RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/Q1/SLV/1
G/SCM/Q1/SLV/1
9 April 2002
(02-1867)
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5 AND 32.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS
Questions Posed by the UNITED STATES Regarding
the Notification of EL SALVADOR1
The following communication, dated 4 April 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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1. Are the Central American Regulations on Unfair Business Practices the sole legal authority
by which El Salvador can impose an ti-dumping or countervailing duties?
2.  Did Resolution 12/95 (COMRIEDRE II), dated 12 December 1995, accomplish more than
the approval by El Salvador of the Central Am erican Regulations on Unfair Business Practices?
3. Article 4 of the Central American Regulations on Unfair Business Practices essentially
provides that the substantive provisions of the WTO Agreements on (1) anti-dumping and
(2) subsidies and countervailing measures are now applied with force of law in El Salvador; however,these regulations also appear in several instances to incorporate the WTO Agreements by reference.
El Salvador's regulations also incorporate provis ions of the Guatemala Protocol and the Central
American Customs and Tariffs Regime.  There does not, however, appear to be a hierarchy or a
procedure for resolving conflicts between the various legal regimes.  What is the legal status of the
WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement in the El Salvadoran legal system?  How would any conflictsbetween the AD Agreement, regulations, Guatemala Protocol and Central American Customs and
Tariffs Regime be addressed?
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