RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/UGA/2
G/SCM/Q1/UGA/2
ORGANIZATION 15April 1997
(97-1596)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from HONG KONG
toUGANDA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 9April 1997, hasbeenreceived from theHong Kong
Economics andTrade Office.
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Domestic Legal Status oftheADAgreement
Uganda states thatthelegislation onAnti-Dumping andSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
hasbeensuspended since1993. According totheCOMESA Agreement within theregion, theMinister
ofFinance wastoexercise "Residual Powers" toregulate andsafeguard economic stability intheregion
onspecific commodities/products.
Questions:
(a) Would Uganda clarify whether Article 51/52/53 oftheCOMESA Treaty, the
Customs (Dumping andSubsidies: Rates) Actof1964 andtheCustoms (Dumping
andSubsidies) Actof1970 havebeensuspended since 1993? Aretheyeffective
now?
(b) CanUganda elaborate whatare"Residual Powers" exercised bytheMinister of
Finance?
(c) Thecovering ofUganda ’snotification states thattheCustoms (Dumping and
Subsidies: Rates) Actof1964 andtheCustoms (Dumping andSubsidies) Actof
1970 areappended. However, itseems thenotification onlycontains Chapter 179
oftheCustoms (Dumping andSubsidies: Rates) Act,1959. Would Uganda
clarify thematter?
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(d) What isthelegalstatus oftheWTO ADAgreement (theAgreement) inUganda?
Does ithavetheforce oflaw? Ifthedomestic legislation isinconflict withthe
Agreement, which willtakeprecedence?
(e) AreUganda ’sADofficials required, legally orotherwise, toobserve the
provisions oftheAgreement intheconduct oftheADproceedings, ortoconsult
them, forexample ontheinterpretation ofdomestic legislation?
(f) What isthetimetable ofthereview andanysubsequent amendments tothe
domestic legislation?