RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/STR/Q1/SVN/6
12March 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1008)
Original: English Working Party onState Trading Enterprises
Questions Posed byAUSTRALIA Concerning
theArticle XVII Notification ofSLOVENIA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 5March 1997, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofAustralia.
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WenotethattheAgency oftheRepublic forcommodity reserves (the'Agency ')"isauthorized
byGovernment Decree forduty-free tariff-quota imports ofwheat andsugar forstocking anddisposal
bytheAgency". Could Slovenia explain thereasoning behind theintroduction ofatariff quota for
sugar?
Wenotethatactivities oftheAgency oftheRepublic ofSlovenia forcommodity reserves (the
'Agency ')were previously conducted byadivision intheMinistry ofEconomic Relations and
Development. Does theAgency issue import licences forwheat andsugar?
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