Special Import Measures Regulations

38 Subject to section 39, if the same goods, like goods or similar goods are

• (a) subject to more than one properly documented complaint in relation to the dumping or subsidizing of goods, the President may join the complaints for the purpose of initiating a single investigation;

• (b) subject to more than one preliminary inquiry, the Tribunal may join the preliminary inquiries and carry them out as a single preliminary inquiry;

• (c) subject to more than one dumping investigation or subsidy investigation, or one or more dumping investigations and one or more subsidy investigations, the President may join the investigations and carry them out as a single investigation;

• (d) subject to more than one application for a scope ruling, the President may join the applications for the purpose of initiating a single scope proceeding;

• (e) subject to more than one scope proceeding, the President may join the proceedings and carry them out as a single scope proceeding;

• (f) subject to more than one complaint respecting circumvention, the President may join the complaints for the purpose of initiating a single anti-circumvention investigation;

• (g) subject to more than one anti-circumvention investigation, the President may join the investigations and carry them out as a single anti-circumvention investigation;

• (h) subject to one or more applications for a scope ruling and one or more complaints respecting circumvention, the President may join the applications and complaints for the purpose of initiating a single anti-circumvention investigation, which includes consideration of the issue of scope; and

• (i) subject to one or more scope proceedings and one or more anti-circumvention investigations, the President may join the scope proceedings and the investigations and carry them out as a single anti-circumvention investigation, which includes consideration of the issue of scope.