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ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/N/1/MEX/1/Suppl.1
31 January 2001
(01-0495)
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 18.5 OF THE AGREEMENT
MEXICO
Supplement
The following communication, dated 23 January 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Mexico.
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Pursuant to Article 18.5 of the Agreement on Im plementation of Article VI of the General
Agreements on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (Anti-Dumping Agreement) I have the pleasure of submitting
herewith a copy of the Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 29 December 2000 in
which the Decree amending the first paragraph of Article 48 of the Regulations under the ForeignTrade Act is published.G/ADP/N/1/MEX/1/Suppl.1
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DECREE  amending the first paragraph of Article 48 of the Regulations under the Foreign Trade Act.
In the margin, a stamp with the national emblem and the words United Mexican States – Office of the
President of the Republic.
I, Vicente Fox Quesada, President of the United Mexican States, in exercise of the powers
conferred upon me under Article 89, paragraph I of the Constitution of the United Mexican States and
on the basis of Articles 31 and 34 of the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration, hereby
issue the following:
DECREE
Single Article  – The first paragraph of Article 48 of the Regulations under the Foreign Trade
Act is amended as follows:
"Article 48.  For the purposes of Article 33 of the Act, centrally planned economies,
regardless of the name by which they are designated, shall be deemed, subject to contrary
evidence, to be those whose cost and price structures do not reflect market principles, or in
which the enterprises of the sector or industry under investigation have cost and price
structures which are not determined in accordance with such principles, and hence, in bothcases, sales of the identical or like product in the country in question do not reflect the market
value or the value of the factors of production used in manufacturing an identical or like
product in a third country with a market economy.  In order to determine whether an economy
is a market economy, the following criteria, inter alia , shall be taken into account:  the
currency of the foreign country under investigation must be generally convertible in theinternational currency markets;  salaries in the said foreign country must be established
through free negotiation between workers and employers;  decisions relating to prices, cost
and supply of inputs, including raw materials, technology, production, sales and investment,
in the sector or industry under investigation, must be taken in response to market signals
without any significant State interference;  the industry under investigation must have only
one set of accounting records which it uses for all purposes and which is audited according to
generally accepted accounting criteria;  and the production costs and financial situation of thesector or industry under investigation must not be distorted in relation to the depreciation of
assets, bad debts, barter trade and debt compensation or other factors considered relevant.
…"
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION
Single article:   This Decree shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the
Official Journal of the Federation.
Done at the seat of the Federal Executive in Mexico City, Federal District, on the twenty-
seventh day of December of the year two thousand.  Vicente Fox Quesada – Sealed;  Minister of
Finance and Public Credit, Francisco Gil Díaz – Sealed;  Minister of the Economy, Luis Ernesto
Derbez Bautista – Sealed.
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