RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/334
G/SCM/W/342
ORGANIZATION 12April 1996
(96-1292)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYECUADOR1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated3April1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofAustralia.
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Questions from Australia
1. Ecuador hasadvised (page 3ofnotification) thatitwillberevising thislegislation to
distinguish between specific andnon-specific subsidies. WillEcuador alsoberevising this
legislation totakeaccount ofother detailed provisions oftheAnti-Dumping andSubsidies
Agreements? Ifthatisnotthesituation andEcuador isrelying upon theincorporation of
theAgreement Establishing theWTO intoitslegislation toensure compliance withits
WTO obligations, whodecides which piece oflegislation toapply inanyparticular case?
2. Willtherules governing anti-dumping andcountervailing measures under theCartagena
Agreement alsoberevised tobeconsistent withtheWTO Anti-Dumping andSubsidies
Agreements, inparticular theprovisions regarding measures arising from injury tothe
domestic industry inanother member State oftheCartagena Agreement? What happens if
there isaninconsistency between these provisions andtheWTO Agreement?
3. Thesituation described intheparagraph ofpage3ofthenotification ("Where theinjury
orthreat ofinjury issufficiently serious ..."), which inturnreflects Article 19(page 18)
oftheExecutive Decree, appears toenvisage theimposition ofprovisional measures
within 25days. Willthisbeoverridden byArticles 7.3oftheAnti-Dumping and
Subsidies Agreements, respectively?
1G/ADP/N/1/ECU/1-G/SCM/N/1/ECU/1.