RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/343
G/SCM/W/351
ORGANIZATION 15April 1996
(96-1339)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OFCYPRUS1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated3April1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofHong Kong.
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1. Cyprus 'notification states thatCyprus hasundertaken areview oftherelevant domestic
legislation withtheaimtoensure itsconsistency withtheWTO ADAgreement (theAgreement).
(a) Does Cyprus 'existing legislation onADmatters havetheforce oflaw? Ifyes,could
Cyprus inform theCommittee whether itintends tonotify itsADlegislation? Ifso,
when? Ifnot,why?
(b) What isthelegal status oftheAgreement inCyprus 'legal system? Does ithavethe
same force oflawasanyother domestic legislation inCyprus? AreADofficials of
Cyprus required, legally orotherwise, toabide bytheprovisions oftheAgreement in
theconduct ofADproceedings? Ifthedomestic legislation isinconflict withthe
Agreement, which willtakeprecedence?
(c) HowwillCyprus ensure compliance withtheprovisions oftheAgreement before its
lawsarebrought intototalconformity withit?
(d) What isthetimetable ofthereview andanypossible amendments totheexisting
legislation?
2. What judicial review procedures hasCyprus putinplace inobservance ofitsobligations under
Article 13(Judicial Review) oftheAgreement?
3. What isCyprus 'policy andlawfortheimplementation ofWTO Panel Reports?
1G/ADP/N/1/CYP/2-G/SCM/N/1/CYP/2.