RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/SEN/3
G/SCM/Q1/SEN/3
ORGANIZATION 11October 1996
(96-4206)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from JAPAN
toSENEGAL1
Thefollowing communication, dated 7October 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
_______________
Article 8oftheSenegalese Lawprovides for:"ifimports ofthegoods concerned increase
excessively andconstitute aserious threat todomestic industry, safeguard measures intheform of
bond, quantitative restrictions orquotas maybeadopted bytheMinister ofTrade, pursuant to
Article XIXoftheGATT". ThisArticle 8oftheSenegalese Lawseems toallow theSenegalese
authorities toadopt safeguard measures following anti-dumping investigation, while Article 18.1of
theAnti-Dumping Agreement stipulates: "nospecific action against dumping ofexports fromanother
Member canbetaken except inaccordance withtheprovisions ofGATT 1994, asinterpreted bythis
Agreement".
Q. DoestheSenegaleseGovernmentadoptsafeguardmeasureswithinananti-dumpinginvestigation?
Ifso,please explain howSenegal ensures theconsistency ofSenegalese Lawwiththeabove-mentioned
provisions oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement.
1G/ADP/N/1/SEN/1-G/SCM/N/1/SEN/1