RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/356
G/SCM/W/364
ORGANIZATION 15April 1996
(96-1352)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OFTURKEY1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated3April1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofHong Kong.
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1. Turkey 'snotification contains therelevant Turkish legislation which hasbeeninforce since
1October 1989. Turkey further states thatinorder tobring thelegislation intoconformity withthe
relevant WTO Agreement, anamendment lawhasbeenprepared butthedomestic procedures forthe
enactment ofthenewlegislation hasnotyetbeencompleted. Thenewlegislation willbesubmitted
assoonaspossible afterthecompletion ofnecessary domestic procedures. Apparently numerous
provisions oftheWTO ADAgreement (theAgreement) arenotreflected intheexisting Turkish
legislation andsome Turkish provisions maybeatoddswiththeWTO provisions.
(a) What isthelegal status oftheAgreement inTurkey? Does ithavetheforce oflaw?
(b) AreTurkish ADofficials required, legally orotherwise, toobserve theprovisions of
theAgreement intheconduct ofADproceedings, ortoconsult them, forexample on
theinterpretation ofdomestic legislation?
(c) HowwillTurkey ensure compliance withtheAgreement before itslawsarebrought
intototalconformity withit?
(d) What isthetimetable ofthecompletion ofthedomestic legislative procedures ofthe
newlegislation?
2. What judicial review procedures hasTurkey putinplace inobservance ofitsobligations under
Article 13(Judicial Review) oftheAgreement?
3. What isTurkey 'spolicy andlawfortheimplementation ofWTO Panel Reports?
1G/ADP/N/1/TUR/2-G/SCM/N/1/TUR/2.