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Oral Hearing

Appendix-44
No. 4/15/2007-DGAD
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce Directorate General of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties
Dated 22 October, 2007
nd
Trade Notice No. 1/2007
1. Attention of the Trade and Industry is invited to Section 9 A of the Customs
Tariff Act, 1975 as amended in 1995 and to Rule 5 and Rule 7 of the Customs
Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-Dumping Duty on Dumped
Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 framed there under.
2. Sub-Rule 6(6) provides that the Designated Authority may allow an interested
party or its representative to present the information relevant to the investigation
orally but such oral information shall be taken into consideration by the designated
authority only when it is subsequently reproduced in writing.

3. Trade & Industry is advised that the following procedural requirements
should also be kept in view while making written submissions subsequent to the
Public Hearing and while filing rejoinders thereto:-
(i) The rejoinders should be in the form of exact para wise comments to the
written submissions.
(ii) No new issues/arguments would be raised at the stage of rejoinder.
However, new logic or analysis based on facts already submitted can be
furnished to further make the points on the subject matter.
(iii) All submissions and rejoinders must comply with the requirements laid down
under Rule 7. Interested parties must provide non-confidential version of the
confidential information, if any, contained in written submissions or rejoinders
in para wise corresponding form of narration. The non-confidential versions
should be in sufficient detail to permit a reasonable understanding of substance
of the information submitted on confidential basis.
4. Normally no submissions/information would be submitted interested parties
after the expiry of the time allowed during the Public Hearing. However, either with
the permission or in response to letter of the Designated Authority, information/
submissions which are clarificatory in nature may be submitted.
-sd/-
(Neeraj Kumar Gupta)
Joint Secretary
For Designated Authority
To
All Concerned
(as per list)

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