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Manual of OP for Trade Remedy Investigations

the party is required to provide the Non- confidential summary which is
sufficiently clear and detailed in representing the confidential information submitted.
The Party is required to provide a statement of reasons if the summarization of
confidential information is not possible. The Trade Notice also recognizes the
discretion of the authority to grant confidentiality or not on the content on which
confidentiality is claimed.

7.6.2. Trade Notice No.1/2009 dated 25th March 2009 was issued in continuation
to the earlier notice and provides that all parties making confidential submissions
(including attached Annexure) should specifically mark the documents as confidential
and non-confidential. It also stipulated that the Documents (including Annexures)
not specifically marked would be considered to be non-confidential. While
requesting confidentiality, parties are required to provide a good cause statement
along with the supplied information as to why such information cannot be disclosed.
The NCV is to be the replica of CV, with confidential information blanked out or
summarised based on the nature of information. The non-confidential summary
must be in sufficient detail to permit a reasonable understanding of the substance
of the confidential information. However, in exceptional circumstances, the party
submitting the confidential information may indicate that such information is not
susceptible of summary and a statement of reasons why summarization is not
possible, must be provided to the satisfaction of the DA. The DA will be at discretion
to allow/disallow the confidentiality claimed by the parties.

7.6.3. Trade Notice No. 1/2011 dated 25th May 2011 clarifies that if any party
wishes to submit any document in a public hearing, a copy of the same must
be provided to all the parties, one day prior to the hearing. If the document is
confidential, the CV and NCV copy of the same should be provided to the Designated
Authority, three days in advance. It should also be ensured that the NCV provides
a meaningful summary of the CV. In case the requirements are not complied with,
the interested parties will not be allowed to make a submission on a confidential
basis.
7.6.4. Trade Notice No.1/2013 dated 9th December 2013, provides that all parties
submitting information,including questionnaires, are required to submit two sets of
each document marked as “confidential” and “Non- confidential” along with the
title, a number of pages and index. For confidential information, good cause must
be given for claiming confidentiality and why such information cannot be disclosed.

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