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ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/Q1/PAN/8 
G/SCM/Q1/PAN/8 25 March 2009 
 
(09-1468) 
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 
 
Follow-up Questions Posed By the UNITED STATES Regarding  
the Replies of PANAMA1 
   The following communication, dated 23 March 2009, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the United States.   
 
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The United States thanks Panama for its replies to questions posed by the United States with 
regard to Panama's Notification of Laws and Re gulations under Articles 18.5 of the WTO Agreement 
on Antidumping and 32.6 of the WTO Agreemen t on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and 
poses the following follow-up questions.    
Question 1 
 
In response to the United States' question 4, Panama described the interaction between its 
investigating authority and the National Customs Au thority.  Please describe what avenues for redress 
have been established to allow interested parties to  seek clarification of the product scope covered by 
antidumping measures and what specific procedures govern such requests.    
Question 2 
 
In response to the United States' question 7b,  Panama explained that the non-confidential 
summaries submitted by interested parties under Article  92 of the Law, would be of "sufficient detail 
to permit an understanding of the information con cerned by the other interested parties".   
 
a. Please clarify whether this article applies to  the investigating authority and whether public 
summaries of confidential documents  generated by the investigating authority, such as "on the 
spot investigation" reports, will be made available to the public or to interested parties.   
 b. Please clarify whether non-confidential summari es of confidential information submitted by 
any given interested party will be made ava ilable to all other interested parties in a 
proceeding.   
 c. Please describe how Panama remedies insufficien t non-confidential summaries of confidential 
information and if insufficient summaries would be  rejected by the investigating authority.   
                                                     
 
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  d. May interested parties in a given proceeding review the non-confidential file with respect to 
other interested parties that are involved in the same proceeding, as well as the non-confidential file in other cases, to obtain info rmation that is releva nt to defending their 
interests?   
 
Question 3 
 
 Panama explained in its response to the United St ates' question 8, that parties have the right to 
appeal resolutions through judicial review.   
 
a. Please describe the opportunities, if any, av ailable for administrative reviews prior to an 
appeal before the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Panama.   
 
b. The United States would appreciate Panama id entifying the specific statutes and regulations 
that govern such administrative reviews and judicial appeals.   
 
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