G/ADP/W/501  
G/SCM/W/576  
G/SG/W/243  
 
27 April 2018 
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Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices  
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  
Committee on Safeguards    
 
NOTE FROM THE SECRET ARIAT  
In order to assist Members, the following are deadlines for submission of various documentation 
following up on the April  2018 meetings , and in conjunction with the October  2018 meetings  
of the Committees on Anti -Dumping Practices, Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and 
Safeguards, and subsidiary bodies, which will be held in the week of 22 October  2018. 
Members are reminded to always  submit written questions and answers directly to the 
Member concerned  at the same time that they submit them to the Secretariat for 
circulation . 
1  AD/CVD LEGISLATION N OTIFICATIONS  
The Secretariat will circulate to Members by 14 September  2018 a list of the new notifications 
of legislation  that will be on the agenda for review at the regular meetings in October  2018. 
Pursuant to procedures adopted by the Committees, notifications circulated in all three WTO 
working languages not later than 10 September  2018 will be reviewed at the Committees' 
October  2018 regular meetings.  
14 May 2018 Written  follow -up questions regarding notifications of legislation 
reviewed at the Committees' regular meetings in April 2018. 
4 June  2018 Written answers to written questions regarding notifications of 
legislation reviewed at the Committees' regular meetings in April 
2018. 
10 September  2018 Written questions regarding previously -reviewed notifications of 
legislation, for consideration at the Committees' regular meetings in 
Octo ber 2018. 
1 October  2018 Written questions regarding new notifications of legislation to be 
reviewed at the Committees' regular meetings in October  2018. 
8 October  2018 Written answers to written questions submitted by 10 September  
2018 regarding previously reviewed notifications of legislation, for 
consideration at the Committees' regular meetings in October  2018. 
2  SAFEGUARDS LEGISLATI ON NOTIFICATIONS  
The Secretariat will circulate to Members by 14 September  2018 a list of the new notifications 
of legislation that will be on the agenda for review at the regular meeting in October 2018. 
Pursuant to procedures adopted by the Safeguards Committee, notifications circulated in all three 
WTO working languages not later than 10 Septemb er 2018 will be reviewed at the Committee's 
October 2018 regular meeting.  
14 May 2018 Written follow -up questions regarding new notifications of legislation 
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  4 June  2018 Written  answers to all outstanding written questions posed before or at 
the Committee's regular meeting in April 2018  as well as written 
responses to follow -up questions submitted by the above deadline.  
10 September  2018 Written questions regarding previously rev iewed notifications of 
legislation, for consideration at the Committee's regular meeting in 
October 2018. 
1 October 2018 Written questions regarding new notifications of legislation to be 
reviewed at the Committee's regular meeting in October 2018. 
8 Octob er 2018 Written answers to written questions submitted by 10 September 
2018 regarding previously reviewed notifications of legislation, for 
consideration at the Committees' regular meetings in October 2018. 
3  SUBSIDY NOTIFICATION S 
New and Full Subsidy Notifications  
2017 new and full notifications were due on 30 June 2017 . Pursuant to the procedures adopted 
by the Committee at its April 2005 regular meeting and circulated in document G/SCM/1171, only 
notifications circulated in all three WTO working lang uages not later than 25 June  2018 may be 
reviewed at the special meeting that will be held in October  2018. The Secretariat will circulate to 
Members, shortly after, a list of 2017 new and full subsidy notifications, and any other new and full 
notifications not previously reviewed, that will be on the agenda for review at that meeting.  
14 May 2018  Written follow -up questions regarding the subsidy notifications 
reviewed at the Committee's special meeting of 24 April  2018 that 
had not been reviewe d at previous meetings.  
4 June  2018 Written answers to all follow -up and pending written questions posed 
in connection with the subsidy notifications reviewed at the 
Committee's special meeting of 24 April  2018 that had not been 
reviewed at previous meetin gs. 
23 July  2018 Written questions regarding 2017 new and full subsidy notifications, 
and other new and full notifications not previously reviewed, to be 
reviewed at the Committee's special meeting in October 2018 .  
24 September  2018 Written  answers to written questions regarding 2017 new and full 
subsidy notifications, and other new and full notifications not 
previously reviewed, to be reviewed at the Committee's special 
meeting in October 2018 . 
Transparency Notifications Relating to Article  27.4 Export Subsidy Phase -Out Period  
The Members with Article 27.4 extensions  are required, pursuant to paragraph 2(c) of the 
procedures in WT/L/691, to provide transparency notifications in respect of 2015 , the last of 
the two final years for phasing out  the export subsidies. These notifications were due on 
30 June  2016 .  
4  OTHER SUBMISSIONS  
10 September 2018  Submissions for the October 2018 meeting of the Informal Group 
on Anti-Circumvention . 
 
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1 At its regular meeting held on 25 April 2017, the Committee agreed t hat the procedures contained in 
G/SCM/117 would apply to the review of the 201 7 new and full  subsidy n otifications.