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ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/N/1/LVA/1/Suppl.1
3 August 2000
(00-3185)
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLE 18.5 OF THE AGREEMENT
LATVIA
Supplement
The following notification, dated 27 July 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Latvia.
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Amendments to the Anti-Dumping Law
1. To abolish section 10 of article 1 accordingly changing numeration of further sections.
2. In article 17:
To abolish the term "individual" contained in the title of the article.
To amend the article with a new first and second part as follows:
"(1) During the investigation the dumping margin is established by:
(1) Comparing weighted average normal value with the total weighted average
export price of all exports to Latvia
(2) Comparing individual normal value with  individual export price on the basis of
separate deals.
(2) Normal value established by taking as a basis of weighted average value is compared
with all prices if the State Protection of Domestic Market Bureau determines that export price
considerably differs depending on customers, regions and period of time, and if the methods
mentioned in the first section of this article fail to disclose dumping extents in full measure";
to replace in section 4 the words "sections 2 and 3 of this article" with "sections 4 and 5 of
this article":
to regard the former sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 in accordance as sections 3, 4, 5 and 6.
1. To abolish the words "in accordance with specified procedures" in section 2 of article 22.G/ADP/N/1/LVA/1/Suppl.1
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2. To supplement article 26 with section 2 and 3 using the following wording:
"(2) If there is a decision to adopt price adjustments, the State protection of the Domestic
Market Bureau confirms the price adjustment invoice which the exporter must declare to
customs authorities, declaring the goods to be investigated for free turnover.
(3) If the invoice of price adjustment is not declared, the document of guarantee must be
required or anti-dumping duty must be collected".
1. To replace the words "sections 2 and 3 of the article 17" in section 3 of article 32 with
"sections 4 and 5 of article 17" and the words "section 4 of article 17" with "section 6 of article 17".
1. To use the following wording for section 5 of article 33:
"(5) The Parliament makes decisions about the application of anti-dumping duty on the
basis of the information delivered by the Cabinet of Ministers.  Anti-dumping duty is
collected in general order as customs payment."
1. To abolish the words "and the price difference is refunded in accordance with the procedures
specified by the Cabinet of Ministers" in section 2 of article 35.
2. In article 44:
to replace in section 1 the words "in accordance with the procedures specified by the Cabinet
of Ministers" with the words "in accordance with the procedures specified by Law on
Customs".
to supplement the article with section 6 with the following wording:
"(6) the State protection of Domestic Market Bureau sends decisions of the reimbursement
of anti-dumping duties to State Revenue Service for repayment".
1. To replace words "in the article 17, section 4" with "in the article 17, section 6" in article 46,
sections 3 (point 4) and 4 (point 4)".
The Law comes into force on 1 July 2000.The Law has been adopted by the Parliament on 15 June 2000.
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