RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/196
G/SCM/W/203
ORGANIZATION 28November 1995
(95-3787)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYTHE GOVERNMENT OFZAMBIA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 16November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofHong Kong.
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1. Zambia'snotificationcontainsCAP662PartVIIoftheLawsofZambiaapparentlylastamended
in1966, longbefore thesigning oftheWTO Agreement inApril 1994. Apparently numerous provisions
oftheWTO A-DAgreement arenotfeatured intheZambian legislation andsome Zambian provisions
maybeatoddswiththeWTO provisions.
Questions:
(a) What isthelegal status oftheWTO A-DAgreement inZambia? Does ithavethe
force oflaw?
(b) AreZambian A-Dofficials required, legally orotherwise, toobserve theprovisions
oftheA-DAgreement intheconduct ofA-Dproceedings, ortoconsult them, for
example ontheinterpretation ofdomestic legislation?
(c) What steps hasZambia taken, andwhat further steps willittake, toensure the
conformity ofitslaws, regulations andadministrative procedures withtheprovisions
oftheWTO A-DAgreement, inaccordance withArticle 18.4?
(d) HowwillZambia ensure compliance withtheprovisions oftheWTO A-DAgreement
before itslawsarebrought intototalconformity withtheWTO A-DAgreement?
(e) IfZambia iscontemplating adoption ofnewlegislation induecourse, what isthe
intended purpose andcoverage? What isthetimetableoftheenactment?
2. Question: What judicial review procedures hasZambia putinplace inobservance ofits
obligations under Article 13oftheWTO A-DAgreement?
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3. Question: What isZambia 'spolicy andlawfortheimplementation ofWTO Panel
Reports?