RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/350
G/SCM/W/358
ORGANIZATION 15April 1996
(96-1346)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OFNICARAGUA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated3April1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofHong Kong.
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1. Nicaragua 'snotification stipulates thattheWTO ADAgreement (theAgreement) willbecome
national lawasfromthedatewhen theratification oftheWTO Agreement ispublished intheofficial
gazette andthatNicaragua applies theCentral American Regulations onUnfair Business Practices and
Safeguard Clause which isbeing reviewed toadjust it,where appropriate, totheAgreement.
(a) Hastheratification beenpublished intheOfficial Gazette? Ifnot,whatisthetimetable?
(b) After publication oftheratification, whatisthelegal status oftheAgreement inthe
Nicaraguan legal system? Does ithavethesame force oflawasanyother domestic
legislation inNicaragua? AreADofficials required, legally orotherwise, toabide
bytheAgreement intheconduct ofADproceedings? Ifthedomestic legislation isin
conflict withtheAgreement, which willtakeprecedence?
(c) What isthelegal status oftheCentral American Regulations onUnfair Business
Practices andSafeguard Clause intheNicaraguan legal system? Dotheyhavethe
same force oflawasanyother domestic legislation inNicaragua? AreADofficials
required, legally orotherwise, toabide bytheprovisions oftheCentral American
Regulations intheconduct ofADproceedings?
(d) Totheextent thattheexisting Central American Regulations onUnfair Business
Practices andSafeguard Clause havetheforce oflawinNicaragua, would Nicaragua
inform theCommittee whether ithasintention tonotify them inaccordance with
Article 18.5oftheAgreement?
(e) IftheCentral American Regulations areinconflict withtheAgreement, which willtake
precedence? How willNicaragua ensure compliance withtheAgreement pending
completion ofthereview oftheCentral American Regulations?
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(f) What isthetimetable ofthereview oftheCentral American Regulations onUnfair
Business Practices andSafeguard Clause?
2. What judicial review procedures hasNicaragua putinplace inobservance ofitsobligations
under Article 13(Judicial Review) oftheAgreement?
3. What isNicaragua 'spolicy andlawfortheimplementation ofWTO Panel Reports?