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ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/Q1/BHR/4 
G/SCM/Q1/BHR/4 
G/SG/Q1/BHR/4 
14 October 2010 
 (10-5281) 
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 
 
Replies to the Questions Posed by the UNITED STATES
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Regarding the Notification of BAHRAIN2 
   The following communication, dated 11 October 2010, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Bahrain.   
 
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Question 1 
 
 In Bahrain's 17 July 2009 notification, Bahrain notified that it "has a Gulf Cooperation 
Council (GCC) Common Law on Anti-dumping, Countervailing Measures and Safeguards dated 22 December 2003 and a related regulation dated 11 October 2004, 
relevant to the Agreements on Anti-Dumpi ng, Subsidies and Countervailing Measures 
and Safeguards" [hereinafter Law and Regulation ].  Further, Bahrain notified that this 
law was being translated into English and would be notified "soon" to the respective 
WTO Committees. 
 
• Could Bahrain please indicate when the translation of the Law and Regulation  
will be available and notified to the relevant Committees?   
 
Reply
 
 
 The translation of the Law and Regulation is  being finalized and will be submitted to the 
Ministerial Committee for approval as soon at is is co mpleted.  This is expected to be completed by 
March 2011. 
 
• Could Bahrain please indicate wheth er there have been any revisions or 
amendments to the Law and Regulation  since 2009?  If so, when will such 
revisions or amendments be noti fied to the relevant Committees? 
 
                                                      
1 G/ADP/Q1/BHR/3-G/SCM/Q1/BHR/3-G/SG/Q1/BHR/3. 
2 G/ADP/N/1/BHR/2-G/SCM/N/ 1/BHR/1-G/SG/N/1/BHR/2. G/ADP/Q1/BHR/4 
G/SCM/Q1/BHR/4 G/SG/Q1/BHR/4 
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  Reply
 
  According to the revision, there are amen dments to the Law and Regulation.  These 
amendments, along with the translation, will be su bmitted to the Ministerial Committee by the above 
date.  The GCC member States will submit the Law a nd regulation to the next Ministerial Committee. 
 
Question 2  
 Please clarify how the Law and Regulation  are implemented in Bahrain's national laws.   
 
Reply
 
  The Law and Regulation will be effectively c onsidered as a local law to each GCC member 
State once the Legislative instruments in each State h as been issued and published through it's official 
journals.  
Question 3 
 
 Under the Law and Regulation , is there a central GCC entity that is responsible for 
conducting antidumping, countervailing duty and safe guard investigations, deciding whether or 
not to impose antidumping, countervailing duty or  safeguard measures, and implementing the 
measures on imports?  Or, do individua l GCC members have the ability to conduct 
antidumping, countervailing duty and safeguard pr oceedings, decide whether or not to impose 
measures, and implement the measures on imports? 
 
Reply
 
  The permanent committee, which is composed  of GCC member State representatives is 
authorized by the GCC Law and Regulation to ini tiate investigations as well as impose the provisional 
duties or propose the definitive duties to the Minist erial  Committee.  It also established a central 
GCC entity responsible for conducting safeguard investigations which is  the Technical Secretariat of 
Anti-Dumping (TSAD).  
Question 4 
 
 According to the GCC Law and Regulation , would an antidumping, countervailing duty 
or safeguard measure apply to imports into all members of the GCC or may such measures be 
applied only to imports into certain members of the GCC? 
 
Reply
 
 
 Generally the anti-dumping, countervailing duti es or the safeguard measures will be applied 
to all GCC member States once the Permanent Co mmittee or the Ministerial Committee approves it. 
 
  
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