RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/327
G/SCM/W/335
ORGANIZATION 12April 1996
(96-1288)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS POSED BYTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATION PROVIDED BYST.LUCIA1OFLAWS
AND REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 27March 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Commission.
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Countervailing dutylegislation
TheCommunity urges St.Lucia toimplement initsnational legislation, dating back to
December 1964, theprovisions oftheWTO Agreement onSubsidies andCountervailing duties. It
istherefore suggested thatSt.Lucia 'scountervailing lawsareexamined assoonasthenewlegislation
isnotified totheWTO.
Anti-dumping legislation
Q.1 Does St.Lucia intend, inthenearfuture, toreview domestic legislation asaresult ofthenew
international rules onanti-dumping?
Q.2 Does theWTO Agreement onanti-dumping havelegalforce inSt.Lucia?
Q.3 Where conflict exists between domestic andinternational rules, whathappens?
1G/ADP/N/1/LCA/1-G/SCM/N/1/LCA/1.