Article 31 of the Saudi Trade Remedies Law

This article contains an obligation on the Authority and the powers that enable it to meet it:

The obligation: the Authority is bound by the mandatory time limits in:

• The Law.
• The Implementing Regulations.
• The World Trade Organization agreements concerned with trade remedies.

The powers: to this end the Authority may:

• Communicate directly with all interested parties, including foreign and private governmental bodies and the Organization, regarding trade remedies.
• Request, receive, collect, view and keep all confidential and non-confidential information it needs to perform its tasks, from the relevant foreign government bodies, interested parties, persons with a public interest, and the relevant government bodies in the Kingdom.

Under Article 1, the Organization is the World Trade Organization, interested parties include foreign exporters and producers, importers, domestic producers, governments of exporting countries and others, and persons with a public interest are the bodies, institutions and associations in the Kingdom that have a view on the effect of measures on the public interest.

This article comes after Article 30, which sets out the Authority's tasks in defending the Kingdom's exports, and before Article 32, which explains how the end of time limits is calculated: it extends to the day after the end of the holiday if it falls on an official holiday or weekend, and the last day ends at 3 p.m. Kingdom time. Anyone asked to provide information to the Authority may consult a lawyer specialized in international matters and foreign investment.