WORLD TRADE G/ADP/N/1/SEN/1
G/SCM/N/1/SEN/1
31July1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3055)
Original: French Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
SENEGAL
Thefollowingcommunication,dated15July1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofSenegal.
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Pursuant toArticle 18.5oftheAgreement ontheImplementation ofArticle VIandArticle 32.6
oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures, theGovernment ofSenegal communicates
below thefulltextofitsnational regulations onunlawful trade practices.G/ADP/N/1/SEN/1
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LawNo.94-68 of28August 1984 onMeasures toSafeguard
Domestic Industry Against Unlawful Trade Practices
STATEMENT OFREASONS
Thereforms initiated under thestructural adjustment haveledinforeign tradetoliberalization
ofourtrade arrangements.
However, inorder toguarantee faircompetition onthedomestic market, thislawseeks to
introduce, pursuant toArticle VIoftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade, tools whereby
safeguard measures canbetaken intheevent ofdumping orsubsidies, asinthecaseofthemachinery
usedinthisregard bymost Members ofGATT.
Such isthepurpose ofthisbillsubmitted foryourapproval.
TheNational Assembly deliberated andadopted atitsmeeting onWednesday, 3August 1994,
ThePresident oftheRepublic enacts thefollowing law:
Article 1. Where imports cause orthreaten serious prejudice toanestablished domestic
industry ormaterial retardation oftheestablishment ofsuchanindustry, theymaybesubject to:
(1) Acountervailing dutyifitisfound thattheimported product directly orindirectly
benefits fromabonus orsubsidy onmanufacture, production orexport inthecountry
oforigin orconsignment;
(2) ananti-dumping dutyifitisfound thattheimport priceislessthanthenormal value.
These duties shallbecollected inthesame wayascustoms duties.
Article 2. Thefollowing isdeemed tobelessthanthenormal value:
(1) Aprice lessthanthecomparable price, intheordinary course oftrade, forthelike
product when destined forconsumption intheexporting country; or
(2) intheabsence ofsuchdomestic price, islessthaneither:
- Thehighest comparable priceforthelikeproduct forexport toathirdcountry
intheordinary course oftrade; or
- thecostofproduction oftheproduct inthecountry oforigin plusareasonable
amount forselling costandprofit.
Article 3. Theamountofthecountervailingdutiesoranti-dumpingdutiesshallbecalculated
soastohalttheinjury. Itmayinnocaseexceed theamount ofthesubsidy orthedifference between
theimport priceandthenormal priceasdefined inArticle 2.Theamount ofthecountervailing duties
oranti-dumping duties shallbeincorporated inthecustoms value.
Article 4. Theduties referred toinArticle 1shallbedetermined bydecree onajoint
report bytheMinister ofTrade, Minister oftheEconomy andFinance andtheMinister ofIndustry.G/ADP/N/1/SEN/1
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Article 5. Theprocedure forassessment oftheduties provided forinArticle 2shall
normally beinitiated onacomplaint submitted byproducers, importers orproducers 'associations acting
onbehalf ofadomestic industry andaddressed totheMinister ofTrade.
However, ifthelatter hassufficient evidence oftheexistence ofunlawful trade practices, he
mayinitiate theprocedure directly.
Acomplaint, asreferred tointheparagraph above, shallinclude evidence oftheexistence
ofdumping, asubsidy orbonus, theinjury sustained bythedomestic industry andthecausal relationship
between theunlawful trade practice andtheinjury.
Adecree shallspecify theinformation tobeprovided bycomplainants.
Article 6. When theMinister ofTrade considers thatthecomplaint isbased onreliable
evidence andthatthemajority ofthedomestic industry inquestion shares thecomplainants 'allegations,
heshalldecide toinitiate aninvestigation intended foralltheparties concerned, inother words, national
producers, importers andexporters andforeign producers.
Theinvestigation, thestages ofwhich shallbespecified bydecree, isadversarial innature,
subject totheprotection ofconfidential information.
TheMinister ofTrade maynottakeafinaldecision untiltheinvestigation iscompleted.
Article 7. However, theMinister ofTrade andtheMinister oftheEconomy andFinance
mayimpose provisional duties before theinvestigation iscompleted.
Thismeasure maybetaken only60daysaftertheinvestigation isinitiated.
Where thefinalfinding oftheinvestigation proves negative, theduties arerefunded.
Where thefinalfinding proves affirmative andthedefinitive dutyishigher thantheprovisional
duty, thedifference ongoods imported during theperiod ofapplication ofprovisional measures isnot
payable.
Where thefinalduties prove tobelessthantheprovisional duties, thedifference isrefunded.
Article 8. If,before expiry oftheperiod of60daysreferred tointheprevious Article,
imports ofthegoods concerned increase excessively andconstitute aserious threat todomestic industry,
safeguard measures intheform ofbonds, quantitative restrictions orquotas maybeadopted bythe
Minister ofTrade, pursuant toArticle XIXoftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade.
Article 9. Thetermsandconditionsofapplicationofthislawshallbedeterminedbydecree.
Thislawshallbeenforced asalawoftheState.
Done atDakar, on22August 1994.
Abdou DIOUF
BythePresident oftheRepublic:
ThePrime Minister ,
Habib THIAMG/ADP/N/1/SEN/1
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MINISTRY OFTRADE AND
THE CRAFT INDUSTRIES No.95-76
Department ofForeign Trade
Decree Implementing LawNo.94-68 of22August 1994 onMeasures
toSafeguard Domestic Industry Against Unlawful
Trade Practices
ThePresident oftheRepublic,
Having regard totheConstitution, more particularly Articles 37and65;
Having regard toLawNo.87-47 of28December 1987 containing theCustoms Code;
Having regard toLawNo.94-63 of22August 1994onprices, competition andeconomic legal
affairs;
Having regard toLawNo.94-68 of22August 1994onmeasures tosafeguard domestic industry
against unlawful trade practices;
Having regard toLawNo.94-83 authorizing thePresident oftheRepublic toratify the
Agreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organization, signed atMarrakesh on15August 1994;
Having regard toDecree No.93-717 of1June1993 appointing thePrime Minister;
Having regard toDecree No.93-723 of7June1993 allocating State services andcontrol of
public establishments, national companies andjointpublic/private companies asbetween theOffice
ofPresident oftheRepublic andtheMinistries;
Having regard toDecree No.93-740 of7June1993 onthepowers oftheMinistry ofTrade
andtheCraft Industries;
Onthereport oftheMinister ofTrade andtheCraft Industries,
Decrees
Article 1. Forthepurposes oftheimplementation ofabove-mentioned LawNo.94-68
of22August 1994, thestipulations oftheAgreement ontheImplementation ofArticle VIofGATT 1994
andtheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures 1994 shallbeobserved.
Article 2. Forthepurposes oftheimplementation ofthese provisions, theauthority for
registering complaints andconducting theinvestigation shallbetheMinister ofTrade; decisions on
theassessment ofanti-dumping duties andcountervailing duties shallbetaken bydecree, onajoint
report bytheMinister ofTrade, theMinister oftheEconomy, Finance andthePlanandtheMinister
ofIndustry, further toanopinion issued bytheCommittee onUnlawful Trade Practices, themembership
ofwhich isestablished inArticle 3ofthisdegree.G/ADP/N/1/SEN/1
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Article 3. TheCommittee onUnlawful Trade Practices ishereby established under the
Minister ofTrade. Itshallbeheaded bytheDirector ofForeign Trade andshallcomprise:
- TheDirector-General Customs orhisrepresentative;
- theDirector ofInternal Trade orhisrepresentative;
- theDirector ofIndustry orhisrepresentative;
- therepresentative oftheMinister ofAgriculture;
- tworepresentatives ofconsumers appointed bythemostrepresentative associations;
- tworepresentatives ofimporters appointed bythemost representative professional
organizations;
- tworepresentatives ofnational producers appointed bythemost representative
professional organizations.
TheDepartment ofForeign Trade shallprovide Committee withsecretariat facilities.
TheChairman oftheCommittee maycallonanyone whose opinion, inviewofhiscompetence,
mayprove useful.
Themembers oftheCommittee aresubject totheobligation toobserve professional secrecy
andrespect theconfidentiality ofinformation brought totheirattention atthetimeofexamination of
thefiles. Therepresentatives ofeconomic operators maybechallenged byacomplainant ordefendant
when itappears thattheyhaveaninterest inthecaseinquestion. TheChairman shallthenrequire
theprofessional organization concerned toappoint another representative.
Article 4. TheMinisterofState,theMinisterofAgriculture,theMinisteroftheEconomy,
Finance andthePlan, theMinister ofEnergy, Mines andIndustry andtheMinister ofTrade andthe
Crafts Industries shall, asfaraseachisconcerned, implement thisdegree, which shallbepublished
intheOfficial Journal.
Dakar, 20January 1995
Abdou DIOUF
BythePresident oftheRepublic:
ThePrime Minister
Habib THIAM