Law on Safeguards
进口产品保障措施法
ກົດໝາຍ ວ່າດ້ວຍການປົກປ້ອງຜູ້ຜະລິດທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຜົນກະທົບຈາກການນຳເຂົ້າສິນຄ້າ
Summary
This Law stipulates the objectives and scope of application for the implementation of safeguard measures on imported products, aiming to prevent serious injury or threat thereof to the domestic industry caused by an increase in the quantity of imported products. This Law clarifies the definition of safeguard measures, the conditions for their application, and the responsibilities of the competent authorities, covering core elements such as investigation procedures, forms of measures, and the duration of implementation, so as to regulate the order of import trade and protect the legitimate rights and interests of domestic producers.
Articles
Article 1
Article 1 Objectives
This Law determines principles, regulations, and measures on the management, monitoring, and
inspection of safeguard activities in order to enable the efficient and effective operation of such
activities, which aim at strengthening domestic industry, enhancing its growth, and increasing its
competitiveness with imports, thereby contributing to the national socio-economic development.
Article 2
Article 2 Safeguards
Safeguards are the application of tariff measures or quantitative restrictions for a certain period of
time in order to protect a domestic industry that is affected by either a serious injury or a threat of
serious injury due to a surge in imports.
Article 3
Article 3 Definitions
The terms as used in this Law shall have the following meanings:
1. A domestic industry refers to all producers of industrial and agricultural products or other types
of product in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) producing like or directly
competitive products, or those whose collective output constitutes a major proportion of the total
domestic production of those products.
2. Like products refer to products that are identical or similar characteristics to the products that
are manufactured in the Lao PDR, especially in terms of functions, usages, quality, technical
components, and sorted in the same product category.
3. Directly competitive products refer to imported industrial or agricultural products that can be
substituted for domestic products.
4. Increased imports refer to an import of any products in such increased quantity in either
absolute or relative terms compared with amount of like or directly competitive products
manufactured in Lao PDR.
5. Interested parties refer to producers, exporters, or importers and the governments of exporting
countries of the increased import product that has caused injury to a domestic industry that
produces like or directly competitive products, or refers to groups, associations, or organizations
that represent and protect the interests of a domestic industry.
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6. Increase in the importation of any products in either absolute or relative terms refers to
an increase in either percentage or amount of imports compared with domestic production.
7. Serious injury refers to a significant overall impairment to a domestic industry.
8. A threat of serious injury refers to a serious injury that is clearly imminent to a domestic
industry.
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