Paragraph 2 Content of an application for the initiation of a subsidisation investigationI1

United Kingdom

For the purpose of regulation 50(2), the information to be contained in an application for the initiation of a subsidisation investigation is—

(a)

a description of the goods in relation to which the applicant is requesting an investigation, including their—

(i)

technical characteristics;

(ii)

current tariff classification;

(b)

a statement identifying the exporting country or territory;

(c)

details of all known overseas exporters of the goods identified;

(d)

details of all known importers in the United Kingdom of the goods identified;

(e)

details of the applicant UK industry, including details of all known UK producers of the like goods (see paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the Act), or associations of such UK producers;

(f)

the level of UK industry support for or opposition to the application, including—

(i)

the total volume and value of production in the United Kingdom of the like goods;

(ii)

the applicant UK industry's volume and value of production in the United Kingdom of the like goods;

(iii)

the volume and value of production in the United Kingdom of the like goods by each identified UK producer, or associations of such UK producers;

(iv)

each identified UK producer's support or opposition to the application;

(g)

information that the goods identified, which are imported into the United Kingdom, have been or are being subsidised within the meaning of Part 3 of these Regulations;

(h)

information on the volume of the importation of the goods identified;

(i)

information that the importation of the goods identified has caused or is causing injury to UK industry within the meaning of Part 4 of these Regulations, including—

(i)

the evolution of the volume of importation of the goods identified;

(ii)

the effect of such importation on the prices of the like goods which are produced in the United Kingdom;

(iii)

the impact of such importation on UK industry;

(j)

information that the market share requirement is met.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 6.3.2019, see reg. 1(2)