Book contents
- Frontmatter
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- United States - Import Measures on Certain Products from the European Communities (WT/DS165): Report of the Panel
- United States - Section 110(5) of the US Copyright Act (WT/DS160): Award of the Arbitrator (under Article 21.3(c) DSU)
- United States - Section 110(5) of the US Copyright Act (WT/DS160): Award of the Arbitrator (under Article 25 DSU)
- United States - Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports of Wheat Gluten from the European Communities (WT/DS166): Report of the Appellate Body
United States - Import Measures on Certain Products from the European Communities (WT/DS165): Report of the Panel
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 December 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- United States - Import Measures on Certain Products from the European Communities (WT/DS165): Report of the Panel
- United States - Section 110(5) of the US Copyright Act (WT/DS160): Award of the Arbitrator (under Article 21.3(c) DSU)
- United States - Section 110(5) of the US Copyright Act (WT/DS160): Award of the Arbitrator (under Article 25 DSU)
- United States - Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports of Wheat Gluten from the European Communities (WT/DS166): Report of the Appellate Body
Summary
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
This proceeding was initiated by the European Communities, as complaining party against the United States.
On 4 March 1999, the European Communities requested consultations with the United States under Article XXII:1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (“GATT”) and Article 4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Dispute (“DSU”) with regard to the US decision, effective as of 3 March 1999, to withhold liquidation on imports from the European Communities of a series of products (listed in the Annex to the document WT/DS165/1), together valued at over $500 million on an annual basis, and to impose a contingent liability for 100 per cent duties on each individual importation of affected products as of this date. The European Communities claimed that according to information provided by the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”), this measure includes administrative provisions which foresee, among other things, the posting of a bond to cover the full potential liability.
On 11 May 1999, the European Communities requested the establishment of a panel pursuant to Article 6 of the DSU (WT/DS165/8).
In its panel request, the European Communities claims that:
“I have the honour to request, on behalf of the European Communities, the establishment of a panel pursuant to Article XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) and Articles 4 and 6 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) with respect to the US decision, effective as of 3 March 1999, to withhold liquidation on imports from the EC of a list of products, together valued at $520 million on an annual basis, and to impose a contingent liability for 100 per cent duties on each individual importation of affected products as of this date (annex 1). This measure includes administrative provisions that foresee, among other things, the posting of a bond to cover the full potential liability.
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- Dispute Settlement Reports 2001 , pp. 413 - 656Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003
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