G/ADP/Q1/CMR/6  
G/SCM/Q1/CMR/6  
G/SG/Q1/CMR/6  
 
3 May 2024 
(24-3543) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices  
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  
Committee on Safeguards  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER  
ARTICLES 18.5, 32.6 AND 12.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS  
REPLIES TO QUESTIONS POSED BY THE UNITED STATES1 
REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION OF CAMEROON2 
The following communication, dated and received on 2 May 2024, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Cameroon.  
 
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In the communication addressed to Cameroon dated 13 September 2022 and circulated at the 
request of the delegation of the United States, the delegation of Cameroon was asked a number of 
questions to elicit further details regarding Law No. 2016/004 governing foreign trade in Cameroon. 
The delegation of Cameroon thanks the United States for its questions and would like to provide the 
following replies containing additional information. The document has been forwarded to the 
Secretariat for processing.  
Question 1  
Article 27 states that procedures for calculating normal value, injury to the domestic 
industry, and the margin of dumping are "established by regulation."  
a. Please clarify whether Cameroon has codified and published these specific 
regulations.  
b. If so, please clarify when these regulations will be notified to the relevant 
WTO  Committees for review by Members.  
Reply  
a. The specific regulation in question has already been published. It is Decree No. 
2017/6723/PM of 7  June 2017 establishing the procedures  for implementing  Law 2016 on 
foreign trade;  
b. This Decree has already been notified to the WTO through its relevant Committees.  
Question 2  
Article 28 paragraph 1 states that "natural or legal persons" or "the organizations 
concerned" can submit applications alleging dumped or subsidized imports to the Minister 
for foreign trade. Please clarify whether Cameroon has any requirements regarding the 
establishment of dom estic industry support or representation, similar to the requirements 
set forth in Article 5.4 of the WTO Agreement on the Implementation of Article VI of the 
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (Anti -dumping Agreement). If so, please 
identify the law or regulation that describes any such requirements.  
 
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  Reply  
Yes, Cameroon has requirements regarding the establishment of industry representation ; see Article 
51 of Decree No. 2017/6723/PM of 7  June 2017 establishing the procedures for implementing Law 
2016 on foreign trade . 
Question 3  
Article 28 paragraph 2, states that applications "shall contain sufficient evidence of the 
existence of dumping or subsidization." Please explain what would constitute "sufficient" 
evidence pursuant to this provision.  
Reply  
Sufficient evidence means any authentic document, credible investigation or other element leading 
to the conclusion of the existence of dumping or subsidization.  
Question 4  
Article 29, paragraph 2 states that, upon the initiation of an investigation, the Minister 
shall "officially inform the parties concerned." Please describe what constitutes the 
"parties concerned." Please clarify whether the "the parties concerned" include  foreign 
governments.  
Reply  
The parties concerned are the industry filing the complaint and the enterprise or State against which 
the complaint is filed. 
Question 5  
Article 29 paragraph 4 states that "regulation" determines the Anti -Dumping and 
Subsidies Committee's "organization and functioning." Please confirm whether 
"regulation" refers to Decree No. 2017/6524/PM of 7 June 2017, or some other 
regulation. If the ref erence is to another regulation, please specify which regulation is 
referred to by Article 29 paragraph 4.  
Reply  
Yes, the Decree is the one mentioned, Decree No. 2017/6524/PM of 7 June 2017.  
Question 6  
Articles 24, 30, and 47 refer to periods of ninety, thirty and fifteen, and two hundred days, 
respectively. Please clarify whether "days" mean calendar or business days.  
Reply  
Calendar days.  
Question 7  
Article 31 describes that trade investigations "shall continue on the basis of information 
available to the investigators" in the case that one of the parties cannot provide the 
required information. Please clarify whether the investigating authority would  first 
request clarification or further information from parties before determining to proceed 
"on the basis of information available to the investigators."  
Reply  
The competent investigating authority must first ask the parties for any possible further information.  G/ADP/Q1/CMR/6 • G/SCM/Q1/CMR/6 • G/SG/Q1/CMR/6  
 
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  Question 8  
Article 35 states that exporters and importers "may be informed of the course of the 
proceedings and the outcome of the investigation."  
a. Please clarify how the Minister will determine in what instances exporters, 
importers, and applicants may be informed of the proceedings and outcome of an 
investigation.  
b. Please clarify why parties would not be informed in all instances and identify 
instances in which exporters and importers would not be informed of the outcome 
of the proceedings.  
Reply  
The competent authorities are working on these procedural details within the framework of a clear 
procedural manual issued by the investigating authority.  
Question 9  
Article 41 discusses the process to request reviews of trade remedy measures. Please 
clarify when and where decisions on reviews are published.  
Reply  
Any authentic and credible means of publication may be used for this purpose (journals, newspapers, 
television, radio, internet, etc.).  
Question 10  
Paragraph (2) of Article 43, regarding safeguard measures, states that the evaluation of 
current or potential serious injury shall be conducted in accordance with the WTO 
Agreement on Safeguards and "the criteria defined by regulation." Please specify the 
referenced regulation and state when it will be notified to the WTO Committee on 
Safeguards for Members to review.  
Reply  
The regulation concerned is Decree No. 2017/6723/PM of 7 June 2017 establishing the procedures 
for implementing Law 2016 on foreign trade, which has already been notified to the WTO.  
Question 11  
Article 53 describes the electronic platform through which foreign trade remedy 
operations are conducted, known as e -Single Window for Foreign Trade Operations.  
a. Please clarify whether the electronic platform treats public and proprietary 
information separately.  
b. Please explain how the protection of proprietary information is ensured.  
Reply  
The electronic platform is known as the electronic Single Window for Foreign Trade Operations and 
treats information in accordance with  a clear procedural manual , under the law on data protection.  
 
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