DUMPING AND SUBSIDIES

To legislation of the Republic Argentina provides with mechanisms of security the national producers against disloyal(unfair) practices of international trade.

In September of 1992, by means of the Law N ° 24176, the Republic Argentina adhirió to the Codes on Dumping and Subsidies and Compensatory Laws reached in the Round Tokyo, which antidumping and compensatory rights established a multilateral discipline for the application of measures. By means of the Decree N º 2121 of November 30, 1994, the Executive National Power established the regulation procedure and of putting in functioning of the above mentioned law, being then sustituído for the art. 77 of the same one across the Decree 106/95 of date January 24, 1995.

In December, 1994, by means of the Law N ° 24.425, the Republic Argentina adhirió to the Agreements reached in the Round Uruguay of the GATT, interfered new texts referred to the dumping, the subsidies and the compensatory rights.


With date November 13, 1998 there dictated the Decree N ° 1326/98 that regulates the Law 24.425, which began to be applied for the investigations and examinations of existing measures, initiated as consequence of requests that they had presented from the date of his entry into force, December 4, 1998.

2 of September of 2008, in order to improve the processing of the procedures for practices of disloyal(unfair) trade, there dictated the Decree N º 1393/2008 that repealed the Decree N º 1326/98 and that regulates the investigations(researches) and examinations of existing measures, initiated as consequence of requests that they had presented from the date of entry into force, 24 of September of 2008. The investigations(researches) and the examinations of in force measures presented under the protection of the Decree N º 1326/98, they will be ruled by the above mentioned Decree up to the conclusion of the same ones.

The Law 24.425, the Decree N ° 766/94 and the Decree N ° 1393/08 constitute the specific regulation as for dumping, subsidies and compensatory rights. Likewise, the procedure will be ruled supletoriamente by the National Law of Administrative Procedures N º 19.549 and the Regulation of Administrative Procedures, Decree N º 1759/72 T.O. 1991 always and when they are not in contraposition with the beginning(principles) that govern the specific matter.