The Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidisation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 No. 450

[F1 PART 9A U.K. Investigation in light of an international dispute decision

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 9A inserted (1.3.2020) by The Trade Remedies (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/99), regs. 1, 20

Recommendation U.K.

Acceptance or rejection of a recommendation U.K.

88I.— (1) The Secretary of State must accept or reject a recommendation made by the TRA under regulation 88G(2) or 88H(2).

(2) The Secretary of State must accept a recommendation made under regulation 88G(2) unless the Secretary of State is satisfied—

(a) it is not in the public interest to accept the recommendation; or

(b) the TRA determination that the application of the anti-dumping amount or the countervailing amount to goods in accordance with the determination to vary meets the economic interest test is not a determination the TRA could reasonably have made.

(3) The Secretary of State must accept a recommendation made under regulation 88H(2) unless the Secretary of State is satisfied it is not in the public interest to accept the recommendation.

(4) If the Secretary of State rejects a recommendation, the Secretary of State must—

(a) publish notice of the recommendation and of the rejection of it;

(b) notify interested parties; and

(c) lay a statement before the House of Commons setting out the reasons for rejecting the recommendation.]