Article 9 of the Saudi Trade Remedies Law
المادة 9 من نظام المعالجات التجارية في التجارة الدولية · الفصل الرابع: التدابير المؤقتة
The article allows provisional measures as duties or guarantees on positive preliminary findings, sets their ceiling, requires them to be refunded if the investigation ends without measures, and allows price undertakings to be accepted before final findings.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
1- يجوز اتخاذ قرار بفرض تدابير مكافحة إغراق وتدابير تعويضية مؤقتة تأخذ شكل رسوم مؤقتة أو ضمانات بناءً على تحقيق مكافحة الإغراق أو تحقيق التدابير التعويضية الذي أظهر نتائج أولية إيجابية بأن واردات مغرقة أو مدعومة تسببت بضرر بالصناعة المحلية وأن تطبيق التدابير المؤقتة ضروري لمنع الضرر الواقع أثناء التحقيق وفقًا لأحكام النظام واللائحة.
2- يجوز -في حالة وجود ظروف حرجة يسبب التأخير في اتخاذ إجراء حيالها حدوث أضرار من الصعب معالجتها- اتخاذ قرار بفرض تدابير وقائية مؤقتة تأخذ شكل رسوم مؤقتة أو ضمانات، وذلك بناءً على نتائج أولية إيجابية تعتمد على أدلة واضحة بأن زيادة الواردات قد تسببت أو تهدد بحدوث ضرر جسيم بالصناعة المحلية.
3- لا يجوز أن تتجاوز تدابير مكافحة الإغراق والتدابير التعويضية المؤقتة هامش الإغراق ولا مقدار الدعم المحدد بناءً على نتائج التحقيق الأولية.
4- تُرد الرسوم المؤقتة لمكافحة الإغراق والرسوم التعويضية والوقائية المؤقتة، وتعاد الضمانات لدافعيها؛ حال التوصل إلى قرار إنهاء التحقيق دون فرض تدابير نهائية سواء بسبب المصلحة العامة أو لعدم وجود إغراق أو دعم مخصص أو لعدم وجود ضرر مادي تسببت به الواردات المغرِقة أو المدعومة بالصناعة المحلية أو لعدم ثبوت أن الزيادة في الواردات تسببت بضرر جسيم أو التهديد به للصناعة المحلية.
5- يجوز قبول تعهدات سعرية للمُنتَج الخاضع لتحقيق مكافحة الإغراق والتدابير التعويضية في الفترة ما بين توصل الهيئة للنتائج الأولية الإيجابية وقبل التوصل إلى النتائج النهائية. وللهيئة إنهاء أو تعليق إجراءات التحقيق الخاص بالمتعهد الذي قبلت تعهداته السعرية إلا إذا طلب المتعهد استكمال التحقيق أو وجدت الهيئة ضرورة لذلك.
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 9 explained in plain English
This article regulates the provisional measures imposed during an investigation:
- Anti-dumping and countervailing: they may be imposed as provisional duties or guarantees if the investigation shows positive preliminary findings that dumped or subsidized imports have caused injury to the domestic industry, and that provisional measures are necessary to prevent injury during the investigation.
- Safeguards: they may be imposed as provisional duties or guarantees in critical circumstances where delay would cause damage that is difficult to repair, on the basis of positive preliminary findings relying on clear evidence that an increase in imports has caused or threatens to cause serious injury.
- Ceiling: provisional anti-dumping and countervailing measures may not exceed the dumping margin or the amount of the subsidy determined by the preliminary findings.
- Refund: provisional duties are refunded and guarantees returned to those who paid them if the investigation ends without final measures, whether for the public interest, for lack of dumping or specific subsidy, for lack of material injury, or because it was not established that the increase in imports caused or threatens serious injury.
- Price undertakings: they may be accepted in anti-dumping and countervailing investigations in the period between the positive preliminary findings and the final findings, and the Authority may end or suspend the investigation concerning the party that gave the undertaking, unless that party asks for it to be completed or the Authority considers this necessary.
This article comes after Article 8, which sets the same rule for final measures, that they may not exceed the dumping margin or the finally determined amount of the subsidy. Article 10 follows, regulating the relationship between provisional and final measures, including imposing final measures retroactively from the date of the provisional measures decision and refunding the difference if the final ones are lower. Anyone who has paid provisional duties or provided guarantees may consult a lawyer specialized in international matters and foreign investment.
Practical example
An importer in Jeddah paid provisional duties on a shipment during an anti-dumping investigation. The investigation then ended without final measures because material injury was not established, so the provisional duties it paid are refunded to it.
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 9 of the Saudi Trade Remedies Law
When are provisional anti-dumping duties imposed?
If the investigation shows positive preliminary findings that dumped or subsidized imports have caused injury, and that provisional measures are necessary to prevent injury during the investigation.
Are provisional duties refunded if the investigation ends without measures?
Yes. Provisional duties are refunded and guarantees returned to those who paid them when the investigation ends without final measures, for the reasons stated in the article.
When can a price undertaking be accepted?
In the period between the Authority reaching positive preliminary findings and before it reaches final findings.
More articles on Provisional Measures
- 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
The texts are reproduced from the official website of the Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers for reference; where they differ, the officially published Arabic text prevails. This content is not legal advice.