RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/190
G/SCM/W/197
ORGANIZATION 24November 1995
(95-3755)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYTHE GOVERNMENT OFCUBA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 16November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofHong Kong.
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1. Cuba'snotification provides thatCuba doesnothavespecific legislation orregulations related
totheAgreement andArticle 11ofDecree-Law No.124of1990 (prior tothesigning oftheWTO
Agreement inApril 1994) ingeneral terms governs A-Dmatters. Apparently theskeletal Article 11
doesnotfeature provisions oftheWTO A-DAgreement.
Questions :
(a) What isthelegalstatus oftheWTO A-DAgreement inCuba? Does ithavetheforce
oflaw?
(b) AreCuban A-Dofficials required, legally orotherwise, toabide bytheA-DAgreement
intheconduct ofA-Dproceedings, ortoconsult theA-DAgreement, forexample
ontheinterpretation ofdomestic legislation?
(c) What stepshasCuba taken, andwhatfurther stepswillittake,toensure theconformity
ofitslaws, regulations andadministrative procedures withtheprovisions oftheWTO
A-DAgreement, inaccordance withArticle 18.4?
(d) HowwillCuba ensure compliance withtheprovisions oftheWTO A-DAgreement
before itslawsarebrought intototalconformity withtheWTO A-DAgreement?
(e) IfCuba iscontemplating adoption ofnewlegislation induecourse, whatistheintended
purpose andcoverage? What isthetimetableoftheenactment?
2. Question: What judicial review procedures hasCuba putinplace inobservance ofits
obligations under Article 13oftheWTO A-DAgreement?
3. Question: What isCuba'spolicy andlawfortheimplementation ofWTO Panel Reports?
1G/ADP/N/1/CUB/1-G/SCM/N/1/CUB/1-G/SG/N/1/CUB/1 &G/ADP/N/1/CUB/1/Suppl.1.