RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/351
G/SCM/W/359
ORGANIZATION 15April 1996
(96-1347)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OFTHE PAKISTAN1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated3April1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofHong Kong.
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1. Pakistan 'snotification states thataBilltoamend Pakistan 'sexisting anti-dumping legislation
isintheprocess ofpreparation soastobring itintoconformity withtheobligations under theUruguay
Round Agreement onAnti-Dumping. Thenewlegislation willbeenacted after passage bythe
Parliament.
(a) DoesPakistan 'sexisting anti-dumping legislation havetheforceoflaw? Ifyes,would
Pakistan inform theCommittee whether ithasintention tonotify it?Ifso,when? If
not,why?
(b) What isthelegalstatus oftheWTO ADAgreement (theAgreement) inPakistan? Does
ithavetheforce oflaw?
(c) ArePakistan 'sADofficials required, legally orotherwise, toobserve theprovisions
oftheAgreement intheconduct ofADproceedings, ortoconsult them, forexample
ontheinterpretation ofdomestic legislation? Ifthedomestic legislation isinconflict
withtheAgreement, which willtakeprecedence?
(d) HowwillPakistan ensure compliance withtheAgreement before itslawsarebrought
intototalconformity withit?
(e) What isthelegislative timetable ofthenewlegislation?
2. Whatjudicial review procedures hasPakistan putinplace inobservance ofitsobligations under
Article 13(Judicial Review) oftheAgreement?
3. What isPakistan 'spolicy andlawfortheimplementation ofWTO Panel Reports?
1G/ADP/N/1/PAK/1-G/SCM/N/1/PAK/1.