Article 21. Obligations at prices for the import of subsidized goods

An investigation may be suspended or terminated without the application of compensation duties or temporary compensation duties upon receipt of voluntary obligations at prices from:

foreign state, from which the exported product which is the subject of the investigation, for the abolition or reduction of subsidies or adopt other appropriate measures in order to eliminate the effects of imports of subsidized goods;

exporter of the goods, which is the object of the investigation, a review of the prices on the goods in such a way that the authorized body determines that their acceptance would eliminate serious damage or threat of causing serious damage to the sector of the economy. The level of prices on goods in accordance with such obligations on prices, not may be higher than is necessary to compensate for the impact of subsidies on the sector of the economy. Increasing prices on the goods can be less than the size of subsidies, if such an increase is sufficient to eliminate the serious damage or threat of causing serious damage to the sector of the economy.

Commitments on prices at the import of subsidized goods is not accepted by foreign state or the exporter to the issuance by the authorized body of the preliminary conclusion about the presence of imports of subsidized goods and due to such imports of serious damage or threat of causing serious damage to the sector of the economy.

In the case of adoption of a foreign state or an exporter obligations on prices at the import of subsidized goods the investigation can be extended on the request of a foreign state, from which the exported goods, or on the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan. If by the results of the investigation made the conclusion about the absence of imports of subsidized goods or caused by such imports of serious damage or threat of causing serious damage to the industry of the economy, the obligation on the prices at the import of subsidized goods lose their strength, for the exception of cases, when rendered conclusion is to a large extent the result of the existence of the obligations on prices. In such cases, these commitments remain in force in during the period necessary for the elimination of serious damage or threat of causing serious damage to the sector of the economy.

In the case of violation or withdrawal of foreign state, from which the exported product or exporter obligations on prices at the import of subsidized goods Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan can take a decision on the application of compensation duties or temporary compensation duties.