2019 – part2 – 7 – 12

213/ Indonesia launches safeguard investigation on fructose syrop

15 November 2019

On 15 November 2019, Indonesia notified the WTO’s Committee on Safeguards that it initiated on 13 November 2019 a safeguard investigation on fructose syrop.

In the notification Indonesia indicated, among other things, as follows:

“(i)       Those having substantial interest and wishing to be considered as interested parties in this investigation should submit written request within a period of 15 days in Indonesia from the date of initiation to the Investigating Authority. All submissions and request made by interested parties must be sent both in written letter and in electronic format, and must indicate the name, address, e-mail address, telephone and fax number of the interested parties.

(ii)        In Accordance with article 3.1 WTO Agreement on Safeguard, the Government of the Republic of Indonesia will conduct a hearing in order to provide opportunities for those Members who having a substantial interest to present their evidence and views, Hearing is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 10.00 – 12.00 am. All interested parties, who wish to participate in the hearing and present their evidences and views, should submit related documents to the Investigating Authority not later than December 5, 2019. Registration on the day of the hearing (December 10, 2019) will start at 09.00 am and only authorized representatives will have access to the hearing.”

Further information is available in G/SG/N/6/IDN/34.

What is a safeguard investigation?

A safeguard investigation seeks to determine whether increased imports of a product are causing, or is threatening to cause, serious injury to a domestic industry.

During a safeguard investigation, importers, exporters and other interested parties may present evidence and views and respond to the presentations of other parties.

A WTO member may take a safeguard action (i.e. restrict imports of a product temporarily) only if the increased imports of the product are found to be causing, or threatening to cause, serious injury.

Source: wto.org

214/ Advanced Course on Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement concludes in Geneva

15 November 2019

The Advanced Short Course on the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Agreement, organized jointly by the Trade and Environment Division and the Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation, took place in Geneva from 12 to 15 November 2019. Twenty-five participants from around the world, who are involved at a technical or policy level with the implementation of the TBT Agreement, attended the course.

In opening the course, Mr Aik Hoe Lim, Director of the Trade and Environment Division, said: “This course aims to respond to the ever-growing demand for capacity building on TBT. We hope that the knowledge you gain in this course will be further disseminated when you return home to help strengthen the institutions responsible for TBT matters.”

The main objective of the course is to strengthen participants’ knowledge and understanding of the key principles and measures covered by the TBT Agreement. The course comprises a series of sessions and practical exercises related to the provisions of the TBT Agreement and their implementation. It provides participants with the opportunity to attend a meeting of the TBT Committee to learn about its functioning and gives participants the opportunity to discuss their national experiences on implementation issues.

The course represents the highest level of “specialist” training within the WTO’s progressive learning framework. The course programme features representatives of the WTO Secretariat as well as invited speakers from member governments and other organizations.

List of participants

Source: wto.org

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