RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/STR/W/18
1April 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1151)
Original: English Working Party onState Trading Enterprises
QUESTIONS POSED BYTHE UNITED STATES CONCERNING
THE ARTICLE XVII NOTIFICATIONS OFCYPRUS1AND NORWAY2
Thefollowing communication, dated 19February 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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CYPRUS
1. Weunderstand thatVINMONPOL, thestate-owned company thatdeals inwineandliquor,
retains itsmonopoly onretail salesoftheseproducts (although itsmonopoly onwholesale and
importation waseliminated early thisyear). Why wasVINMONPOL omitted from the
questionnaire?
NORWAY
2. Similarly, could Norway explain whyAPOTEK wasomitted from thequestionnaire? We
understand thatAPOTEK hasamonopoly onthedistribution ofpharmaceuticals.
1G/STR/N/1/CYP.
2G/STR/N/1/NOR.