RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SG/Q1/KOR/2
22May1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2127)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLE 12.6OFTHE AGREEMENT
Replies from KOREA toQuestions Posed byCANADA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 30April 1997, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofKorea.
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Q1. What arethespecific provisions ofKorea 'snotification ofitslaws andregulations
(G/SG/N/1/KOR/1 andG/SG/N/1/KOR/2) thatpertain toprivate sector voluntary arrangements
between importers andexporters?
A1. Korea notified therelevant provisions oftheForeign Trade Act,itsEnforcement Decree, and
theCustoms Act(G/SG/N/1/KOR/1 andG/SG/N/1/KOR/2), asitssafeguards lawsandregulations.
ItisKorea 'sunderstanding thatWTO Members arenotrequired tonotify theirlaws, regulations and
administrative procedures relating togrey-area measures. Anyhow, aprovision existed previously
which wasrelevant totheestablishment ofvoluntary arrangements: Article 47oftheForeign Trade
Act. However, thisArticle wasabolished in1996.
Q2. What arethespecific provisions ofKorea 'snotification ofitslaws andregulations
(G/SG/N/1/KOR/1 andG/SG/N/1/KOR/2) thatpertain totheGovernment ofKorea 'sauthority
toenforce these private sector voluntary arrangements between importers andexporters?
A2. Atpresent there arenolawsorregulations pertaining totheGovernment ofKorea 'sauthority
toenforce private sector voluntary arrangements between importers andexporters. TheGovernment
ofKorea doesnotenforce sucharrangements.
Q3. Could theGovernment ofKorea indicate which provisions oftheWTO Agreement on
Safeguards provide fortheestablishment ofprivate sector voluntary arrangements between
importers andexporters?
A3. ThefiveVER arrangements which Korea notified pursuant toArticle 12.7oftheSafeguards
Agreement were inexistence prior totheestablishment oftheWTO. Obviously, theSafeguards
Agreement doesnotprovide forthe"establishment" ofprivate sector voluntary arrangements between
importers andexporters. Korea simply notified suchmeasures pursuant toArticle 12.7.
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