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ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/Q1/MDV/1
G/SCM/Q1/MDV/1
8 January 1999
(99-0039)
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5 AND 32.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS
Replies to Questions Posed by HONG KONG, CHINA1, and the UNITED STATES2
Regarding the Notification of the MALDIVES3
The following communication, dated 28 December 1998, has been received from the Ministry
of Trade, Industries and Labour in the Maldives.
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QUESTIONS POSED BY HONG KONG, CHINA
The Maldives' notification states that th e Maldives does not have a legislation
concerning anti-dumping practices.
Questions:
(a) What is the legal status of the WTO A-D Agreement in the Maldives?  Does it
have the force of law?
(b) Does the Maldives contemplate any use of A-D measures in certain
circumstances?  If so, what is the legal basis on which the relevant  authorities
may do so?
(c) Does the Maldives contemplate any enactment of domestic legislation concerning
anti-dumping practices?
QUESTIONS POSED BY THE UNITED STATES
1. Prior to the implementation of the Uruguay Round Anti-Dumping and Subsidies and
Countervailing Duty Agreements did your country have anti-dumping or countervailing duty
laws?  If so have those laws been revoked?
2. If you are in the process of drafting legislation, what is the estimated date for
implementation of the legislation?
                                                     
1 G/ADP/W/181-G/SCM/W/188
2 G/ADP/W/202-G/SCM/W/209
3 G/ADP/N/1/MDV/1-G/SCM/N/1/MDV/1G/ADP/Q1/MDV/1
G/SCM/Q1/MDV/1
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3. Does your country have an organization to administer the anti-dumping or
countervailing duty laws?  If so, does the  organization have any administrative guidelines for
administering these laws?
4. Does your country have any outstanding anti-dumping or countervailing duty orders?
5. What provisions have been made for judicial  review of anti-dumping or countervailing
duty actions?
Reply
The Export and Import Law of the Maldives (Law  No. 31/79) entrusts the Ministry of Trade
and Industries with regulating the export and import trade in the country.  Accordingly, the Ministry
may take specific anti-dumping actions against any country on an ad hoc basis in the absence of any
legislation governing anti-dumping.
The Ministry has not felt a need to take any anti-dumping actions against any country in the
past, nor have any investigations been initiated or  contemplated.  Should a need for any such activity
arise, we shall duly notify the concerned parties in accordance with the WTO provisions governing
the use of anti-dumping measures.
Should any anti-dumping actions be taken against any country, the concerned parties have the
right to take the matter to the competent court of law in the Maldives, and should the court rule in the
Ministry's favour, the right to appeal at the High Court.
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