RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/349
G/SCM/W/357
ORGANIZATION 15April 1996
(96-1345)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OFMALAWI1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated3April1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofHong Kong.
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1. Malawi 'snotification contains theFourth Schedule oftheMalawi Customs andExcise (Tariffs)
order andalsoSections 85and86oftheCustoms andExcise Act(Cap.42:01) onDumping. Apparently
numerous provisions oftheWTO ADAgreement (theAgreement) arenotreflected inMalawi 's
legislation andsome provisions inMalawi 'slegislation maybeatoddswiththeWTO provisions.
(a) What isthelegal status oftheAgreement inMalawi? Does ithavetheforce oflaw?
Ifthedomestic legislation isinconflict withtheAgreement, which willtakeprecedence?
(b) AreADofficials ofMalawi required, legally orotherwise, toabide bytheAgreement
intheconduct ofADproceedings, ortoconsult theAgreement, forexample onthe
interpretation ofdomestic legislation?
(c) What steps hasMalawi taken, andwhat further steps willittake, toensure the
conformity ofitslaws, regulations andadministrative procedures withtheprovisions
oftheAgreement, inaccordance withArticle 18.4?
(d) HowwillMalawi ensure compliance withtheAgreement before itslawsarebrought
intototalconformity withit?
(e) IfMalawi iscontemplating adoption ofnewlegislation induecourse, what isthe
intended purpose andcoverage? What isthelegislative timetable?
2. What judicial review procedures hasMalawi putinplace inobservance ofitsobligations under
Article 13(Judicial Review) oftheAgreement?
3. What isMalawi 'spolicy andlawfortheimplementation ofWTO Panel Reports?
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4. Section 85oftheCustoms andExcise Act(Cap. 42:01) onDumping enables theMinister to
make regulations.
Have anyregulations beenmade under Section 85oftheAct? Ifyes,would theybenotified
inaccordance withArticle 18.5oftheAgreement?