation
shallcontain adequate information".
Could youplease clarify howtheauthorities ensure thefulfilment ofthisrequirement?
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Q.6. Footnote 5oftheADAgreement isnottaken intoconsideration inSingapore 'slegislation.
Inthiscontext, would youplease explain howSingapore determines thesubstantial quantities?
Q.7. Would youplease explain the"statistically valid techniques" termstated inArticle 19.9of
theAct(page 21)andprovide information onwhether theywere employed inanyinvestigation?
Q.8. With respect totheprovisions ofArticle 26oftheAct(page 27),could youplease provide
some information ontheinvestigation period forthereview investigations?
Q.9. Arethere anytime-limits setoutfortherelease ofthesecurities andrefund oftheduties
(Article 24.5oftheAct,page25)?
Q.10. Article 19.6oftheActstates that"...Minister mayinspecial circumstances, initiate ananti-
dumping duty investigation". Would youplease clarify whether theterm "anti-dumping duty
investigation" implies thattheMinister hastheopinion inmind toimpose ananti-dumping dutyprior
totheinitiation oftheinvestigation (page 21)?
Q.11. Article 13oftheADAgreement states thattribunals orprocedures should beindependent of
theauthorities responsible forthedeterminations ormeasures. Since theChairman andtwoofthe
members oftheAnti-Dumping Tribunal areappointed bytheMinister whoisincharge oftheconduct
ofinvestigations, would youplease clarify howtheindependence oftheTribunal isassured within
thecontext specified bytheADAgreement (Article 30,page28)?
Q.12. Singapore'slegislationdoesnotrefertoArticle9.5oftheADAgreementwhereintheAgreement
states thattheauthorities should promptly carry outreviews forthepurpose ofdetermining individual
dumping margins forthenewcomer exporters. Would youplease clarify ifprompt review investigations
areavailable forsuchnewcomer firms intheSingapore legislation?
Q.13. Would youplease explain theprocedure insuchcasesthat,inthefinaldetermination, theinjury
orthedumping margin determined islesser thantheundertaking (Article 25.4, page26)?
Q.14. Would youplease explain thelegalpositions oftheMinister andtheTribunal andincaseof
conflict whether thedecision oftheTribunal prevails (Article 27,page28)?
Q.15. Article 4.1(i) oftheADAgreement states that,"when producers arerelated totheexporters
orimporters orarethemselves importers oftheallegedly dumped product, theterm"Domestic industry"
maybeinterpreted asreferring totherestoftheproducers".
Within thiscontext, would youplease clarify thedefinition of"domestic industry", regarding
theabove-mentioned Article, considering thatsome producers haverelations withtheimporters or
theexporters ofthedumped goods (Article 2.1,page5)?