WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/1/MKD/2/Suppl.1 
1 August 2008 
 (08-3668) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER  
ARTICLE 18.5 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 
 
Supplement
 
  
 The following communication, dated 28 July 2008, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Former Yugos lav Republic of Macedonia.   
 
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  With reference to Article 18.5 of the Agre ement on Implementation of Article VI of the 
GATT 1994, the Government of the Republic of M acedonia submits an extract of  the Law on 
Amending and Supplementing the Law on Trade, releva nt to the Agreement.  The Law was published 
in the Official Gazette No. 63/2007 of 22 May 2007.  An unofficial translation of the Law on Amending and Supplementing the Law on Trade is enclosed.    G/ADP/N/1/MKD/2/Suppl.1 
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  LAW ON AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE  
LAW ON TRADE
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Article 45-a 
 
  When a product is imported into the Republic of Macedonia at a price less than its normal 
value (dumping) and pursuant to an investigation in itiated and conducted by the Commission, shall be 
determined that such import causes or threatens to cause material injury to the domestic production or 
material retardation of the establishment of domes tic production, the Government of the Republic of 
Macedonia, upon Commission proposal, may impose anti-dumping duty on the imported product.     A product is to be considered as being importe d into the Republic of Macedonia at price less 
than its normal value (dumping) if the price of the product is less than the comparable price, in the 
ordinary course of trade, for the like product when destined for consumption in the domestic market 
of the exporting country.     When there are no data for the comparable pr ice or when, because of the particular market 
situation or the low volume of the sales in the domes tic market of the exporting country the available 
data do not permit a proper comparison, an anti-dum ping duty shall be determined by comparison of 
the price of the imported product with:   
 
- price of the like product when exported to an appropriate third country, provided that this 
price is representative, or 
- the cost of production in the country of origin plus a reasonable amount for administrative, 
selling and general costs and for profits.   
  
Article 45-b 
 
 A request for imposition of an anti-dumping duty may be submitted on behalf of the domestic 
producers as a whole of a like product or to those of them whose collective output of the products 
constitutes a major proportion of the total production of that product.     The request is to be submitted in a written form to the Commission.    
 The Commission shall, if determines that th e request has been submitted by the producers 
under paragraph 1 of this Article or a person authorized by them for submitting the request, initiate a 
proceeding.     The request under paragraph 1 of this Article shall include:   
 
- evidence of dumping upon imports of particular product, 
- injury which dumping causes to the domestic produ ction within the meaning of Article VI of 
GATT 1994 and 
- a causal link between the dumpe d imports and the injury which such imports causes to the 
domestic production.   
 
                                                     
 
1 Extract of the Law on Amending and Supplemen ting the Law on Trade related to the Anti-dumping 
provisions.  The Law is published in the Official Gazette No. 63/2007 of 22 May 2007.  The Law on Trade was 
notified on 6 December 2004- G/SG/N/1/MKD/1.    G/ADP/N/1/MKD/2/Suppl.1 
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   The Commission shall initiate procedure wit hout having received a written request by the 
producers concerned, if there is sufficient evidence of dumped imports, injury which such imports is 
causing to the domestic production and causal link to justify initiation of proceeding.     Pursuant to Article 45-a of this Law an anti-dumping duty shall not exceed the margin of 
dumping. An anti-dumping duty should be less than the margin of dumping if such lesser duty would 
be adequate to remove injury  to the domestic production.   
  An anti-dumping duty shall remain in force onl y as long as, and to the extent that, it is 
necessary to counteract the dumping which is causing injury.  The Commission shall review the need 
for the continued imposition of the duty, on its own initiative or upon request by any interested party, 
if it warrants the need for review of the anti-dumping duty.     The procedure and method of determini ng anti-dumping duty, upon Commission proposal, 
shall be prescribed by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia.   
 
 
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