RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/385
G/SCM/W/396
25April 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1547)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
REPLIES TOQUESTIONS POSED BYCANADA1TOBOLIVIA CONCERNING
THE LATTER 'SNOTIFICATION2OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 17April 1996, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofBolivia.
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1. TheBolivian Confederation ofPrivate Industry represents boththeindustry andthetradesectors
(byrepresenting theinterests ofbothitcannot takethesideofproducers orofimporters andmarketers).
Itsfunction ismainly toprovide information ontheproduction sector orindustry involved. Theresults
arepurely theresponsibility ofthepublic sector.
Itshould bementioned thatthetwotextsarebeing revised inorder tobring themintoconformity
withtheWTO provisions.
2. TheBi-Ministerial Decision isbeing revised inorder tobring itintoconformity withtheWTO
provisions.
3. Asmentioned intheprevious reply, theBi-Ministerial Decision isbeing revised inorder to
bring itintoconformity withtheWTO.
4. Thetime-period provided forinthedomestic legislation refers toworking days(20working
days, which corresponds to30calendar days), andtherefore thereisnocontradiction withtheprovisions
oftheWTO Agreement.
5. Therevision ofthenational legislation includes bringing itfullyintoconformity withtheWTO
rules (including definitions, time-periods, procedures, etc.).
1G/ADP/W/332-G/SCM/W/340.
2G/ADP/N/1/BOL/1-G/SCM/N/1/BOL/1 +Suppl.1.