. /. RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/AHG/R/19 
21 September 2006 
 (06-4480) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices 
Working Group on Implementation  
 
 
 
SUMMARY REPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE 
WORKING GROUP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 
COMMITTEE ON ANTI-DUMPING PRACTICES, 
27 APRIL 2006 
 
Note by the Secretariat  
  
1. The Working Group on Implementation ("the Group") met in formal session on 27 April 2006 
and held substantive discussions concerning the topics referred to it by  the Committee on Anti-
Dumping Practices ("the Committee") on May 2003.
1  The Group adopted the agenda for the meeting, 
which had been circulated in WTO/AIR/2806, dated 13 April 2006.   
2. The Chairperson, (Ms. Frida Collste, Swed en) noted that the Group would take up the two 
topics for discussion in the order set forth in th e agenda, as adopted.  These were:  (a) Conduct of 
Verification; and (b) the draft recommendation on Article 6.7 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement – 
Conduct of Verification. 
3. Turning to the first item on the agenda, Article  6.7 – Conduct of Verification, the Chairperson 
reminded Members that the Group had started its di scussion of this topic during the October 2003 
meeting and that the discussions to date had been based on papers2 submitted by Australia;  the 
United States;  Canada;  the European Communities;  Argentina;  New Zealand;  Turkey; Egypt; and 
Pakistan.  South Africa and Brazil were requested to introduce their papers on this topic, circulated as 
documents G/ADP/AHG/W/173 and G/ADP/AHG/W/174, respectively. 
4. The discussions focused on:  whether verifica tion takes place before or after the preliminary 
determination is made;  the duration of the verificat ion visit;  whether all e xporters are verified and 
criteria used when deciding not to verify all exporter s;  notice of deficient responses;  and, opportunity 
to submit supplemental information.  Issues such as whether a separate disclosur e of the results of the 
verification is made, and if so, when, and whether exporters are granted an opportunity to comment on 
the verification report were also raised. 
5. Although not all users of anti-dumping had subm itted papers on their respective practices 
regarding verifications, the Chairperson noted that  the Group had discussed the practices of eleven 
Members.  She further noted that, as some common elements seemed to have  had emerged from these 
discussions, which might form the basis for discussing a draft recommendation, the Group had 
decided to request the Secretariat at its Autumn  2005 meeting to prepare a draft recommendation on 
Article 6.7 – Conduct of Verification, for discussion by the Group. 
                                                      
1 The list of topics referred to the Working Group was circulated to Members in document 
G/ADP/W/433. 
2 Circulated as documents G/ADP/AHG/W/148, 152, 154, 156, 157, 159, 164, 170 and 171, 
respectively.    G/ADP/AHG/R/19 
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  6. The Group then moved to the second item on th e agenda, that is, the draft recommendation on 
Article 6.7 – Conduct of Verification, as prepared by the Secretariat and circulated as document 
G/ADP/AHG/W/175 on 13 April 2006.  At the outset, th e Chairperson observed that a paper, dealing 
with similar issues as addressed in the draft recomme ndation, had been submitted by a Member to the 
Rules Negotiating Group and circulated as document TN/RL/GEN/132.  However, the Group decided 
to proceed with the discussion of the draft recommendation. 
7. Turning then to the draft recommendation, the Chairperson reminded Members of the 
applicable procedures.  A number of Members commented on the draft recommendation.  Some 
Members had specific proposals concerning drafti ng, and additional suggestions, whereas other 
Members made comments of a general nature.  The Secretariat was requested to prepare a revised 
version of the draft recommendation in light of th e comments made during the meeting, and circulate 
it to Members as a working document to form the b asis for continued discussion at the Group's next 
meeting. 
8. In concluding the discussions, the Chairper son urged other significant users of anti-dumping, 
who had not yet submitted papers on their respective practices on the three other topics currently 
before the Group, to submit papers for discussion at the Group's next meeting.  She also requested 
Members to reflect on the future work of the Group as  this issue would be raised at the Autumn 2006 
meeting, and that Members should keep in mind the possibility of developing a further list of topics to 
be proposed for discussion. 
9. The Group agreed that its next meeting woul d be scheduled, in conj unction with the next 
regular meeting of the Committee, to take place duri ng the week of 23 October 2006, and that papers 
and other submissions for the Group's next meeting should be transmitted to the Secretariat no later 
than 13 September 2006. 
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