RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/355
G/SCM/W/363
ORGANIZATION 15April 1996
(96-1351)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OFTUNISIA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated3April1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofHong Kong.
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1. Tunisia 'snotification contains thetextofLawNo.94-41 of7March 1994 onForeign Trade
(Articles 12to33)andDecree No.44-1745 of29August 1994establishing thecriteria andprocedures
fordetermining unfair import practices. Tunisia further states thatitisreviewing thelegislation in
order toensure itsconsistency withtheWTO Agreement. Apparently numerous provisions ofthe
WTO ADAgreement (theAgreement) arenotreflected intheTunisian legislation andsome Tunisian
provisions maybeatoddswiththeWTO provisions.
(a) What isthelegal status oftheAgreement inTunisia? Does ithavetheforce oflaw?
(b) AreTunisian ADofficials required, legally orotherwise, toobserve theprovisions of
theAgreement intheconduct ofADproceedings, ortoconsult them, forexample on
theinterpretation ofdomestic legislation?
(c) HowwillTunisia ensure compliance withtheAgreement before itslawsarebrought
intototalconformity withit?
(d) What isthetimetable ofthereview andanypossible amendments toitsexisting
legislation oradoption ofnewone?
2. What judicial review procedures hasTunisia putinplace inobservance ofitsobligations under
Article 13(Judicial Review) oftheAgreement?
3. What isTunisia 'spolicy andlawfortheimplementation ofWTO Panel Reports?
1G/ADP/N/1/TUN/1-G/SCM/N/1/TUN/1.