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NOTIFICATIONS TO WTO COMMITTEE CHAPTER 23

LEGAL PROVISIONS

23.1 Article 16 of the ADA empowers WTO Members to establish
a Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices composed of representatives
from each of the Member Countries. The Committee shall carry out the
responsibilities as assigned to it under the Agreement or by the Members
and it shall afford the Members, an opportunity of consulting on any
matters relating to the operation of the Agreement or the furtherance
of its objectives. The WTO Secretariat shall act as the Secretariat to the
Committee.

23.2 Article 16.4 of WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement makes it mandatory
on Member Countries to report all preliminary or final anti-dumping actions
taken to the Committee without delay. Such reports shall be available in the
Secretariat for inspection by other WTO Members, who shall also submit,
reports of any anti-dumping actions taken within the preceding six months
on a semi-annual basis. The semi-annual reports shall be submitted on an
agreed standard form.

23.3 Article 16.5 of the ADA envisages that each Member shall notify
the Committee:

(i) which of its authorities are competent to initiate and conduct
investigations referred to in Article 5; and

(ii) its domestic procedures governing the initiation and conduct of
such investigations.
23.4 Article 18.4 of ADA states that each WTO Member shall take
all necessary steps, of a general or particular character, to ensure the
conformity of its laws, regulations and administrative procedures with the

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