WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/W/438 
G/SCM/W/529 
G/SG/W/197 
4 May 2004 
 (04-1950) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Committee on Safeguards  
 
 
 
NOTE FROM THE SECRETARIAT  
 
 
 In order to assist Members, the following ar e deadlines for submissions  established by the 
Committees on Anti-Dumping Practices, Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and Safeguards, and subsidiary bodies, at their meetings held on 22-23 April, 29-30 April, and 19 April, respectively.  
  A. AD/CVD LEGISLATION NOTIFICATIONS  
 The Secretariat will circulate to Members in mid-September 2004 a list of the new 
notifications of legislation  that will be on the agenda for review at the regular meetings in October-
November 2004.  Pursuant to procedures adopted by the Committees, notifications circulated in all three WTO working languages not later than 16 Se ptember 2004 will be reviewed at the Committees' 
October 2004 regular meetings.   
 
13 May 2004 Written follow-up qu estions regarding new notifications of legislation 
reviewed at the Committees' regular meetings in April 2004. 
 
1 July 2004 Written answers to questions re garding new notifications of legislation 
reviewed at the Committees' regular meetings in April 2004. 
 16 September 2004   Written ques tions regarding previously reviewed notifications of 
legislation, for consideration at the Committees' regular meetings in 
October-November 2004. 
 7 October 2004 Written questi ons regarding new notificati ons of legislation to be 
reviewed at the Committees' regular meetings in October-November 2004. 
 
14 October 2004 Written answers to questions re garding previously reviewed notifications 
of legislation submitted by 16 Septem ber 2004, for consideration at the 
Committees' regular meetings in October-November 2004. 
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B. SAFEGUARDS LEGISLATION NOTIFICATIONS   
 The Secretariat will circulate to Members in mid-September 2004 a list of the new 
notifications of legislation  that will be on the agenda for review at the regular meeting in October 
2004.  Pursuant to procedures adopted by the Safegu ards Committee, notifications circulated in all 
three WTO working languages not later than 13 Se ptember 2004 will be reviewed at the Committee's 
25 October 2004 regular meeting. 
 
10 May 2004 Written follow-up qu estions regarding new notifications of legislation 
reviewed at the Committee's regular meeting in April 2004. 
 31 May 2004 Written answers to questions re garding new notifications of legislation 
reviewed at the Committee's regular meeting in April 2004. 
 13 September 2004 Written questions regarding previously reviewed notifications of 
legislation, for consideration at the Committee's regular meeting in October 2004. 
 
11 October 2004 Written answers to questions re garding previously reviewed notifications 
of legislation submitted by 13 Septem ber 2004, for consideration at the 
Committee's regular meeting in October 2004. 
 4 October 2004 Written questi ons regarding new notificati ons of legislation to be 
reviewed at the Committee's re gular meeting in October 2004. 
  
C. SUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS 
 1. 2003 new and full subsidy notifications 
2003 new and full subsidy notifications were due no later than 30 June 2003 .  Pursuant to the 
procedures adopted by the Committee at the 8 May 2 003 meeting, only notifications circulated in all 
three WTO languages 19 weeks before a meeting may be  reviewed at that mee ting.  The Secretariat 
will circulate to Members, shortly after 21 June 2004, a list of the 2003  new and full subsidy 
notifications  that will be on the agenda for review at the Committee's special meeting scheduled for 
the week of 1 November 2004.   
14 May 2004 Written follow-up ques tions regarding subsidy notif ications reviewed at the 
April 2004 meeting of the SCM Committee 
11 June 2004 Written answers to written questions regarding subsidy notifications 
reviewed at the April 2004 meeting of the SCM Committee 
19 July 2004  Written questions regarding 2003 new and full s ubsidy notifications to be 
reviewed at the Committee's special meeting in November 2004 
20 September 2004 Written answers to questi ons regarding 2003 new and full subsidy 
notifications to be reviewed at the Committee's special meeting in November 2004  G/ADP/W/438 
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 2. Article 27.4 SCM notifications 
 At its October 2003 meeting, the Committee agreed to the following dates for the 
Committee's mandated review of the standstill a nd transparency commitments relating to the 
extension of the transition period for certain Members' export subsidy programmes (documents 
G/SCM/50 - 102 and G/SCM/50/Add.1 – G/SCM/94/Add. 1):   
30 June 2004    Submission of the required notification 
1 September 2004 Any written questions re garding Article 27.4 notifications 
6 October 2004.   Any written an swers to questions submitted 
 
D. OTHER SUBMISSIONS  
14 September 2004  Submissions for the meeting of the Informal Group on Anti-
Circumvention  beginning on 26 October 2004. 
 
15 September 2004 Submissions for the meeting of the Working  Group on 
Implementation  on 27 October 2004. 
 
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