Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155:section:269taab
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 269TAAB
Character Range: 1770154–1771375

269TAAB  Member countries, developing countries and special developing countries
 (1) The Minister may certify that a particular country is, or was, during a specified period or on a specified day:
 (a) a member country of the World Trade Organization; or
 (b) a developing country, whether a member country or not; or
 (c) a special developing country within the meaning of subsection (2).
 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a country is, or was, during a specified period or on a specified day, a special developing country if:
 (a) it is or was, during that period or on that day, a developing country; and
 (b) it is or was, during that period or on that day:
 (i) a least developed country, whether a member country or not; or
 (ii) a member country that has eliminated and not restored export subsidies; or
 (iii) a member country referred to in paragraph (b) of Annex VII of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures having a gross national product of less than $US1,000 per annum per head of population.
 (3) For all purposes of this Part and in all proceedings, a certificate under subsection (1) is conclusive evidence of the matters certified, except so far as the contrary is established.