NAFTA Chapter Nineteen Review and Dispute Settlement in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Matters
Article 1901: General Provisions
1. The provisions of Article 1904 shall apply only with respect to goods that the competent investigating authority of the importing Party, applying the importing Party's antidumping or countervailing duty law to the facts of a specific case, determines are goods of another Party.
2. For the purposes of Articles 1903 and 1904, panels shall be established in accordance with the provisions of Annex 1901.2.
3. With the exception of Article 2203 (Entry into Force), no provision of any other chapter of this Agreement shall be construed as imposing obligations on the Parties with respect to the Parties' antidumping law or countervailing duty law.
Article 1902: Retention of Domestic Antidumping Law and
Countervailing Duty Law
1. Each Party reserves the right to apply its antidumping law and countervailing duty law to goods imported from the territory of any other Party. Antidumping law and countervailing duty law include, as appropriate for each Party, relevant statutes, legislative history, regulations, administrative practice and judicial precedents.
2. Each Party reserves the right to change or modify its antidumping law or countervailing duty law, provided that in the case of an amendment to a Party's antidumping or countervailing duty statute:
(a) such amendment shall apply to goods from another Party only if the amending statute specifies that it applies to the Parties to this Agreement;
(b) the amending Party notifies any Party to which the
amendment applies in writing of the amending statute as
far in advance as possible of the date of enactment of
such statute;