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Except as provided in sub-rule (4) the designated authority shall initiate an investigation to determine the existence, degree and effect of alleged subsidy only upon receipt of a written application by or on behalf of the domestic industry.
An application under sub-rule (1) shall be in the form as may be specified by the designated authority in this behalf and the application shall be supported by evidence of
1. subsidy and, if possible, its amount
2. injury where applicable, and
3. where applicable, a causal link between such subsidized imports and alleged injury.
The designated authority shall not initiate an investigation pursuant to an application made under sub-rule (1) unless-
1. it determines, on the basis of an examination of the degree of support for, or opposition to the application expressed by domestic producers of the like article, that the application has been made by or on behalf of the domestic industry:
  
  Provided that no investigation shall be initiated if domestic producers expressly supporting the application account for less than twenty five percent of the total production of the like product by the domestic industry, and
2. it examines the accuracy and adequacy of the evidence provided in the application and satisfies itself that there is sufficient evidence regarding-
  1. subsidy,
  2. injury, where applicable; and
  3. where applicable, a causal link between such subsidized imports and the alleged injury, to justify the initiation of an investigation.
  Explanation,- For the purpose of this rule, the application shall be considered to have been made “by or on behalf of domestic industry” if it is supported by those domestic producers whose collective out put constitutes more than fifty per cent of the total production of the like article produced by that portion of the domestic industry expressing either support for or opposition as the case may be, to the application
Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), the designated authority may initiate an investigation suo motu, if it is satisfied from the information received from the Collector of Customs appointed under the Customs Act, 1962 (51 of 1962) or any other source that sufficient evidence exists so to the existence of the circumstances referred to in sub clause (b) of sub-rule (3).
The designated authority shall notify the Government of the exporting country before proceeding in initiate and investigation.

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