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WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/ALB/8/Add.6
14October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4231)
Original: English
ACCESSION OFALBANIA
Additional Questions andReplies
Addendum
Thefollowing additional questions andreplies, totheMemorandum ontheForeign Trade
Régime (document L/7613) andtotheearlier Replies toQuestions (document WT/ACC/ALB/4) have
beenreceived from theMinistry ofIndustry, Transport andTrade oftheRepublic ofAlbania.
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QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE QUESTIONS AND REPLIES
DOCUMENT WT/ACC/ALB/4
2.1 Questions concerning Goods (GATT)
Ad.Question 23.
Albanian lawprovides foranti-dumping andcountervailing duties. However, noimplementing
regulation defines howthese duties aretobecalculated oronwhat basis thecalculation willbe
made. When doesAlbania plantointroduce precise rules forthecalculation ofsuchduties?
Answer.
Wedonothaveaprecise timetable forthedevelopment ofregulations andinstitution needed
fortheimplementation oflawsonanti-dumping andcountervailing duties. TheGovernment ofAlbania
isworking fortheestablishment andimplementation oftherespective lawsandinstitutions.
Ad.Question 24.
Were theexplanatory notes tothecustoms nomenclature completed inearly 1996, andifso,what
istheir general content?
Answer.
Therespective documentation hasalready beensubmitted.
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Ad.Question 34.
TheMinistry ofIndustry, Transport andTrade hasprepared adraft lawontransaction value
based substantially ontheWTO Customs Valuation Agreement. Hasthislawbeen adopted?
Answer.
TheLawhasalready beenapproved bytheGovernment ofAlbania anditwillbesubmitted
totheParliament forapproval, inconformity withthelegislation inforce inAlbania.
Ad.Question 79.
Atthetime ofwriting ofdocument WT/ACC/ALB/4, Albania wasnotinaposition tostate
definitively whether andforhowlonggrain prices willbesubsidized. DoestheAlbanian delegation
have anyfurther information onthissubject todate?
Answer.
Albania nolonger subsidizes theprices ofcereals. ByDecision oftheGovernment ofAlbania
ofJuly1996, thecereals arebought andsoldonthebasis ofoffer anddemand.
Ad.Question 84.
TheAlbanianGovernmentintendstosubmitanagricultureschedulewhichwillcontaininformation
onagricultural subsidies. Isthisschedule nowavailable, andifso,where mayitbeconsulted?
Answer.
Theinformation isprovided intheAgriculture schedule.
Ad.Question 87.
Grain prices have been subsidized insome years butnotinothers. What arethemain criteria
forthisdecision taken onayear-to-year basis?
Answer.
Theprices ofcereals havebeensubsidized onlyduring theperiod oftransition from which
Albania isemerging andonlyinyears when cereal prices threatened tocreate serious economic and
socialproblems.CurrentlytherearenosubsidiesforcerealsinAlbania.Forcomplimentaryexplanations
seeagricultural schedule indocument WT/ACC/SPEC/ALB/1.