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ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/AHG/W/175/Rev.1 
2 October 2006 
 (06-4713) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices 
Working Group on Implementation  
 
 
 
DRAFT RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING  
THE CONDUCT OF VERIFICATIONS 
 
Revision  
 
 
 The Committee notes that Article 6.7 of the Ag reement on Implementation of Article VI of 
GATT 1994 envisages that investigating authoriti es may carry out on-the-spot investigations 
(hereinafter "verifications") in the territory of ot her Members in order to verify or obtain further 
details about information submitted.  The Committee recognizes that the conduct of such verifications 
is not mandatory, and that investigating authorities intending to carry out such verifications must 
obtain the agreement of the firms concerned and canno t proceed when there is an objection on the part 
of the government of the Member in question. 
The Committee is mindful that Annex I of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of 
GATT 1994 contains a series of procedures that Me mbers conducting verifications must apply and 
comply with, and that the results of verifications must be made available or disclosed to the firms 
investigated, and may be made available to the a pplicants, subject to the requirement to protect 
confidentiality. 
The Committee notes that the Ag reement on Implementation of Article VI of GATT 1994 
does not prescribe any detailed rules about when or  how firms and governments should be notified of 
an investigating authority's intention to conduct a ve rification.  Nor does it specify in detail either the 
manner in which the results should be  made available or disclosed, nor the precise contents thereof.  
In practice, Members follow a variety of appro aches when addressing these particular aspects of the 
verification process.  The Committee recognizes that these variances may reflect the particularities of 
different national legal structures and/or systems of anti-dumping administration.  Nonetheless, the 
Committee considers that it would be useful to adopt  a recommendation in relation to these particular 
aspects of the verification process with a view to enhancing transparency. 
In the light of the foregoing considerations, the Committee recommends that, in applying the 
provisions of Article 6.7 and Annex I of the Ag reement on Implementation of Article VI of GATT 
1994, Members should comply with the following: 
(a) Notification of Intention to Conduct a Verification  
An investigating authority should provide  the firms concerned and the relevant 
Member governments[, where practicable,] [at least 30 days] [a reasonable period of] advance written notice of any intention to conduct a verification.[
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[1 Any notice of the intention to conduct a verification made known in the Questionnaire or in the cover 
letter thereto, shall be deemed to be sufficient advance written notice.] G/ADP/AHG/W/175/Rev.1 
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  In order to allow the firms concerned adequa te time to prepare [for the verification], 
the investigating authority should provide its  intended programme for the verification  
[including details on the nature of the info rmation and documents to be verified][, 
where practicable,] [normally] no later than 10 days prior to the proposed date of 
commencement of the verification.  [Where  it is not practicable to provide the 
intended programme to the firms with at l east 10 days´ notice, it shall be provided 
within a reasonable period of time before the commencement of the verification.] 
The firms concerned should be given a r easonable period of time to agree, and the 
Member governments to object, to the inves tigating authority's intention to conduct a 
verification. 
 
(b) Disclosure to Firms Subject to Verification
 
Investigating authorities should disclose or ma ke available to the firms concerned, a 
full and detailed report [including preliminar y margin of dumping calculations] of the 
verification [as soon as practicable, but in no case later than 10[15] days, after 
completion of the verification.[2 ] [within a reasonable period of time][within a 
reasonable period of time before th e final determination is made]. 
The firms concerned should be provided with an opportunity to comment within a 
reasonable period of time on the verification report, before it is finalized.  A copy of the finalized verification report should be pr ovided to the firms [verified][concerned] 
in sufficient time to defend their interests. 
 
The firms concerned should be requested to identify any confidential information appearing in the finalized verification report.  
(c) [Disclosure to Other Interested Parties
 
Investigating authorities should make a non- confidential version of the finalized 
verification report available to [the appli cants and] other interested parties in 
sufficient time to allow them to defend their interests.]   
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[2 Whenever a verification visit to more than one [firm][interested party] is undertaken, completion of 
the "verification" is understood to mean the completion of the last of the verification visits to the individual 
firms concerned.]