WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
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G/SCM/N/1/BRA/2/Suppl.7 16 April 2012 
 
(12-1948) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER 
ARTICLES 18.5 AND 32.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS 
 
BRAZIL 
 
Supplement 
   The following communication, dated 12 April 2012,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Brazil.   
 
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RESOLUTION No. 13 OF FEBRUARY 29, 2012 
(Published in the National Gazette, March 1, 2012) 
 
Establishes the Technical Group for Public  Interest Assessment – GTIP. 
 
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE CHAMBER OF FOREIGN TRADE 
(CÂMARA DE COMÉRCIO EXTERIOR – CAMEX) , in accordance with Law No. 9019 of 
March 30, 1995, article 64, § 3, of Decree No. 1602 of August 23, 1995, article 73, § 3, of Decree 
No. 1751 of December 19, 1995, and article 2, s ubsection VIII, of Decree No. 4732 of June 10, 2003. 
 
HEREBY RESOLVES: 
 
Article 1.  To establish the Technical Group fo r Public Interest Assessment (Grupo Técnico 
de Avaliação de Interesse Púb lico – GTIP), for the purpose of examining the suspension or 
modification of definitive antidumping and comp ensatory measures as well as waivers on the 
application of provisional antidumping and compen satory measures for reasons of public interest. 
 
Article 2.  The GTIP will be composed of representatives of the member Ministries of 
CAMEX and coordinated by this Chamber's Executive Secretariat.  
§ 1.  The organizations referred to in the headi ng of this article shall appoint an acting and a 
substitute representative. 
 
§ 2.  A representative of the Trade Defense De partment of the Foreign Trade Secretariat 
(Departamento de Defesa Comercial/Secretaria de Comércio Exterior – DECOM/SECEX) shall take 
part in the GTIP meetings as a guest, with a vi ew to providing the Group with non-classified 
background information necessary for the assessments. 
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  Article 3.  The Secretariat for Economic Monitori ng of the Ministry of Finance (Secretaria de 
Acompanhamento Econômico/Ministér io da Fazenda – SEAE/MF) will serve as the GTIP Secretariat 
and provide the resources required fo r the Secretariat's functioning. 
 
Sole Paragraph.  The GTIP Chairman shall, th rough the Secretariat, convene its meetings, as 
well as invite representatives of other federal gove rnment bodies and entities, when the agenda of the 
meeting includes matters within the scope  of action of such bodies and entities. 
 
Article 4.  Requests to suspend or modify de finitive antidumping and compensatory measures 
or to waive the application of provisional an tidumping and compensatory measures for reasons of 
public interest must be substantiated by factua l and legal evidence, pursuant to the procedures 
provided on SEAE/MF's Web site.  
§ 1.  The documentation referred to in the head ing of this article must be submitted in two 
copies, one of which in electronic fo rmat, to the SEAE/MF Reception Desk. 
 
§ 2.  The requests in the heading shall be assessed by SEAE/MF, whose conclusions shall be 
presented to the Group.  
Article 5.  Any GTIP member or other fede ral government body may request, at any time, 
through a well-grounded submission, an assessment by the Group of any existing definitive measure 
or ongoing investigation, irrespective of any statements received.  
Article 6.  The GTIP shall assess all statements received and may request, at its sole 
discretion, additional information. 
 
Article 7.  In the event the GTIP initiates an assessment in the c ourse of a DECOM/SECEX 
investigation, the Group's conc lusions shall not be submitted to the Executive Committee of the 
Chamber of Foreign Trade (Comitê Executivo de Gest ão da Câmara de Comércio Exterior – GECEX) 
or to the CAMEX Council of Ministers before the final recommendation on application of definitive 
or provisional antidumping or compensatory measures is under consideration by the Committee or the 
Council. 
 
§ 1.  In cases in which the Council of Ministers decides: 
 
I – to suspend the application of defin itive antidumping and compensatory measures 
recommended by DECOM/SECEX, CAMEX shall publish an official determination setting forth the 
application of the corresponding measu res and their immediate suspension. 
 
II – to apply definitive antidumping and compensatory measures, while modifying the 
respective amount in connection with the meas ure recommended by DECOM/SECEX, CAMEX shall 
publish an official determination ordering the app lication of the measure with the modified amount. 
 
III – to waive the application of provis ional measures recommended by DECOM/SECEX, 
CAMEX shall publish a corresponding official determination.  
§ 2.  The GTIP assessment process may not affect DECOM/SECEX investigation time-limits 
nor the application of antidumping or compensatory measures by CAMEX. 
 
§ 3.  The acts referred to in § 1 shall in clude the respective grounds and reasons for the 
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  Article 8.  The GTIP shall have up to four (4 ) months from the beginning of the assessment by 
the Group to submit its conclusions to the Council of Ministers in respect of the convenience of 
suspending or modifying definitive antidumping or compensatory measures as well as waiving the application of provisional antidumping and compen satory measures for reasons of public interest. 
 
§ 1.  The Group may extend the time-limit prescr ibed in the heading through issuance of a 
well-founded decision.  
§ 2.  The conclusions of the GTIP shall be based on information and contributions submitted 
by the  members of the Group. 
 
Article 9.  The result of the GTIP assessment  shall be examined by GECEX prior to its 
submission to the Council of Ministers.  
Sole Paragraph.  The conclusions of the GTIP  may be submitted directly to the Council of 
Ministers in cases in which the Council, following a meeting of the Technical Group on Trade Defense (Grupo Técnico de Defesa Comercial – GTDC), meets prior to the next a GECEX meeting.  
Article 10.  The CAMEX Executive Secretariat sh all notify GTIP members of all applications 
for temporary or permanent modifications of the Common External Tariff (Tarifa Externa Comum) in 
connection with products under i nvestigation or subject to antidumping or compensatory measures.  
 
Article 11.  The GTIP may be vested with other powers and duties, as determined by 
CAMEX.  
Article 12.  The GTIP shall submit a proposed Rules of Internal Procedure for review and 
approval by the CAMEX Council of Ministers, after its submittion to GECEX for comments.  
Article 13.  This Resolution shall enter in to force on the date of its publication. 
 
FERNANDO DAMATA PIMENTEL 
Council President 
 
 This text does not replace the text published in the National Gazette.   
  
 
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