WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/1/EGY/2/Rev.1/Suppl.1 
G/SCM/N/1/EGY/2/Rev.1/Suppl.1 
G/SG/N/1/EGY/2/Suppl.1 
22 August 2008 
 (08-3954) 
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  
 
EGYPT 
 
Supplement
 
  
 The following communication, dated 18 August 2008,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Egypt.    
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 Egypt wishes to notify the attached Decree of the Minister of Trade and Industry No. 569 of 
the Year 2008 Amending the Executive Regulation of Law No. 161/1998 Concerning the Protection 
of the National Economy from Injurious Effects of Unfair Practices in International Trade to the 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices, the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and the Committee on Safeguards.   
 
 This notification is made in accordance with Article 18.5 of the Agreement on 
Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs a nd Trade 1994, Article 32.6 of the 
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Meas ures, and Article 12.6 of the Agreement on 
Safeguards.   
 
 The referred to Decree was issued on 29 June 2008 and published in the Official Gazette 
on 30 June 2008.      G/ADP/N/1/EGY/2/Rev.1/Suppl.1 
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  Non-official Translation 
 
  
Decree 
 
of the Minister of Trade and Industry No. 569 of the Year 2008 Amending the Executive 
Regulation of Law No. 161/1998 Concerning the Protection of the National Economy from 
Injurious Effects of Unfair Practices in International Trade 
 
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The Minister of Trade and Industry,  
 
Having regard to the Law No.161/1998 Concer ning the Protection of the National Economy 
from Injurious Effects of Unfair Practices in International Trade;    
the Presidential Decree No.72/1995 approving the Accession of the Arab Republic of Egypt 
to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Agreements included in the Final Act embodying the 
Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations as well as Egypt's schedules of concessions in the fields of trade in goods and services signed in Marrakech, Kingdom of Morocco on 15 April 1994;  and,  
the Decree of the Minister of Trade and Supply No. 549/1998 issuing the Regulation of the 
Law No.161/1998 referred to, 
 
Has decided: 
 
Article 1
 
 
A new Article shall be added to the Re gulation referred to above as follows:   
 
"Article 31 bis:  The following countries shall be deemed to be non-market economy 
countries:  Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,  Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, 
Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam."   
 
Article2  
 
The texts of Articles 4, 12, 16, 56, 88, and 92 of the Regulation of Law No. 161/98 shall be 
replaced with the following texts:   
 
Article 4:  The Head of the Trade Agreements Sector shall be authorized to request the data 
required to prove the cases of subsidy, dumping or unj ustifiable increase of imports and shall also be 
authorized to interpret applied m easures in accordance with the provisions of the present Regulation.   
 
Article 12:  Procedures, measures and duties applied in  accordance with this Regulation shall 
be applicable to imported goods which enter into  the trade of the Arab Republic of Egypt.   
 
Article 16:  The Investigating Authority may ask the applicant to provide information 
required for considering the acceptance of the application .  The application shall be registered  
promptly  after acceptance.    G/ADP/N/1/EGY/2/Rev.1/Suppl.1 
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  Article 56:  The Investigating Authority shall carry out a review on its initiative or upon 
request by the domestic industry within a reasonable pe riod of time before the expiry of the five year 
from the date of the imposition of definitive duties.  The Investigating Authority shall review whether 
the expiry of the duties is likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury.  The 
duties shall remain in force pending the outcome of  such a review.  Any such review shall be 
completed within twelve months fro m the date of its initiation.   
 
Article 88:  Where a decision by the WTO Dispute Settlement Body or a final judgment is 
issued, the Investigating Authority shall implement any of these decisions, provided that, a Ministerial 
Decree has been issued by the Minister of  Trade and Industry for this purpose.   
 
Article 92:  Measures taken pursuant to the provisions of this Regulation may be extended to 
imports from third countries of the product concerned,  whether slightly modified or not, or parts 
thereof;  or, to imports of the slightly modified  product concerned or parts thereof, where it is found 
that circumvention of these existing measures is taking place.     
Article Three
 
 
Articles 17 and 31 of the Executive Regulation of  the Law No. 161 of 1998 shall be revoked.   
 
Article Four  
 
This decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall enter into force as from the 
date of its publication.   
 
 
Minister of Trade and Industry 
 
Eng. Rachid Mohamed Rachid  
  
 
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