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WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/282
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ORGANIZATION 7February 1996
(96-0455)
Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
STATUS OFNOTIFICATIONS OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Note from theSecretariat
Atthethird joint special meeting oftheCommittees toreview notifications oflawsand
regulations under Articles 18.5and32.6oftheAgreements, theSecretariat wasasked toprepare a
document indicating thestatus oflegislations inWTO Members. Thefollowing listisprepared by
theSecretariat inresponse tothatrequest.
Pursuant todecisions oftheCommittees atspecial meetings on21and22February 1995, all
Members which havelegislation and/or regulations regarding anti-dumping orcountervailing duty
investigations orreviews covered bytheAgreements were required tonotify thefullandintegrated
textoftherelevantlegislationand/orregulationstotheCommitteeby15March1995.Ifsuchlegislation
and/or regulations didnotexistorwerenotyetavailable, theMember would inform theCommittee
ofthisfact,andwould explain thereasons therefore.
Thefollowing listsreflect thestatus ofnotifications byallMembers oftheWTO asofthedate
ofpreparation ofthisdocument. Itistobenoted thatcertain ofthese countries andcustoms territories
became Members oftheWTO after1January 1995, andinsome cases quite recently. Further, this
document isbased thebestinformation available totheSecretariat atthistime. TheSecretariat welcomes
anycomments orcorrections from Members.
I.Members notifying legislation/regulations/procedures implementing theWTO Agreement
Argentina
Australia
Canada
ColombiaEEC
India
JapanKorea
NewZealand
Norway (amendments
under review )Philippines (anti-dumping only)
South Africa
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II. Members withlegislation/regulations/procedures pre-dating theFinal Act
Certain Members havenotified legislation pre-dating theFinal Actandhaveindicated thatthey
areconsidering orworking onnewlegislation toimplement theWTO Agreements:
Barbados
Brazil
Chile
Costa Rica(Central
American Regulation )
Cuba
CyprusElSalvador (Central American
Regulation )
Guatemala (Central American
Regulation )
Honduras (Central American
Regulation )
HungaryIceland
Israel
Jamaica
Malaysia
Mauritius (anti-
dumping only)
MexicoNicaragua
Romania
Thailand
Trinidad &Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Venezuela
Zimbabwe
Members whodonotexpect toamend theirlegislation orwhose notifications/reviews donot
indicate theirintentions regarding possible newlegislation:
Bolivia
Ecuador
Malawi (anti-dumping only)Philippines (countervailing only)
PolandSt.Lucia
SloveniaUruguay
Zambia
Certain Members haveindicated theyhaveanexisting legislation which isintheprocess of
being revised buthavenotprovided theexisting legislation totheCommittee:
Pakistan Peru Singapore
III. Members notifying thattheyhavenolegislation
Certain Members havenotified thattheyhavenoanti-dumping orcountervailing legislation
atpresent andhavenotindicated apresent intention ofenacting suchlegislations:
Botswana
Guinea, Rep.of
Hong KongMacau
Malawi (countervailing only)
MaldivesMalta
Mauritius (countervailing only)Suriname
Switzerland
Certain Members havenotified theCommittee thattheyhavenoanti-dumping orcountervailing
legislation atpresent butthattheyareconsidering orareintheprocess ofpreparing suchlegislation:
Czech Republic
Dominican RepublicEgypt
IndonesiaMorocco
ParaguaySlovak Republic
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IV. Members whohavenotmade anotification
Thefollowing Members havenotmade anotification asrequired byArticles 18.5and32.6
oftheAgreements andthedecisions oftheCommittees:
Antigua andBarbuda
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Rep.
Côted'Ivoire
DjiboutiDominica
Ecuador
Fiji
Gabon
Ghana
Guinean Bissau
Guyana
Kenya
Kuwait
LesothoLiechtenstein
Macau (countervailing only)
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
NigeriaQatar
Saint Vincent &
Grenadines
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda