RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/STR/W/25
3May1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1723)
Original: English Working Party onState Trading Enterprises
REPLY TOQUESTION POSED BYCANADA1ONTHE
ARTICLE XVII NOTIFICATIONS OFTHE CZECH REPUBLIC2
Thefollowing communication, dated 30April 1996, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission oftheCzech Republic.
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Q. Canada seeksclarification oftwopoints inthenotification regarding theSFMR. Intheresponse
toQuestion III,part(b),line3,arewecorrect insupposing thatthestatement should read, "TheSFMR
doesnotconduct directly anyforeign trade operations ofitsown"? Andatline9,arewecorrect in
presuming thatthephrase should read, "...remain freetoexport ortoimport ..."?
A. Yes. Thesupposition byCanada iscorrect. TheSFMR doesnotconduct directly anyforeign
trade operations ofitsown. Other traders remain freetoexport ortoimport oncompetitive terms
andunder normal market conditions.
1G/STR/W/13
2G/STR/N/1/CZE