RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/KEN/3
G/SCM/Q1/KEN/3
ORGANIZATION 21October 1996
(96-4382)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from HONG KONG
toKENYA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 16October 1996, hasbeenreceived fromtheHong Kong
Economic andTrade Office.
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1. Kenya 'snotification contains Sections 125and126oftheCustoms andExcise Act,Cap472
oftheLaws ofKenya. Kenya 'snotification alsostates thatKenya hasrequested technical assistance
fromWTO toredraft herlegislation onanti-dumping toensure conformity withWTO rules. TheWTO
hasresponded positively tothisrequest. Themodalities andtiming ofthisexercise arebeing worked
out.
Questions
(a) What isthelegalstatus oftheWTO A-DAgreement (theAgreement) inKenya? Does
ithavetheforce oflaw? Ifthedomestic legislation isinconflict withtheAgreement,
which willtakeprecedence?
(b) AreKenyan A-Dofficials required, legally orotherwise, toabide bytheAgreement
intheconduct ofA-Dproceedings, ortoconsult it,forexample ontheinterpretation
ofdomestic legislation?
(c) How willKenya ensure compliance withtheAgreement before itslawsarebrought
intototalconformity withit?
2. What judicial review procedures hasKenya putinplace inobservance ofitsobligations under
Article 13(Judicial Review) oftheAgreement?
3. What isKenya 'spolicy andlawfortheimplementation ofWTO Panel Reports?
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