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(f) Sometimes the IAs may claim the condentiality in the pre-initiation notice.
In such cases, the TDW requests the EPCs not to disclose the notice before
its members at this stage.
(g) Preparation of brief comments on the basis of inputs received from the
organizations/ departments at (e) above.
(h) The Legal Counsel has to provide the Consultation Note at least 4 days
before the scheduled Consultation to TDW.

(i) The Pre-initiation Consultation Note prepared by Legal Counsel is initially
reviewed by the TDW and is sent to TPD for review and comments.

(j) The comments and suggestions of TPD are incorporated in the
Consultation Note and nalized with approval of JS(TDW) or AS&DA
before sending to EOI.
(k) The ofcials of TDW either attend the Pre-initiation Consultation or request
EOI to attend the consultations with IAs. Normally, the ofcials from EOI
participate in the Pre-initiation consultations with the IAs at this stage.
(l) If the Pre-initiation Consultation does not take place, the TDW may explore
the possibilities for the Post-initiation consultation under Article 13.2 of
ASCM.

Stage-II: Receipt on Initiation Notice and Questionnaire for GOI
and furnishing the response on Questionnaire

4. After the Pre-initiation consultation, if the IA decides to initiate CVD
investigation, it issues a Notice of Initiations, with the questionnaires for the
interested parties i.e. exporters/producers, importers and the Government
of the exporting country. The EOI sends the Initiation Notice & GOI
Questionnaire to TDW at the earliest.

5. As per the Article 12.1.1 of ASCM, there is an obligation on IA to provide a
minimum of 30-days to the interested parties to respond on the initial
questionnaire. The IA may also grants an extension to le the response as
per the request from the interested parties.

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