Article 5 of the Saudi Trade Remedies Law
المادة 5 من نظام المعالجات التجارية في التجارة الدولية · الفصل الثالث: التدابير النهائية
The article allows final anti-dumping and countervailing measures as duties or price undertakings, and safeguard measures as duties or quantitative restrictions, after an investigation proves the case conclusively, and sets their scope and retroactive effect.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
1- يجوز اتخاذ قرار فرض تدابير مكافحة الإغراق والتدابير التعويضية النهائية في شكل رسوم نهائية وقبول تعهدات سعرية، وذلك بناءً على إجراء تحقيق مكافحة الإغراق والتدابير التعويضية -وفق أحكام النظام واللائحة- يثبت عنه بشكل نهائي أن الواردات مغرقة أو مدعومة أو تسببت أو تهدد بحدوث ضرر مادي بالصناعة المحلية أو تعيق إقامة صناعة محلية ناشئة.
2- يجوز اتخاذ قرار فرض تدابير وقائية نهائية في شكل رسوم نهائية وقيود كمية، وذلك بناءً على إجراء تحقيق التدابير الوقائية –وفق أحكام النظام واللائحة- يثبت عنه بشكل نهائي وجود زيادة في الواردات تسببت أو تهدد بحدوث ضرر جسيم بالصناعة المحلية، وتحدد اللائحة شروط تحديد القيود الكمية وكيفية توزيع الحصص.
3- تسري التدابير النهائية على الواردات الموجهة إلى المملكة الخاضعة للتدبير بناءً على قرار فرض التدابير النهائية، وبأثر رجعي على المنتجات الخاضعة لقرار فرض التدابير المؤقتة بناءً على المادة (العاشرة) من النظام، وعلى الواردات الخاضعة للتسجيل والمراقبة بناء على الفقرة (2) من المادة (الحادية عشرة) من النظام، وعلى الواردات الخاضعة للتسجيل بناءً على النظام عند توافر شروط التحصيل النهائي.
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 5 explained in plain English
This article sets the conditions for imposing final measures and their forms:
1) Anti-dumping and countervailing measures: they may be imposed as final duties and by accepting price undertakings, after an investigation proves conclusively that the imports are dumped or subsidized and have caused or threaten to cause material injury to the domestic industry, or retard the establishment of a nascent domestic industry.
2) Safeguard measures: they may be imposed as final duties and quantitative restrictions, after an investigation proves conclusively that there is an increase in imports that has caused or threatens to cause serious injury to the domestic industry. The Implementing Regulations set the conditions for quantitative restrictions and how quotas are distributed.
3) Scope of application: final measures apply to the imports subject to them on the basis of the decision imposing them, and also retroactively to:
- Products subject to a provisional measures decision under Article 10, which provides for final measures to apply from the date of the provisional measures decision when positive final findings of injury are reached, with the difference refunded if the final duties are lower.
- Imports subject to registration and monitoring under paragraph (2) of Article 11, which allows, when the conditions in the Implementing Regulations are met, final measures to be imposed retroactively for a period not exceeding 90 days before the provisional measures decision and not earlier than the date the investigation began.
- Imports subject to registration under the Law when the conditions for final collection are met.
It is preceded by Article 4, which gives the decision to impose measures to the President on the basis of the Governor's recommendations, and followed by Article 6, which limits measures to the period and amount necessary. Anyone affected by these measures may consult a lawyer specialized in international matters and foreign investment.
Practical example
An investigation concludes that imports of a type of tire are dumped and have caused material injury to a Saudi factory. Final duties may be imposed on them, or price undertakings accepted from the exporters. If provisional measures were imposed during the investigation, the final measures apply retroactively under Article 10.
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 5 of the Saudi Trade Remedies Law
What forms can final anti-dumping measures take?
Final duties and acceptance of price undertakings.
What forms can final safeguard measures take?
Final duties and quantitative restrictions. The Implementing Regulations set the conditions for quantitative restrictions and the distribution of quotas.
Can anti-dumping duties be applied retroactively?
Yes. They apply retroactively to products subject to provisional measures under Article 10, imports subject to registration and monitoring under paragraph (2) of Article 11, and imports subject to registration when the conditions for final collection are met.
Articles this article refers to
- Article 10
The article provides that final measures apply retroactively from the date of the provisional measures when injury is established, with the difference refunded if the final duties are lower, and that provisional duties are refunded if only a threat of injury is established.
1- عند التوصل إلى نتائج نهائية إيجابية أن الواردات مغرقة أو مدعومة، وأنها تسببت بضرر مادي بالصناعة المحلية، أو أن الزيادة في الواردات تسببت أو تهدد بحدوث ضرر جس
- Article 11
The article sets the timing and duration of provisional measures: not before 60 days from the start of the investigation, 4 months for anti-dumping (extendable), 4 months for countervailing, and 200 days for safeguards.
1- لا يجوز فرض تدابير مكافحة الإغراق والتدابير التعويضية المؤقتة إلا بعد مرور (ستين) يوماً على الأقل من تاريخ بدء التحقيق. ولا يجوز أن يستمر فرض تدابير مكافحة ا
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- Article 6
The article limits anti-dumping and countervailing measures to the period and amount necessary and safeguard measures to what is needed, and allows measures to be modified through interim or anti-circumvention reviews, and a measure to be set for a new exporter.
1- يكون تطبيق تدابير مكافحة الإغراق والتدابير التعويضية للفترة والمقدار اللازمين لمواجهة الإغراق والدعم المخصص الذي يسبب ضررًا بالصناعة المحلية، ويكون تطبيق الت
- Article 7
The article sets the duration of anti-dumping and countervailing measures at five years, extendable through a final review, and safeguard measures at an initial four years with a ten-year maximum, and sets conditions for reimposing safeguards.
1- تفرض تدابير مكافحة الإغراق والتدابير التعويضية النهائية لفترة لا تتجاوز (خمس) سنوات من تاريخ نفاذ قرار فرضها بما فيها فترة فرض التدابير المؤقتة أو من تاريخ ن
- Article 8
The article prevents final measures from exceeding the dumping margin or the subsidy amount, allows an importer to recover excess anti-dumping duties through a duty refund review, and bars double remedies for the same situation.
1- لا يجوز أن تتجاوز تدابير مكافحة الإغراق والتدابير التعويضية النهائية المطبقة هامش الإغراق ولا مقدار الدعم المحدد بشكل نهائي. 2- للمستورد استرداد فرق رسوم مكا
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