RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/POL/1
G/SCM/Q1/POL/1
ORGANIZATION 4July1996
(96-2564)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Replies ofPOLAND1
toquestions posed bytheUNITED STATES2andHONG KONG3
Thefollowing communication, dated 20June1996, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofthePoland.
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Question 1fromUnited States
Prior totheimplementation oftheUruguay Round Anti-Dumping andSubsidies and
Countervailing DutyAgreements didyourcountry haveanti-dumping orcountervailing duty
laws? Ifsohavethose lawsbeenrevoked?
Question 1(a)and(b)fromHong Kong
Poland 'snotification states thatPoland hasundertaken areview oftherelevant domestic
legislationandadministrativeregulationswiththeaimtoensuretheirfullestpossibleconsistency
withtheWTOAgreement andthatlegislation onADpractices willbenotified assoonaspossible
after Poland hasbecome aWTO Member. Poland subsequently became aMember on
1July1995.
(a) Doestheexisting Polish legislation onADmatters havetheforceoflaw? Ifyes,would
Poland inform theCommittee whether ithasintention tonotify it?Ifso,when? If
not,why?
(b) What isthelegalstatus oftheWTO ADAgreement (theAgreement) inthePolish legal
system? Does ithavethesame force oflawasanyother domestic legislation in
Poland? ArePolish ADofficials required, legally orotherwise, toabide bythe
provisions oftheAgreement intheconduct ofADproceedings? Ifthedomestic
legislation isinconflict withtheAgreement, which willtakeprecedence?
1G/ADP/N/1/POL/1-G/SCM/N/1/POL/1.
2G/ADP/W/384-G/SCM/W/395.
3G/ADP/W/353-G/SCM/W/361.G/ADP/Q1/POL/1
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Polish anti-dumping andcountervailing dutylawsconstituted apartofthedomestic Customs
Lawthatwasadopted in1989, before Poland acceded totheWTO. Thislegislation based ontheTokyo
Round codes hasbeen notified totheCommittee onAnti-dumping Practices in1991 (document
ADP/1/Add.20/Rev. of17July1991 andSuppl.1 of18October 1991). Thefullinformation onthis
notification andreview ofthelegislation waspublished byGATT in1993 (Document ADP/M/39 of
22January 1993).
Theaccession totheWTO on1July1995 hasobliged Poland toAdopt theUruguay Round
Agreements. Poland hasundertaken areview oftherelevant domestic legislation including Safeguard
Measures andadministrative regulation withtheaimtoensure their consistency withtheWTO
Agreement.
Theprevious Polish anti-dumping andcountervailing dutylawshavenotbeenrevoked sofar
andwillbeapplied, asarule,onlyagainst countries which arenotMembers oftheWTO. (Itwill
remain inforce untilthenewlegislation isenacted bythePolish Parliament, which isexpected later
thisyear).
Question 1(c)fromHong Kong
(c) HowwillPoland ensure compliance withtheAgreement before itslawsarebrought
intototalconformity withit?
Thecompliance ofthePolish anti-dumping andcountervailing regulations withtheWTO
standards isguaranteed byamendments totheexisting law.
Question 1(d)fromHong Kong
(d) What isthetimetable ofthecompletion ofthereview andanypossible amendments
totheexisting legislation oradoption ofnewone?
Question 2fromtheUnited States
Ifyouareintheprocess ofdrafting legislation, whatistheestimated dateforimplementation
ofthelegislation?
Thenewlegislation isexpected tobeimplemented asof1January 1997.
Question 3fromtheUnited States
Doesyourcountry haveanorganization toadminister theanti-dumping orcountervailing duty
laws? Ifso,doestheorganization haveanyadministrative guidelines foradministering these
laws?
Under thepresent legislation theadministration ofanti-dumping fallswithin theresponsibility
oftheMinister ofForeign Economic Relations. TheMinister hasestablished aninter-agency body
which mayconduct periodic reviews ofpossible complaints.G/ADP/Q1/POL/1
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Question 2fromHong Kong
What judicial review procedures hasPoland putinplace inobservance ofitsobligations under
Article 13(Judicial Review) oftheAgreement?
Allprocedures andrulings under theanti-dumping lawaresubject toappeal andreview
procedures under theAdministrative Procedure Code (KPA).
Question 3fromHong Kong
What isPoland 'spolicy andlawfortheimplementation ofWTO Panel Reports?
Poland hasnotbeenaparty toanyanti-dumping proceedings under GATT/WTO.
Question 4fromtheUnited States
Does yourcountry haveanyoutstanding anti-dumping orcountervailing dutyorders?
Poland hasnooutstanding anti-dumping andcountervailing dutyorders.