RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/143
G/SCM/W/150
ORGANIZATION 26October 1995
(95-3278)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYSWITZERLAND1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENT
Thefollowing communication, dated 20October 1995, hasbeenreceived fromtheHong Kong
Economic andTrade Office.
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TheSwiss notification wasmade before itsaccession totheWTO. Itprovides thattheTokyo
Round Agreement onImplementation ofArticle VIofGATT 1947, adopted bytheSwiss Parliament
in1979, hasbinding force.
Question : (a) Does theSwiss notification G/ADP/N/1/CHE/1 accurately reflect thecurrent
position?
(b) What stepshasSwitzerland taken, andwhatfurther stepswillittake,toensure
theconformity ofitslaws, regulations andadministrative procedures withthe
provisions oftheWTO A-DAgreement, inaccordance withArticle 18.4?
What isthetimeframe foranyfurther steps tobetaken?
1G/ADP/N/1//CHE/1 andG/SCM/N/1/CHE/1