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ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/Q1/ARG/22 
G/SCM/Q1/ARG/22 18 June 2009 
 
 
(09-3006) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER 
ARTICLES 18.5 AND 32.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS  
 
Replies to the Questions Posed by the EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
1 
Regarding the Notification of ARGENTINA2 
   The following communication, dated 15 June 2009,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Argentina. 
 
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Question 1
 
 
 Decree 1393/2008 does not include provisions on  sampling, whereas these were included 
in Decree 1088/2001, which is repealed by the fo rmer decree.  Could Argentina please indicate 
whether any provisions exist (in other legal acts) governing, in accordance with Article 6.10 ADA, the cases where the number of exporters, pro ducers, importers or types of products is so 
large as to make a determination of an individu al margin of dumping for each known exporter 
or producer concerned of the produc t under investigation impracticable? 
 
Reply
 
 
Pursuant to Law No. 24.425, Argentina incorpor ated into its legislation the Agreement on 
Implementation of Article VI of the General Ag reement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (Uruguay Round), 
Article 6.10 of which provides that "The authorities shall, as a rule, determine an individual margin 
of dumping for each known ex porter or producer concerned of the product under investigation ".  
Furthermore, pursuant to Decree No. 421/02, D ecree No. 1088/2001 never entered into force. 
 
Question 2  
 
 Articles 4, 50, 54, 58 and 63 in particular  provide that the Secretariat is to establish 
guidelines, requirements and formalities relat ing to the various aspects of proceedings 
mentioned therein.  Could Argentina please indicate the time-frame within which the Secretariat is expected to establish these guidelines, requirements and formalities? 
 
Reply
 
 
In Regulatory Decree No. 1393, Argentina est ablishes the various time-frames corresponding 
to each stage of the investigation proceedings.  Articles 15, 17 and 18, inter alia , may be cited by way 
                                                      
1 G/ADP/Q1/ARG/19-G/SCM/Q1/ARG/19. 
2 G/ADP/N/1/ARG/1/Suppl.9. G/ADP/Q1/ARG/22 
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  of example.  Guidelines, requirements and formalities for the said proceedings are also set out in the 
decision to initiate an investigation and the notifica tion to each party with a known interest.  Likewise, 
Resolution No. 293/2008 of the Secretariat of Industry, Trade and Small and Medium-Sized 
Enterprises (available for consultation at http://www.infoleg.gov.ar/
) establishes the requirements to 
be met by a domestic industry interested in filing an  application for the initiation of an investigation. 
 
Question 3  
 
 Article 64 refers to the provisions applicable in cases of imports from non-market 
economy countries or countries in transition to a market economy.  Could Argentina indicate 
which countries are currently treated by it as falling within these two categories for the 
purposes of anti-dumping investigations? 
 
Reply  
 
Argentina does not have a list of countries considered to be non-market economies. 
 
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