Sudáfrica notifica la iniciación de una investigación en materia de salvaguardias con respecto a determinados productos de vidrio flotado sin armar

In the notification, South Africa indicated, among other things, as follows:

"Interested parties must make themselves known and provide comments within a period of 20 days after the initiation of the investigation.

Any information that the interested parties may wish to submit in writing and any request for a hearing before the Commission that they may wish to put forward should be submitted within 20 days following the initiation of this investigation to the Directorate: Trade Remedies II at the following address: The DTI Campus, 77 Meintjies Street, Sunnyside Pretoria, Block E, Ground floor or directly to the investigating officers, Ms Portia Chuma at email: [email protected] or Ms Azwitamisi Mathada at email: [email protected].

If part of the information provided is of a confidential nature, the party concerned should give the grounds justifying confidentiality and furnish public summaries of such information, which should be as detailed as possible. In instances that a public summary cannot be provided a sworn statement must be provided stating the reasons why the information cannot be summarized. This requirement is designed to secure transparency and due access by all parties to the information relating to this investigation. If the summaries are not duly provided and in the absence of just cause, ITAC may disregard the information deemed to be confidential."

The notification is available in G/SG/N/6/ZAF/15.

¿Qué es una investigación en materia de salvaguardias?

Una investigación en materia de salvaguardias tiene por objeto determinar si el aumento de las importaciones de un producto está causando, o amenaza causar, un daño grave a una rama de producción nacional.

En el curso de una investigación en materia de salvaguardias, los importadores, los exportadores y las demás partes interesadas pueden presentar pruebas y exponer sus opiniones, y tienen la oportunidad de responder a las comunicaciones de las otras partes.

Un Miembro de la OMC sólo puede adoptar una medida de salvaguardia (es decir, restringir temporalmente las importaciones de un producto) si se ha constatado que el aumento de las importaciones del producto ha causado o amenaza causar un daño grave.