RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/381
G/SCM/W/392
ORGANIZATION 25April 1996
(96-1567)
Original: Spanish Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
REPLIES TOQUESTIONS POSED BYKOREA1TOBOLIVIA CONCERNING
THE LATTER 'SNOTIFICATION2OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 17April 1996, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofBolivia.
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1. Response period forthequestionnaire
Reply: Theperiod stipulated inthenational regulations refers toworking days(20working days, which
corresponds to30calendar days), sothere isnocontradiction withtheWTO Agreement.
2. Normal value
Reply: Thedefinitions intheSupreme Decree (DS23,308, Chapter II,Article 8,asthehighest ranking
legislation) should benoted: thisprovision states thatforthepurposes ofthiscalculation account shall
betaken oftheprovisions ofGATT 1994 aswellasother provisions intheLAIA andAndean Group
Agreements. Hence there isconsistency withtheWTO provisions, astheintegration agreements are
based onthem.
3. Calculation ofthemargin ofdumping
Reply: TheMinisterial Resolution isbeing revised tobring itintoconformity withtheWTO provisions.
4. Deminimis
Reply: Article 32hasnoindent. Asmentioned intheprevious reply, theMinisterial Resolution is
being revised tobring itintoconformity withtheWTO provisions.
1G/ADP/W/360-G/SCM/W/369.
2G/ADP/N/1/BOL/1-G/SCM/N/1/BOL/1 +Suppl. 1.