RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/330
G/SCM/W/338
ORGANIZATION 12April 1996
(96-1291)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS POSED BYTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATION PROVIDED BYTURKEY1OFLAWS
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
1. Thecountervailing dutylegislation currently inforce inTurkey datesbackto10October 1989.
Weareinformed thatanamendment lawiscurrently being drafted tobring thislegislation into
conformity withtheUruguay Round Subsidies Agreement.
2. Inview ofthefactthatthenewlegislation hasnotyetbeen adopted Turkey 'sexisting
countervailing lawlacks provisions forthenewelements brought about bytheUruguay Round.
3. Itissuggested thatTurkey 'scountervailing lawsshould beexamined assoon asthenew
legislation isnotified totheWTO.
4. When doestheTurkish government think thattheinternal procedures ofadopting theamended
legislation willbecompleted?
Anti-dumping legislation
Q.1 Incertain respects, theTurkish legislation doesnotcoincide withtheWTO Agreement. Could
Turkey givemore precise details ofwhen itsnewlegislation willcome intoforce?
Q.2 Does theWTO Agreement onanti-dumping havelegalforce inTurkey?
1G/ADP/N/1/TUR/2-G/SCM/N/1/TUR/2.