RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/341
G/SCM/W/349
ORGANIZATION 15April 1996
(96-1337)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OFBOLIVIA1OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated3April1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofHong Kong.
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1. Bolivia 'snotification contains Supreme Decree No.23308 of1992andBi-Ministerial Decision
No.25191-9 of1993, both, prior tothesigning oftheWTO Agreement inApril 1994. Apparently
many provisions oftheWTO ADAgreement (theAgreement) arenotreflected intheBolivian legislation
andsome Bolivian provisions maybeatoddswiththeprovisions oftheAgreement.
(a) What isthelegal status oftheAgreement inBolivia? Does ithavetheforce oflaw?
(b) AreBolivian ADofficials required, legally orotherwise, toobserve theprovisions of
theAgreement intheconduct ofADproceedings, ortoconsult them, forexample on
theinterpretation ofdomestic legislation?
(c) WhatstepshasBoliviataken,andwhatfurtherstepswillittake,toensuretheconformity
ofitslaws, regulations andadministrative procedures withtheprovisions ofthe
Agreement, inaccordance withArticle 18.4?
(d) HowwillBolivia ensure compliance withtheprovisions oftheAgreement before its
lawsarebrought intototalconformity withit?
(e) IfBolivia iscontemplating modification toitsexisting legislation oradoption ofnew
legislation, what istheintended purpose andcoverage? What isthelegislative
timetable?
2. What judicial review procedures hasBolivia putinplace inobservance ofitsobligations under
Article 13(Judicial Review) oftheAgreement?
3. What isBolivia 'spolicy andlawfortheimplementation ofWTO Panel Reports?
1G/ADP/N/1/BOL/1-G/SCM/N/1/BOL/1.