RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/Q1/LVA/1
5 October 1999
(99-4113)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLE 12.6 OF THE AGREEMENT
Questions Posed by the UNITED STATES
Regarding the Notification of LATVIA1
The following communication, dated 1 October 1999, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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1. In Article 19.2 of the Latvian law, why does the standard for extending a safeguard measure
differ from the standard in Article 7.2 of the Safeguards Agreement?
2. In paragraph 26 of the Latvian regulations, why is the reference not to the three last
“representative” years as in Article 5.1 of the Safeguards Agreement?
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1 G/SG/Q1/LVA/1/Suppl.1