RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/393
G/SCM/W/403
6May1996
ORGANIZATION (96-1785)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
REPLIES TOQUESTIONS POSED BYTHE UNITED STATES1TO
NICARAGUA CONCERNING THE LATTER 'SNOTIFICATION2
OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 18.5
AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication wasreceived on25April 1996 from thePermanent Mission
ofNicaragua.
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1. Prior totheimplementation oftheUruguay Round Anti-Dumping andSubsidies and
Countervailing Duties Agreements, didNicaragua have anti-dumping orcountervailing duties
laws? Ifso,have those lawsbeen revoked?
2. IfNicaragua isintheprocess ofdrafting legislation, what istheestimated datefor
implementation ofthelegislation?
Prior totheimplementation oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement, Nicaragua wasapplying the
provisions oftheCentral American Regulations onUnfair Business Practices.
Following ajointreview bythecountries ofCentral America, newmodified Central American
Regulations onUnfair Business Practices entered intoforce inNicaragua on12March 1996.
3. Doesyourcountry haveanorganization toadminister theanti-dumping orcountervailing
dutylaws? Ifso,doestheorganization haveanyadministrative guidelines foradministering these
laws?
Nicaragua doesnothaveanyspecific lawsdefining theseprocedures. TheNicaraguan Foreign
Trade Act,which willregulate these procedural details, isinprocess ofadoption.
4. Does your country have anyoutstanding anti-dumping orcountervailing dutyorders?
Nicaragua doesnothaveanyanti-dumping orcountervailing dutyorders outstanding.
1G/ADP/W/384-G/SCM/W/395.
2G/ADP/N/1/NIC/1 andG/SCM/N/1/NIC/1.