RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/ZWE/1
G/SCM/Q1/ZWE/1
ORGANIZATION 9October 1996
(96-4137)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from theUNITED STATES toZIMBABWE1
Thefollowing communication, dated 2October 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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1. Areyouintheprocess ofrevising yourlawtoreflect theprovisions oftheUruguay Round
Anti-Dumping andSubsidies andCountervailing Measures Agreements? Doyouhaveanyindication
ofwhen these revisions willbecompleted?
2. TheA-DAgreement doesallow comparison oftheexport price withapriceinathirdcountry
providedthatsuchpriceis“representative”(A-DArticle2.2);however,underII.77(1)(b)ofZimbabwe’s
lawthehighest comparable pricemustbeused. Could youplease explain thisapparent inconsistency?
3. When canaprovisional measure beimposed under paragraph 78?
4. Under paragraph 79(3) howistheamount ofthecountervailing dutydetermined?
5. What provision hasbeenmade forconducting reviews ofnewshippers asprovided forunder
A-DArticle 9.5?
6. What provision hasbeenmade forjudicial review asprovided forunder A-DArticle 13?
7. What provision hasbeenmade fortermination ofanorder asrequired byA-DArticle 11.3?
8. What provision ismade under Zimbabwe ’slawforadjusting normal value orexport price as
appropriate toensure afaircomparison asrequired under A-DArticle 2.4?
9. Whyisreference made insection 73to“localcontent ”?
10. Zimbabwe ’slawdoesnotappear tohaveanyrequirements forfiling apetition orconducting
aninvestigation suchasthose required byA-DArticle 5?Canyouplease explain whatinformation
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isrequired tobepresented inorder forthegovernment toinitiate acaseandhowinvestigations are
conducted?
11. What istherelationship between theWTO Agreements andZimbabwe ’slaw?
12. What istheearliest datethatanA-DorCVD investigation canbecompleted?