Common use of Notification and Consultations Clause in Contracts

Notification and Consultations. 1. (a) Upon receipt by a Party's competent authorities of a properly documented anti-dumping application with respect to imports from the other Party, and before initiating an investigation, the Party shall provide written notification to the other Party of its receipt of the application and afford the other Party a meeting or other similar opportunities regarding the application, consistent with the laws of the Party. Such a meeting or similar opportunities shall not interfere with a Party's procedures towards the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation. (b) Where a Party's authorities have made a preliminary affirmative determination of dumping and injury caused by such dumping, the Party shall afford due consideration, and adequate opportunity for consultations, to exporters of the other Party, regarding proposed price undertakings which, if accepted, may result in suspension of the investigation without imposition of anti-dumping duties, through the means provided for in the laws and procedures of the Party. 2. (a) Upon receipt by a Party's competent authorities of a properly documented countervailing duty application with respect to imports from the other Party, and before initiating an investigation, the Party shall provide written notification to the other Party of its receipt of the application and afford the other Party a meeting to consult with its competent authorities regarding the application. (b) Where a Party's authorities have made a preliminary affirmative determination of subsidization and injury caused by such subsidization, the Party shall afford due consideration, and adequate opportunity for consultations, to the other Party and exporters of the other Party, regarding proposed price undertakings, which, if accepted, may result in suspension of the investigation without imposition of countervailing duties, through the means provided for in the laws and procedures of the Party.