Singapore legislation

Regulation 24

of Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Regulations 1997

Regulation 24

De minimis level of countervailable subsidy

Subregulation 1

An amount of countervailable subsidy is considered to be de minimis under section 10(3)(a) of the Act —

(a)

if the countervailable subsidy when expressed as an ad valorem percentage is less than 1%; or

(b)

where the country of export is a developing country but not a developing country specified in paragraph (2), if the countervailable subsidy when expressed as an ad valorem percentage is not more than 2%.

Subregulation 2

A developing country is specified for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) if it is —

(a)

a member country that has eliminated export subsidies before 1 January 2003; or

(b)

a member country referred to in Annex VII of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.

Subregulation 3

In this regulation, “member country” means a country which is a party to the World Trade Organisation Agreement.