G/ADP/Q1/ARE/6  
G/SCM/Q1/ARE/6  
G/SG/Q1/ARE/6  
12 October  2020 
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Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices  
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  
Committee on Safeguards  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER  
ARTICLES 18.5, 32.6 AND 12.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS  
REPLY TO THE FOLLOW -UP QUESTION1 POSED BY  THE UNITED STATES  
REGARDING THE NOTIFICATION OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES2 
The following communication , dated 12 October  2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United Arab Emirates . 
 
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Question 1  
In its reply to question 1(b) about interested parties ' access to the case file, the United 
Arab Emirates notes that interested parties "can review the record and take notes but 
without copying ." Please clarify the procedure by which interested parties gain access to 
the case record.  
Reply : 
All interested part ies can have access to the case record of the case which concerns them upon a 
request which is addressed to the investigating authority (GCC -TSAIP) requesting to inspect the 
public file.  
There is no specific format for such a request, as it can be requeste d via an email, a letter or by any 
other means, which indicates the name and title of the cooperated requester.  
The investigating authority will offer the interested party the convenient date and time based on his 
request with full consideration to their situation for obtaining all travel requirements. There is no 
denial of any request to inspect the public file, but the investigating authority will determine the 
suitable time to accommodate all requests.  
There is no time limit or nu mber of times to inspect the public file as long as the final determinations 
have not been issued. Indeed, it is granted every time it is requested before issuing the final 
determinations.  
The interested party can determine the time required to inspect the  public file. Usually the access to 
the public file is given from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm during the working days of the investigating 
authority.  
The interested party can inspect the public file at the premises of the investigating authority through 
granting hi m an access to the electronic file of the investigation via "MAKNOUN" system, where he 
 
1 G/ADP/Q1/ARE/ 5 - G/SCM/Q1/ARE/ 5 - G/SG/Q1/ARE/ 5 (dated 1 6 March  2020). For the sake of 
efficiency, the United States suggests that committee review for this question be conducted in the Committee 
on Anti -Dumping Practices.  
2 G/ADP/N/1/ARE/2/Suppl.1 - G/SCM/N/1/ARE/2/Suppl.1 - G/SG/N/1/ARE/2/Suppl.1 
(dated  5 October  2018).  G/ADP/Q1/ARE/6 • G/SCM/Q1/ARE/6 • G/SG/Q1/ARE/6  
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  can have access to the electronic format of all files that have been submitted by interested parties 
during the course of the investigation as a "public document".  
Curre ntly, all participants can review the public file at the premises of the investigating authority as 
there is no remote access yet to the public file because it requires an upgrade of the information 
technology and network infrastructure of the investigatin g authority. Indeed, there is a promising 
plan in the near future to provide all interested parties with remote access to the non -confidential 
file of the investigation, but at the same time responds to the future needs of trade remedy 
investigations and p reserves the integrity of the system.  
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