RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/PRY/5
G/SCM/Q1/PRY/5
ORGANIZATION 1erDecember 1997
(97-5259)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Follow-Up Questions from CANADA
toPARAGUAY1
Thefollowing communication, dated 24November 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofCanada.
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1. Canada notes thatParaguay states, inG/ADP/N/1/PRY/1, thattheAnti-Dumping Agreement
wasincorporated intoParaguayan lawbyvirtue ofLaw No.444/94. Canada alsonotes that
G/ADP/N/1/PRY/2, which provides official notification ofDecree No.15.286, indicates thatLaw
No.444/94 continues ineffect. Could Paraguay explain howthesetwopieces ofParaguayan lawrelate
toeach other? Should aconflict arise between theinterpretation ofLawNo.444/94 (i.e.the
"incorporated" Anti-Dumping Agreement) andDecree No.15.286 assetoutinG/ADP/N/1/PRY/2,
which legalinstrument would takeprecedence under Paraguayan law?
2. Decree No.15.286 assetoutinG/ADP/N/1/PRY/2 indicates, inArticle 3.8,thatthe
Commission shalladopt internal regulations within threemonths oftheentry intoforce oftheDecree
(i.e.28October 1996). What isthepurpose ofsuchregulations andwilltheyalsobenotified tothe
Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices?
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