Article 17 of the Saudi Trade Remedies Law
المادة 17 من نظام المعالجات التجارية في التجارة الدولية · الفصل السابع: فرض وتحصيل التدابير والإعلان العام
The article makes the application and collection of measures run through the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority separately from customs duties, regulates price undertakings and quantitative restrictions, and applies decisions to imports that have not left the customs area.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
1- تطبق وتحصل التدابير المؤقتة والنهائية المفروضة بناءً على النظام من خلال هيئة الزكاة والضريبة والجمارك على الواردات الموجهة إلى المملكة، وتحصل هذه التدابير بشكل مستقل عن رسوم التعرفة الجمركية وغيرها من رسوم الخدمات أو الضرائب. وتقوم هيئة الزكاة والضريبة والجمارك بإشعار الهيئة شهرياً بالمعلومات الخاصة بإجراءات التطبيق والتحصيل، بما فيها كمية وقيمة الواردات الخاضعة للتدابير وحجم وقيمة التدابير المطبقة والمحصلة.
2- عند فرض التدابير على شكل تعهدات سعرية، تقوم هيئة الزكاة والضريبة والجمارك -بناءً على طلب من الهيئة- بتسجيل واردات الـمُصدّر المتعهد وتقديم تقارير شهرية للهيئة بذلك.
3- عند فرض التدابير على شكل قيود كمية، تقوم هيئة الزكاة والضريبة والجمارك -بناءً على قرار من الهيئة- بتسجيل واردات المنتج الخاضع للتدابير من كافة المصادر ومتابعة ومراقبة مستوى الحصص الكمية من جميع المصادر وتقديم تقارير شهرية بذلك للهيئة. وللهيئة في حالة تطبيق القيود الكمية اشتراط ربط استيراد المنتج الخاضع للتدبير بتراخيص استيراد مسبقة لتنظيم ومراقبة الحصص الكمية المطبقة بناءً على قرار الرئيس.
4- تطبق جميع قرارات الرئيس المتعلقة بفرض التدابير على الواردات الموجهة إلى المملكة ما دامت لم تخرج هذه المنتجات من الدائرة الجمركية قبل تاريخ نفاذ قرار الرئيس بفرض التدابير النهائية والمؤقتة وغيرها من التدابير ذات الأثر الرجعي بناءً على الفقرة (3) من المادة (الخامسة) من النظام.
This is the official Arabic wording, the only legally binding version. We do not translate the law itself; the explanation below is ours. Official source: Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers
Article 17 explained in plain English
This article moves from the decision stage to the implementation stage:
- Collection: provisional and final measures are applied and collected through the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority on imports directed to the Kingdom, and separately from customs tariff duties and other service fees or taxes. Customs notifies the Authority monthly of application and collection information, such as the quantity and value of imports and the volume of measures collected.
- Price undertakings: at the request of the Authority, Customs registers the imports of the exporter that gave the undertaking and provides monthly reports.
- Quantitative restrictions: by decision of the Authority, Customs registers imports of the product from all sources, monitors the level of quotas and provides monthly reports. The Authority may require prior import licenses to regulate quotas on the basis of the President's decision.
- Shipments inside Customs: the President's decisions imposing measures apply to imports as long as they have not left the customs area before the date the decision takes effect, as do measures with retroactive effect under paragraph (3) of Article 5.
Paragraph (3) of Article 5 provides that final measures apply to imports on the basis of the decision imposing them, and retroactively to products subject to provisional measures, imports subject to registration and monitoring, and imports subject to registration when the conditions for final collection are met.
It comes after Article 16, which sets the content of the President's decision and makes it effective from the day after its publication unless it sets another date, and before Article 18, which regulates monitoring of customs items for the purposes of investigations. Anyone whose shipment was affected by a new decision while it was in Customs may consult a lawyer specialized in commercial matters.
Practical example
A shipment of wooden panels arrived at the Jeddah port, and before it left the customs area, a decision imposing anti-dumping duties on it took effect. The duties apply to this shipment because it had not left the customs area before the decision took effect, and the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority collects them separately from ordinary customs duties.
Translated from our Arabic explanation with machine assistance. For guidance only; it does not replace advice from a lawyer on your situation.
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Frequently asked questions about Article 17 of the Saudi Trade Remedies Law
Who collects anti-dumping duties?
The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, on imports directed to the Kingdom.
Are anti-dumping duties part of customs duties?
No. They are collected separately from customs tariff duties and other service fees or taxes.
Do the duties apply to a shipment still in Customs when the decision is issued?
The President's decisions apply to imports as long as they have not left the customs area before the date the decision takes effect.
Articles this article refers to
More articles on Imposing and Collecting Measures
- Article 16
The article sets the content of the President's decision imposing provisional and final measures, its announcement and publication in the Official Gazette, its effect from the day after publication, its application to other decisions, and notifying the Safeguards Committee at the WTO.
1- تفرض التدابير المؤقتة والنهائية بناءً على قرار من الرئيس يتضمن المعلومات الخاصة بالـمُنتَج الخاضع للتدابير بما فيها وصف المنتج والبند أو البنود الجمركية التي
- Article 18
The article requires the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, at the Authority's request, to monitor customs items and create sub-items for the product under investigation or measure and related products, and to provide monthly reports.
1- لأغراض إجراء التحقيقات، تقوم هيئة الزكاة والضريبة والجمارك -عند بدء التحقيق أو عند فرض تدابير مؤقتة أو نهائية أو عند الحاجة، وبناءً على طلب من الهيئة- بتطبيق
- Article 27
The article allows interested parties harmed by the procedures of the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in applying and collecting measures to object to them under the procedures applied in customs transactions.
للأطراف المعنية المتضررة من الإجراءات المتخذة من هيئة الزكاة والضريبة والجمارك لتطبيق وتحصيل تدابير المعالجات التجارية المفروضة؛ الاعتراض عليها وفقاً للإجراءات
- Article 34
The article provides that investigation or review procedures do not prevent customs clearance of the product under investigation, and that duties owed are refunded or waived only as the Law and Regulations provide.
1- لا تحول إجراءات التحقيق أو المراجعة المنصوص عليها في النظام واللائحة دون الفسح الجمركي عن واردات الـمُنتَج الخاضع للتحقيق أو المراجعة. 2- لا تسترد تدابير أي
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