RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/96
G/SCM/W/105
ORGANIZATION 11October 1995
(95-3006)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OFURUGUAY1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 29September 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofAustralia.
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Please findenclosed thewritten questions submitted byAustralia inview ofthelegislation
review tobecarried outinthenextmeeting oftheAnti-Dumping andCountervailing Measures
Committees.
WillUruguay introduce legislation orregulations andnotify them totheCommittees before
ittakesanyanti-dumping orcountervailing dutyaction, including initiating anyinvestigations? Ifthat
isnotthecase, intheabsence ofspecific legislation, what guidance would beprovided toofficials
about howtoactinaninvestigation? Which levels ofofficials would havetheauthority tointerpret
theWTO agreements? Could aninterested party appeal tothecourts about theinterpretation ofthe
WTO agreements byofficials?
1G/ADP/N/1/URY/1 andG/SCM/N/1/URY/1.