G/SG/N/6/BHR/3  
 
3 October 2017 
(17-5330) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 12.1(A) OF TH E AGREEMENT  
ON SAFEGUARDS ON  INITIATION OF AN INV ESTIGATION  
AND THE REASONS FOR IT  
KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN  
(COOPERATION COUNCIL FOR THE ARAB STATES OF THE GULF "GCC")  
(Prepared additives for cements, mortars or concretes (chemical plasticizers) ) 
The following communication , dated on 3 October 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Kingdom  of Bahrain . 
 
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The Kingdom of Bahrain notifies the Committee on Safeguards, pursuant to Article 12.1(a) of the 
Agreement on Safeguards, that the GCC Bureau of Technical Secretariat for Anti Injurious 
Practices in International Trade (TSAIP) (hereafter referred as "the Competent Authority") initiated 
a safeguard investigation on imports of prepared additives for cem ents, mortars or concretes 
(chemical plasticizers).  
1. Date of initiation of the investigation  
The investigation was initiated upon the decision of the Permanent Committee of Anti Injurious 
practices in the International Trade for the Arab States of the G ulf. The notice of initiation by the 
Competent Authority is published in the Official  Gazette of the GCC -TSAIP Volume (14) 
on 20 September 2017.1 
2. Product subject to the investigation  
The product covered by the investigation is prepared additives for cem ents, mortars or concretes 
(chemical plasticizers).  
This product is imported to GCC member countries under HS Code: (38244000).  
3. Reasons for the initiation of investigation  
The investigation was initiated after receiving a documented safeguard applicatio n filed by 
Methanol Chemicals Company (CHEMANOL) pursuant to the GCC Common Law on Antidumping, 
Countervailing Measures and Safeguard Measures and its Rules of Implementation (hereafter 
referred as "Regulation"), in which it alleged that increased imports of the concerned product had 
caused serious injury to the GCC industry producing similar products.  
                                                
1 A copy of this Official Gazette has been submitted  electronically (in  Arabic  and English only). 
To consult this document please contact Ms. Budd (hilary.budd@wto.org) o r Ms. Naville  
(delphine.naville@wto.org) of the  Rules Division.  G/SG/N/6/BHR/3  
 
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  The available data currently showed a situation of overall deterioration of the GCC industry 
indicators such as decline of sales, market share, profits, ret urn on investment, production, 
capacity utilization rate, cash flow, employment, as well as the large increase in inventory, in 
conjunction with the increase of imports.  
Accordingly, it was established that there was sufficient evidence in the application  to justify the 
initiation of the investigation.  
4. Procedures and deadlines  
Interested parties willing to receive a questionnaire should request it no later than 10 days from 
the initiation of the investigation.  
All interested parties have a period of 21  days, from the initiation of the investigation, to make 
themselves known. Any information which the interested parties may wish to submit before the 
Competent Authority should be submitted in writing.  
According to Article (14) of the Rules of Implementati on of the GCC Common Law, the Competent 
Authority may hold a public hearing for all known interested parties.  
5. Contact point for corresponding  
The address of the competent authority for correspondence is:  
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the G ulf 
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf  
GCC-Bureau of Technical Secretariat for Anti Injurious Practices in International Trade  
P.O. Box 7153 Riyadh 11462  
TEL: (+966) 11 2551388 TEL: (+966) 11 2551399  
FAX: (+966) 11 2810093, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  
Email: TSAD@gccsg.org  
 
 
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