WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/1/ARM/1/Suppl.2 
29 March 2007 
 (07-1322) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
UNDER ARTICLE 18.5 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
ARMENIA 
 
Supplement
 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 23 March 2007, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Armenia
. 
 
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  Pursuant to Article 18.5 of the WTO Agre ement on Implementation of Article VI of 
GATT (1994) (Anti-Dumping Agreement) and in ad dition to notification G/ADP/N/1/ARM/1/Suppl.1 
dated 1 February 2007, Armenia submits the De cree of the Government of Armenia on "The 
Approval of the Order on Receiving Necessary Information for Determination of Normal Value of a 
Product". G/ADP/N/1/ARM/1/Suppl.2 
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GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA 
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
OF 30 NOVEMBER, 2006 N 1770-N 
ON  
 
THE APPROVAL OF THE ORDER ON RECEIVING NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR 
DETERMINATION OF NORMAL VALUE OF A PRODUCT 
   
 For the efficient fulfillment of the process  on receiving the necessary information for the 
determination of normal value of a product in or der to apply anti-dumping measures on import of 
goods into the territory of the Republic of Arme nia and to determine the volume of dumping, the 
Government of the Republic of Armenia hereby decides:  
1. To approve the order on receiving the necessar y information for the determination of normal 
value of a product according to the annex. 
2. This decision enters into force on the tenth day following the official publication. 
 
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  ANNEX 
   
TO RA GOVERNMENT DECISION  
N1770-N OF 30 NOVEMBER, 2006  
 
 
ORDER ON 
 
RECEIVING NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR DETERMINATION OF  
NORMAL VALUE OF A PRODUCT  
   
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS 
1. This Order sets out the procedure on recei ving the necessary information for the 
determination of normal value of a product in or der to determine the volume of dumping, and apply  
anti-dumping measures on import of goods into the territory of the Republic of Armenia. 
2. The concepts not defined in this Order have th e meanings of the concepts defined in the Law 
of the Republic of Armenia on Anti-dumping and Count ervailing Measures (hereinafter referred to as 
"Law").  
II. OBJECTIVE AND BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE ORDER 
3. The objective of the Order is the regulation of the process of receiving the necessary 
information for determination of normal valu e of a product (hereinafter normal value). 
4. Basic principles of the Order are: 
(a) the transparency of the normal  value determination process; 
(b) the publicity of decisions stipulated by the Order;  
(c) the participation of the interested parties in the process of normal value determination. 
III. BODY DETERMINING NORMAL VALUE 
5. In the territory of the Republic of Armenia the anti-damping measures on imported products 
are applied only in the case, when according to th e order and cases defined by the law, it is found out 
that the import of a product is being dumped and results in injuring the branch of the economy . 
6. The importation of a product is to be consider ed as being dumped if the given product is 
imported into the market of the Republic of Armenia at  less than its normal value, i.e. the export price 
of the product exported from other country to the Republic of Armenia is less than the comparable 
price, in the ordinary course of trade, for the like product when destined for consumption in the 
exporting country. 
7. Normal value is determined by state governmental body authorized by the Government of the 
Republic of Armenia for application of the law (hereinafter authorized body). G/ADP/N/1/ARM/1/Suppl.2 
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  IV. PROCESS OF RECEIVING THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR 
DETERMINATION OF NORMAL VALUE 
8. Normal value is determined: 
(a) according to the established price in exporting country; 
(b) according to the computed value;  or 
(c) according to the export price to a third country. 
 The sequence of application of the mentione d methods is compulsory;  in addition, each 
subsequent method is applied only in case of  non-applicability of the previous one. 
 9. For receiving the necessary information in or der to determine the normal value, the 
authorized body, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, provides the 
exporters and (or) producers of the given pr oduct with a questionnaire (Forms N 1 and 2). 
10. In case there is a great number of product exporte rs and (or) producers, and it is practically 
impossible to provide all of them with questionnaires, the authorized body, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, may dispose them to the Governments of the 
corresponding countries and (or) their diplomatic repr esentations in the Republic of Armenia.  In case 
of dealing with more than one country, the authori zed body, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
of the Republic of Armenia, first of all pr ovides the exporters and (or) producers with the 
questionnaires, and if it is impossible, then, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of 
Armenia, disposes questionnaires to the Governme nts of the countries in question and (or) their 
diplomatic representations in the Republic of Armenia.  
11. At least 37 days is provided to fill in the qu estionnaire beginning from the day of delivering 
the questionnaire to the respondent through diplomatic  channels by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of 
the Republic of Armenia or the day of delivering it to  the diplomatic or official representative of the 
corresponding country.  The authorized body, upon request, provides the respondent with the necessary consultation on replying and (or) filling in the questionnaire. 
12. The responding party may provide the authorized  body with written information on its own 
initiative.  The authorized body takes the inform ation into account, if it results in no additional 
difficulties and obstacles.  
13. The authorized body may disregard replies  to the questionnaire if they are not submitted in 
time and according to the form requested.  
14. If the information provided by the respondent is  refused and (or) disregarded, the respondent 
shall be informed about the reasons by the author ized body within a three-day period and have an 
opportunity for further explanations.   
15. If the authorized body considers the explanati ons of a respondent to be insufficient, the 
respondent shall be informed about the reasons of  refusing the argument and information within a 
three-day period and this fact is also noted in the conclusion published by the authorized body.  
16. The authorized body examines the completeness of  the questionnaire replies.  The authorized 
body may ask to clarify the information or provide with additional arguments and documents after the 
introduction of the information by the respondent within the period of 15 working days.  The 
authorized body may complete the information represented in the questionnaire provided by the 
respondent with other information received from ot her sources such as published price lists, official 
statistics of import and customs data, and other official information.  G/ADP/N/1/ARM/1/Suppl.2 
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  17. If any respondent party poses an obstacle in  the process of acquiring the necessary 
information or refuses to provide the informati on by a specified date, the authorized body is 
competent to determine the normal value assuming as a basis the related information provided by the 
corresponding state governmental bodies and (or) institutions of local government.  
18. The authorized body summarizing the information of the questionnaire, as well as all the 
information provided by the corresponding state gove rnmental bodies and (or) institutions of local 
government, gives a conclusion on the selection of calculating method of normal value and the dates 
by notifying it to the exporters and (or) producers or  Governments of corresponding countries and (or) 
their diplomatic representations through the Ministry  of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia. 
19. The information provided for determination of nor mal value shall be kept by the authorized 
body according to the legislation of the Republic of  Armenia and cannot be used for other purposes, 
except the cases defined by the law.  
 
  
 
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  Q U E S T I O N N A I R E 
 
 
ON RECEIVING THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR DETERMINATION OF 
NORMAL VALUE OF A PRODUCT  
 
 Name of pr oduct ___________________________________________________  
 
HS code of product ___________________________________________________  
 
Country of or igin ___________________________________________________  
 
Procedure regist ration number ___________________________________________________  
 
Date of questi onnaire reply ___________________________________________________  
 
 
 
Responsible official  _______________  ____________________________  
  (signature)  (name, surname)  
 
 Address ___________________________________________________  
 ___________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________  
 
 
 
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  Form N 1  
Section A – Basic Information 
 
A-1. Individualization and Communication 
Exporter and (or) producer  
Name  
Address  
Telephone number  
Fax, e-mail address  
Names, surnames and positions 
of responsible persons  
 
A-2. General Information  
1. Give a detailed description of your organizatio n structure, including chief, subsidiary 
company and other related organizations.  Enumerate all the subdivisions included in the processes of 
production, sale and distribution of a produc t both in domestic and export markets.  
_______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  
 
2. Introduce the list of products produced and (or) so ld by your organization.  If the products are 
ranked with some product group, indicate that group.  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
 
3. Fill in the following table.   
Name, 
address, 
phone, fax 
numbers, of 
the related 
organization Note  if the 
organization 
is involved 
in the output 
of products Enumerate 
types of 
activity of 
the 
organization Note if the 
organization 
produces the 
product Note if the 
organization 
is the 
distributor 
of the output 
of products The quota 
(%) of 
related 
organization The quota 
(%) of 
related 
organization 
in your 
organization 
       
       
       
       
4. Describe the nature of your cooperation for all cases.  
_______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  
5. Give a detailed description of any financial and contractual relations and joint actions related 
to the production, sale, licensing and technical  and patent agreements of the product.  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
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  Section B – Product Description  
 
B-1. Product profile  
The product _____________________________________________________________  
HS code of product _____________________________________________________________  
B-2. Details of exporte d and domestic product  
1. Describe the codification system of your or ganization’s own products.  Are the identical 
products in the external and domestic markets cl assified under different product numbers?  If yes, 
introduce how each product is identified in different markets. 
_______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  
 
2. Introduce all the catalogues and booklets on all ty pes of goods, sold in the domestic market 
and (or) exported to the Republic of Armenia by your organization and (or) related organizations.  
_______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  
 B-3. Comparison of expor ted and domestic products  
1. Fill in every line of the table the sales ma de at the same commercial level by your 
organization and related organizati ons in the domestic market and the exports to the Republic of 
Armenia. 
Name of the 
commercial 
product in the 
domestic market Volume of the 
product sold at 
the domestic 
market Name of the 
commercial 
product in 
RA market Volume of the 
product 
exported 
to RA Percentage ratio of the volume 
of the product sold at the 
domestic market to the volume 
of the product sold in RA 
     
     
     
     
2. Fill in every line of the table the sales made not  at the same but equivalent commercial levels 
by your organization and related or ganizations in the domestic market  and the exports to the Republic 
of Armenia. 
Name of the 
commercial 
product in the 
domestic market Volume of the 
product sold at 
the domestic 
market Name of the 
commercial 
product in 
RA market Volume of the 
product 
exported to 
RA Percentage ratio of the volume 
of the product sold at the 
domestic market to the 
volume of the product sold in 
RA 
     
     
     
     
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  3. Give a detailed description of all the differences in Table 2.  
_______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  
 4. Fill in all types and levels of sales made by your organization and related organizations, 
exclusively for consumption in the domestic mark et or exports to the Republic of Armenia. 
Name of commercial 
type Volume of the product 
sold at the domestic 
market Name of commercial 
type Volume of the product 
exported to RA 
    
    
    
 
B-4. Comparison of exported products and products of the Republic of Armenia  
Introduce the types (levels) of goods produced in  the Republic of Armenia, which are, in your 
opinion, comparable with the products  exported by your organization. 
Product types of your organization and related 
organizations Product types of the  
Republic of Armenia 
  
  
  
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  Section C – Current Statistics 
 
C-1. Turnover of commodities  
1. Introduce the pure turnover of commodities of your organization, without taxes. 
Penultimate 
fiscal year Last fiscal year Year in question  
  
Independent 
customer Related 
customer Independent 
customer Related 
customerIndependent 
customer Related 
customer
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Company turnover 
of commodities (all 
types of goods)             
Domestic market             
Republic of 
Armenia             
Other countries             
Turnover of 
commodities of the 
sector including the product             
Domestic market             
Republic of 
Armenia              
Other countries              
Turnover of 
commodities             
Domestic market              
Republic of 
Armenia              
Other countries              
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  2. If the accountancy of your organization is join ed together with the related organizations, 
introduce the joint turnover of commodities without taxes. 
Penultimate fiscal year Last fiscal year Year in question  
  Independent 
customers Related 
customersIndependent 
customers Related 
customersIndependent 
customers Related 
customers
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Turnover of 
commodities of the 
organization group             
Domestic market             
Republic of 
Armenia             
Other countries             
Turnover of 
commodities of the 
sector including 
the product             
Domestic market              
Republic of 
Armenia              
Other countries              
Turnover of 
commodities             
Domestic market              
Republic of 
Armenia              
Other countries              
 
3. Give a detailed explanation of that joining process. 
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  C-2. Total volume and value of sales 
Introduce the total volume and value of y our organization’s production sales to the non-
related customers. 
Calendar year First year Second year Thir d year Fourth year Year in question
Sales–volume*           
At your domestic market           
Republic of Armenia           
For exporting to other countries           
Total sales volume           
Sales-value           
At your domestic market           
The Republic of Armenia           
For exporting to other countries           
Total value           
* Pure turnover without taxes, in the currenc y with which your accountancy is carried out. 
C-3. Production and capacity statistics  
1. Provide with information on total producti on** or information on purchase for output of 
products, if such exists. 
Calendar year First 
year Second 
year Third 
year Fourth 
year Year in question Forecast
Productive capacities             
Volume of real production             
Capacity utilization* (%)             
Purchase for output of 
products             
 
* If necessary, explain the calculation of capacities and their utilization. 
_______________________________________________________________________________  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
** If your organization produces the product out of exporting country (incl uding the Republic of 
Armenia), introduce the stated information in separate tables, respectively for each producer.  G/ADP/N/1/ARM/1/Suppl.2 
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  2. Introduce the country or countries of origin of th e product sold by your organization or related 
organizations.  Describe how the country of origin has been determined. 
_______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  
C-4. Stock 
1. Introduce the volume and value of the stock in the table. 
Product  stock produced by the 
organization Product  stock purchased by the 
organization 
Time period 
product value product product value  product 
1 2 3 4 5 
Beginning of the penultimate 
fiscal year         
End of the penultimate fiscal 
year          
Beginning of the last fiscal 
year          
End of the last fiscal year          
Beginning of the year in 
question         
End of the year in question         
 
2. Introduce total stock volume of the product per month, starting from the beginning of the last 
fiscal year up to the end of the previously fixed time period.  
_______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  
C-5. Employment  
Provide information on the employees of your organization. 
Number of employees of the 
organization Deadline for the end of 
the penultimate fiscal 
year Deadline for the end 
of the last fiscal year Deadline for the 
year in question 
Total number of employees       
Number of employees involved 
in the output of products       
Employees involved in product 
sales and administration       G/ADP/N/1/ARM/1/Suppl.2 
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  C-6. Investments  
Introduce the volume of investments made for output of products. 
Volume of investments 
made Penultimate 
fiscal year Last fiscal year Year in question Forecast for next 
fiscal year 
Buildings         
Equipments for 
production         
Other information         
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  Form N 2  
Section A –  Basic Information 
A-1. General information  
1. Mark and refer to the laws below, which are applicable to your organization:  
a) Law on organizations;  
b) Labour code;  c) Law on joint ventures;  d) Book-keeping rules and laws.  
 
Section B – Decisions and Expenses  
B-1. Raw material or components (parts) of  the expenses necessary for output of products 
 
1. Introduce the average expense for a unit of the b asic raw material (parts) utilized in the output 
of products. 
Type of raw material 
(parts) Value (AMD) Quantity Average expense of the 
unit (AMD) 
        
        
        
        
 
2. Explain how the mentioned raw materials (parts ) and other relevant components (long-term or 
short-term contracts, product market, number of suppliers, whether purchases are from domestic or external markets etc.) necessary for output of products are acquired. 
_______________________________________________________________________________  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
3. For the mentioned expense components indicate: 
a) Name and address of supplying organiza tion (individual).  Designate whether the 
supplier is an individual, company, country or a local (regional) body. 
● if the supplier is an individual, designate his/her citizenship. 
_______________________________________________________________________________  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
● If the supplier is a company, designate its legal form (foreign property, joint venture, 
private property, state property, property of local (regional) body).  Provide detailed 
information about local (regional) body.  
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  b) Are there any direct or indirect limits and terms on imports of utilized raw materials 
or other parts?  If yes, describe them.  Introduce the copies of the documents (with 
English versions), in which these limits and terms are set forth.  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
B-2. Industrial property rights and legal requirements  
1. Designate the contractual relations with th e governing body of other organizations or 
government (national, regional or local), which are related to the output, sales, licensing and technical 
and patent agreements of products .  Attach copies of the agreements with English versions.  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
2. Introduce the lists of royalties and other payments and their amounts which concern each of 
the mentioned. 
3. Enumerate and explain all the permissions your company needs for output, sales and export of 
products.  Is your company subjected to any direct or indirect quantitative or other limits connected 
with the abovementioned activities?  Introduce the c opies of permissions of your license on activity, 
registration and other corresponding permissions.  Explain under what circumstances that license and 
(or) registration can be annulled.   
4. Note whether your organization undergoes profit redistribution and any limits of 
reimbursement of invested capital.  If yes, give the details.  Introduce the copies of the documents 
(with English translations), which set forth tho se limits, and designate relevant provisions.   
_______________________________________________________________________________  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
 
B-3. Work 
 
1. Describe how the work dealing with the produc tion is organized.  How many qualified and 
unqualified employees and managers are involved in wo rk?  How much is the average wages for each 
of them for the previously fixed time period?  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
2. Explain how the company employees are paid (designate in details all the terms of payment 
including the wages, overtime pays, vacation benefits and etc.).  How often are they paid?  Do your 
employees or their families enjoy other privileges, such as housing problem, medical care, pension, 
education and etc?  Which lega l person carries out payments?  
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  Section C - Accounts  
C-1. Financial reports  
1. Designate the fiscal year of your organization.  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
2. What accounting documents are necessary to record each year?  What governing bodies 
participate in the official record of these documents?  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
3. Introduce the complete financial statements of the previous two fiscal years in the original 
and with the English translations (balance sheet, profit and loss statement, accompanying lists, notes 
on the financial report and auditor’s conclusion).  Designate the denominations (names) and address 
of your auditors.  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
4. Auditor requirements:   
If the financial statements of your company have  not undergone audit, explain the reason.  Is 
there any legal requirement on carrying out partial or total audit of accounts? 
C-2. Accounting principles and implementation 
1. Legislative requirements and basic accounting principles. 
a) Registers and records: 
Describe briefly basic legislative requirement s, such as the language and currency in which 
the accounts must be kept, and the time period during which the accounting records and other 
documents must be kept (for example, important c ontracts, agreements, articles of union, records of 
the Board meetings, financial statements, audit reports).  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
b) Accounting methods and general principles:   
Give a brief description of your company’s general accounting principles and their 
implementation if those are not mentioned in financia l reports.  Note such terms as consistency of the 
estimation method, separate recognition of assets and lia bilities, prudence of the estimation, continuity 
and, whether the profits and costs of the given fiscal  year are taken into consideration in the accounts 
of the relevant year.   
2. Sources of accounting principles. 
Designate who has set out the rules to be followed by your organization (for example the 
Ministry of Finances, tax body, regulations of securities).  Enumerate those rules.  
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  3. Specific accounting principles and implementation. 
Give a brief description of the accounting principles related to the points mentioned below 
and their implementation, if they ar e not included in financial accounts.  
_______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  
a) Assets evaluation:   
Explain the depreciation and amortization methods used for basic and intangible assets.  
Indicate the primary fixed value and current (renewal) value.  Explain how the assets are acquired (for example in the open market, are transferred to the organization by the shareholder, are given by the 
country or a third organization free of charge or at a discount).  If during the last ten years the evaluation of the mentioned assets has been changed,  explain on what basis and introduce the reasons 
for evaluation changes.  Introduce also their infl uence on current (renewal) value.  Enumerate all 
means used for production and (or) commercia l purposes which are not the property of your 
organization (territory, buildings, machines).  Attach the lease contracts. 
_______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  
b) Credits and subsidies: 
Inform about the current credits used by your  organization. Provide detailed information on 
accounts, frequency of repayments and interest rates.   Does your organization enjoy special credits 
and subsidies (privileged interest rates, long-term re demption, supply of subsidized energy and etc.)? 
_______________________________________________________________________________  
_______________________________________________________________________________  
c) Currency transactions:   
Who determines the exchange rate, which is u sed during the purchase of assets or exchange 
of export revenue?  Does the exchange rate appear to  be the only one?  Are there any restrictions for 
the currency use or exchange imposed on your organization? 
_______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  
d) Barter (mutual trade): 
Has your organization been engaged in barter or  mutual trade during the last five years?  
Provide detailed information and e xplain accounting methods applied.  
_______________________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________________  
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  e) Compensatory trade:   
Designate if your organization has participated in compensatory trade during the last five 
years, when a (foreign) organization provides mach ines and equipments instead receiving payments in 
the form of produced goods.  Introduce accounting methods applied. 
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