. /.  RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/AHG/R/21 
17 October 2007 
 (07-4489) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices 
Working Group on Implementation  
 
 
 
SUMMARY REPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE 
WORKING GROUP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 
COMMITTEE ON ANTI-DUMPING PRACTICES, 
24 APRIL 2007 
 
Note by the Secretariat  
  
1. The Working Group on Implementation ("the Group") met in formal session on 24 April 2007 
and held substantive discussions concerning the topics referred to it by  the Committee on Anti-
Dumping Practices ("the Committee") on May 2003.
1  The Group adopted the agenda for the meeting, 
which had been circulated in WTO/AIR/2998, dated 13 April 2007.   
2. The Chairperson, Mrs. Victoria Campeanu (R omania) noted that the Group would take up the 
two topics for discussion in the order set forth in th e agenda, as adopted.  These were:  (a) the draft 
recommendation on Article 6.7 of the Anti-Dumpi ng Agreement – Conduct of Verification;  and 
(b) the future work of the Group.   
3. Turning to the first item on the agenda, th e revised draft recommendation on Article 6.7 – 
Conduct of Verification, the Chairperson recalled that  the original discussion on this issue started in 
the October 2003 meeting and that the discu ssions to date had been based on papers2 submitted by 
Australia;  the United States;  Canada;  the Eur opean Communities;  Argentina;  New Zealand;  
Turkey;  Egypt;  Pakistan;  South Africa and Brazil.   On the basis of these papers and the discussions 
at the Autumn 2005 meeting, at the request of the Group, the Secretariat developed a draft recommendation on conduct of verifications, ci rculated as document G/ADP/AHG/W/175, dated 
13 April 2006.  The Group discussed the draft re commendation during its Spring 2006 meeting and 
requested the Secretariat to revise the document in light of the comments made during the meeting.  The revised draft recommendation was s ubsequently circulated as document 
G/ADP/AHG/W/175/Rev.1.  The Group discussed the revised draft recommendation during the 
Autumn 2006 meeting and requested the Secretariat to revise the document to reflect the comments 
made at that meeting.  The revised draft recommendation was circulated as document G/ADP/AHG/W/175/Rev.2.   
4. The Chairperson opened the floor for the discussion of the revised draft recommendation.  
A number of Members commented on this draft.  Some Members had specific proposals concerning 
drafting, and additional suggestions, whereas othe r Members made comments of a general nature.  
The Secretariat was requested to prepare a revised ve rsion of the draft recommendation in light of the 
comments made during the meeting, and circulate it to Members as a working document to form the basis for continued discussion at the Group's next meeting.   
                                                     
 
1 The list of topics referred to the Working Group was circulated to Members in document 
G/ADP/W/433.   
2 Circulated as documents G/ADP/AHG/W/148, 152, 154, 156, 157, 159, 164, 170, 171, 173 and 174, 
respectively.   G/ADP/AHG/R/21 
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  5. The Group then moved to the second item on th e agenda, that is, the future work of the 
Group.  The Chairperson recalled that the four topi cs currently on the agenda of the Group, namely, 
(i) export prices to third countries or constructed norm al value – Article 2.2;  (ii) foreign exchange 
fluctuations – Article 2.4.1;  (iii) judicial, arb itral or administrative review – Article 13;  and 
(iv) conduct of verification – Article 6.7, were re ferred to the Group for discussion and, if possible, 
for developing draft recommendations to be adopt ed by the Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices, in 
document G/ADP/W/433, dated 4 Ju ne 2003.  Only in the case of one topic, the conduct of 
verification, common elements had emerged allowing the Group to move to the stage of developing a 
draft recommendation.  In light of this, the Chairp erson was of the view that the Group should start 
reflecting on the future work of the Group and i nvited Members to reflect on the possibility of 
formulating a new list of topics to be put forw ard to the Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices for 
discussion in the Group.  She further indicated that  any suggestions regarding topics which Members 
would like to propose for discussion by the Group, shoul d be sent to the Secretariat in time to be 
discussed during the Autumn 2007 meeting.   
6. The Group agreed that its next meeting woul d be scheduled, in conj unction with the next 
regular meeting of the Committee, to take place duri ng the week of 22 October 2007, and that papers 
and other submissions for the Group's next meeting should be transmitted to the Secretariat no later 
than 16 September 2007.   
 
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