International Trade Administration Act, 2002 (Act No. 71 of 2002)Amended Tariff Investigations RegulationsPart D : Final Provisions23. Submission of same or substantially similar applications |
| 23.1 | The Commission will not accept, except under exceptional circumstances, an application for evaluation under section 16 that deals with the same or a substantially similar matter to that of an application submitted to and evaluated by the Commission earlier in time under section 16 until the expiry of 12 months after the date on which, as applicable— |
| (a) | the application submitted earlier in time was rejected pursuant to section 16; or |
| (b) | the Minister made a decision on the application as contemplated in section 22. |
| 23.2 | Subsection 1 is not applicable to investigations self-initiated by the Commission in terms of section 17.1. |