RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/VAL/W/10
24July1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2905)
Committee onCustoms Valuation
LEGISLATION OFSLOVENIA1
Slovenia 'sResponse toQuestions Raised bytheUnited States
Thefollowingcommunication,dated18July1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
oftheRepublic ofSlovenia.
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With reference tothecommunication from thePermanent Mission oftheUnited States
(G/VAL/W/9 dated 13May1996), please notethefollowing reply:
1. TheGovernment ofSlovenia recognizes thatarticles 18(1)(1) and18(1)(2) oftheCustoms Law
oftheRepublic ofSlovenia arenotconsistent withtherequired useofthewording "ofsome classor
kind" asprescribed inarticles 5.1(a)(i) and6.1(b) oftheAgreement onCustoms Valuation;
2. Thisisindeed anerrorintheuseofappropriate terminology andtheCustoms Authorities have
beenadvised bytheMinistry ofFinance thattheAgreement onCustoms Valuation should beapplied
directly onthebasisofitsrelevant articles inorder toavoid practical implications oftheinconsistency;
3. TheCustoms LawoftheRepublic ofSlovenia willbeappropriately changed atthefirst
opportunity thatrevisions oftheLawwillbeproposed intheParliamentary legislative process.
1G/VAL/N/1/SVN/1.