RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/119
G/SCM/W/128
ORGANIZATION 19October 1995
(95-3199)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYTHE GOVERNMENT OFURUGUAY1OFLAWS AND
REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowing communication, dated 9October 1995, hasbeenreceived fromtheHong Kong
Economic andTrade Office.
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Uruguay states thattheAgreement onImplementation ofArticle VIofGATT 1994hasbeen
adopted bylawinUruguay and,accordingly, forms partofdomestic legislation. Itwasalsopointed
outthat,forthemoment, noregulations implementing theAgreement havebeenissued.
Question
(a) Would Uruguay explain thedomestic legaleffect oftheWTO A-DAgreement? AreUruguayan
officials obliged toobserve theprovisions oftheWTO A-DAgreement? Would Uruguayan
courts enforce theWTO A-DAgreement asanyother domestic law? What isthelegalbasis
ofsuchobligations?
(b) HowwillUruguay ensure compliance withtheprovisions oftheWTO A-DAgreement? Will
compliancebeensuredadministrativelyorwillitalsobethroughjudicialreviewsetc.asprovided
forunder Article 13oftheWTO A-DAgreement?
(c) Arethereanyplans toenact domestic regulations onanti-dumping? Ifyes,whatistheintended
purpose andcoverage ofthedomestic regulations? What isthetime-table oftheenactment?
1G/ADP/N/1/URY/1 andG/SCM/N/1/URY/1.