2023 Laws not yet authenticated through a Commencement Order

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

ARTICLE 9:   DUMPED AND SUBSIDISED IMPORTS

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    9.1   Nothing in this Protocol shall prevent any Protocol Member State from taking action against dumped or subsidised imports from outside the Economic Union Area consistent with any international obligations to which it is subject.

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    9.2   Any products which have been exported from one Protocol Member State to a consignee in another Protocol Member State and have not undergone any manufacturing process since exportation shall, when reimported into the first Protocol Member State, be admitted free of quantitative restrictions and measures with equivalent effect. They shall also be admitted free of customs duties and charges with equivalent effect, except that any allowance by way of drawback relief from duty or otherwise, given by reason of the exportation from the first Protocol Member State, may be recovered.

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    9.3   If any industry in any Protocol Member State is suffering or is threatened with material injury as the result of the importation of dumped or subsidised products into another Protocol Member State, the latter Protocol Member State shall, at the request of the former Protocol Member State, examine the possibility of taking, consistent with any international obligations to which it is subject, action to remedy the injury or prevent the threatened injury.

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    9.4   The provisions of this Article do not affect any subsidies which a Protocol Member State would be entitled to maintain consistently with its other international obligations related to agriculture.