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Manual of OP for Trade Remedy Investigations

23.23 In Practice, at its meeting of 13 June 1995, the SCM Committee issued
guidelines for information to be provided in the semi-annual reports. In 2009, the
SCM Committee adopted a revised format for semi-annual reports made pursuant
to Article 25.11. A Secretariat note of 31 March 2017 provides a table with a
summary of semi-annual reports of countervailing duty actions between 1 January
1995 and 31 December 2016.

23.24 The format of such semi-annual notification is provided in document G/
SCM/2/Rev.1 annexed herewith. They are found in the WTO Documents online .
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Article 25.12 Each Member shall notify the Committee (a) which of its
authorities are competent to initiate and conduct investigations referred to
in Article 11 and (b) its domestic procedures governing the initiation and
conduct of such investigations.
23.25 In practice, 76 Members have notified the Committee of authorities
competent to initiate and conduct countervailing duty investigations, as well as
domestic procedures governing the initiation and conduct of such investigations.
These notifications are circulated in document G/SCM/N/18 and addenda. As of
15th February 2018, 39 Members have submitted "one-time" notifications. These
notifications can be found in the documents series G/SCM/N/202/*.

WTO NOTIFICATION

23.26 Following WTO Notifications may be referred to for the description relating
to this Chapter:

(i) G/ADP/N/1/IND/2/Suppl.8 and G/SCM/N/1/IND/2/Suppl.8- for Notification of
Laws and Regulations under Article 18.5 and 32.6 of the Agreements.

(ii) G/ADP/2/Rev.2-Format for Semi-Annual Reports of Anti-Dumping actions
pursuant to Article 16.4 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement.
23.27 Competent Authorities: As notified to the respective Committee in terms
of obligation under the following Articles:

(i) Articles 16.5 of Anti-Dumping Agreement;and
(ii) Article 25.12 of Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.

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