RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/BHR/2
G/SCM/Q1/BHR/2
ORGANIZATION 19January 1998
(98-0163)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Replies toQuestions from HONG KONG, CHINA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 13January 1998, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofBahrain.
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Question
(a) What isthelegal status oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement inBahrain? Does ithave the
force oflaw?
Reply
TheStateofBahrain isafullMember intheWorld Trade Organization, therefore itiscommitted
toarticles, decisions andmultilateral agreements related totheWTO.
Question
(b) Does Bahrain contemplate theuseofanti-dumping measures incertain circumstances?
Reply
Indocument G/ADP/N/1/BHR/1 dated 3June1997 Bahrain stated thatithasnolawsand/or
regulations related totheAgreement ontheImplementation ofArticle VIoftheGATT 1994. However,
theStateofBahrain isintheprocess ofadopting ananti-dumping legislation which istobeconsistent
withitscommitments, obligations andrights asaMember oftheWTO.
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