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ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/9
29 November 2002
(02-6596)
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
RECOMMENDATION REGARDING ANNUAL REVIEWS OF THE
ANTI-DUMPING AGREEMENT
Adopted by the Committee on 27 November 2002
Paragraph 7.4 of the Ministerial Decision of 14 November 2001 on Implementation-Related
Issues and Concerns states that the Ministerial Conference “Takes note that Article 18.6 of the
Agreement on the Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
requires the Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices to review annually the implementation and
operation of the Agreement taking into account the objectives thereof.  The Committee onAnti-dumping Practices is instructed to draw up guidelines for the improvement of annual reviews
and to report its views and recommendations to the General Council for subsequent decision within
12 months.”
Article 18.6 of the Agreement states:  “The Committee shall review annually the
implementation and operation of this Agreement taking into account the objectives thereof.  The
Committee shall inform annually the Council for Trad e in Goods of developments during the period
covered by such reviews.”
The Committee considers that improvements in the reporting of anti-dumping activity under
the Agreement and in the Committee’s annual reviews are important to promoting transparency.
Therefore, the Committee recommends the following improvements that would provide usefulinformation to Members and the public, and would enhance transparency under the Agreement:
1. The Committee’s annual report under Article 18.6 should include in the Summary of
Anti-Dumping Actions
1, in addition to the column currently included that lists the initiations
reported by each Member, a comparable column listing the number of anti-dumpingrevocations reported by each Member during the reporting period.  Where a Member has not
provided such information, the report should note this omission.  Members are already
requested to report the number of revocations in a separate table as an annex to their
semi-annual reports of anti-dumping activity.  Consequently, such information should be
included in the Article 18.6 annual report.
2. The Committee’s Article 18.6 annual report should also include a chart comparing for each
Member the number of preliminary and final measures reported in its semi-annual reports
with the number of notices of preliminary and final measures the Member submitted to the
Secretariat for the comparable period.
3. Developed country Members should include, when reporting anti-dumping actions in the
semi-annual report that Members are required to submit under Article 16.4, the manner in
which the obligations of Article 15 have been fulfilled.  Without prejudice to the scope and
                                                     
1 See Report (2001) of the Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices, Annex C, G/L/495
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application of Article 15, price undertakings and lesser duty rules are  examples of
constructive remedies that could be included in such Members’ semi-annual reports.   The
Committee’s annual report under Article 18.6 should include, in a separate table, a
compilation of the information reported by each Member in this respect during the reporting
period.  Where a Member has not provided such information, the report should note thisomission.
4. This recommendation does not prejudge the ability of Members to submit other proposals and
to agree in the future on other recommendations aimed at improving annual reviews in the
Committee on Anti-dumping Practices.
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