RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/SEN/2
G/SCM/Q1/SEN/2
ORGANIZATION 11October 1996
(96-4200)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from theEUROPEAN COMMUNITY
toSENEGAL1
Thefollowing communication, dated 2October 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Commission.
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In1994 Senegal adopted Law94-68 on"Measures toSafeguard Domestic Industry Against
Unlawful Trade Practices". TheLawcontains veryrudimentary provisions ontheprocedures tobe
followed fortheimposition ofbothanti-dumping andcountervailing duties. Article 9oftheLaw
provides however foraseparate decree which would specify inmore detail theterms andapplication
oftheLaw. TheDecree inquestion wasenacted inJanuary 1995. Itsimply provides thatforthe
purposes ofimplementation ofLaw94-68 "thestipulations oftheAgreement ontheImplementation
ofArticle VIofGATT 1994andtheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures 1994shall
beobserved".
Inotherwords, Senegal haschosen toincorporate thetextsoftheAgreements onAnti-Dumping
andSubsidies intonational lawintheirentirety.
With regard toSenegal 'santi-dumping andcountervailing duty legislation, notified on
15July1996 (document G/ADP/N/1/SEN/1-G/SCM/N/1/SEN/1), theEuropean Community would
liketoaskthefollowing question.
DoesSenegal intend totranspose intonational lawthetextsoftheAgreements onAnti-Dumping
andSubsidies ordoesitonlyintend torefertothem when carrying outinvestigations? Inthelatter
case,would theparties concerned havetherighttoinvoke thetextofthesaidAgreements tosafeguard
theirrights?
1G/ADP/N/1/SEN/1-G/SCM/N/1/SEN/1.