WORLD TRADE G/SCM/N/1/NIC/1
27March 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-0690)
Original: Spanish Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENT
NICARAGUA
Thefollowing communication, dated 15March 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofNicaragua, aSignatory oftheFinal Acteligible tobecome anoriginal Member oftheWTO.
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TheGovernment ofNicaragua notifies theWorld Trade Organization 'sCommittee onSubsidies
andCountervailing Measures that,when theinstrument ofratification oftheWorld Trade Organization
ispublished in"LaGaceta", theOfficial Gazette oftheRepublic ofNicaragua, theWTO Agreement
onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures willbecome national law.
TheGovernment ofNicaragua wishes tostatethattheCentral American Regulations onUnfair
Business Practices andSafeguard Clause areapplied inNicaraguan territory andarebeing reviewed
toadjust them totheWTO Agreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures.
Thenewversion willbeavailable shortly andacopywillbeforwarded totheSecretariat for
theinformation ofWTO Members.
Thisnotification ismade pursuant toArticle 32.6oftheWTO Agreement onSubsidies and
Countervailing Measures andtheagreement reached bytheInformal Contact Group onAnti-Dumping,
SubsidiesandSafeguardsapprovedbythePreparatoryCommitteefortheWTO,concerningnotifications
thatWTO Members arerequired tomake about theirlawsandregulations oncountervailing duties.