NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5, 32.6 AND 12.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS
Questions
Posed by the UNITED STATES Regarding
the Notification of the Kyrgyz Republic[1]
The following communication, dated 13
March and received on 19 March 2025, is being circulated at the request of the
delegation of the United States.
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The
United States thanks the Kyrgyz Republic for its notification regarding the 15
July 2021 Protocol Amending the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May
2014 (1st Package of Amendments) and 12 February 2024 of the Protocol Amending
the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May 2014 (2nd Package of
amendments) and poses the following questions[2]:
Question 1
The
amendment to paragraph 99 in the 1st Package of Amendments refers to
"the document required for the purposes of confirming information about
the exporter or producer subject to the individual anti-dumping duty rate."
Could the representative of the Kyrgyz Republic please provide more details or
an example of such a document?
Question 2
The
amendment to paragraph 102 refers to "the document necessary for the
purposes of confirming information about the exporter or producer to the
individual anti-dumping duty rate." Could the representative of the Kyrgyz
Republic please provide more details or an example of such a document?
Question 3
The
amendment to Section IV adding subsection 11 introduces a new form of
anti-dumping review "for the purposes of determining the absorption on an
anti-dumping duty." Could the representative of the Kyrgyz Republic please
clarify whether this amendment establishes an interim review process? Additionally,
can the representative of the Kyrgyz Republic please confirm that this review
can only be requested within two years of the imposition of a measure or the
alteration of a measure as a result of a changed circumstance review?
Question 4
The
amendment to paragraph 163 refers to "the document required for the
purposes of confirming information about the exporter." Could the
representative of the Kyrgyz Republic please provide more details or an example
of such a document?
Question 5
The amendment to paragraph 166 refers to "the
document necessary for the purposes of confirming information about the
exporter subject to the individual countervailing duty rate." Could
the representative of the Kyrgyz Republic please provide more details or an
example of such a document?
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[1] _G/ADP/N/1/KGZ/3/Suppl.2
- _G/SCM/N/1/KGZ/3/Suppl.2
- _G/SG/N/1/KGZ/3/Suppl.2.
[2] For
the sake of efficiency, the United States suggests that committee review for
these questions be conducted in the Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices.