Book contents
- Frontmatter
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- CHINA – MEASURES RELATED TO THE EXPORTATION OF VARIOUS RAW MATERIALS
- Contents
- CASES CITED IN THESE REPORTS
- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THESE REPORTS
- I INTRODUCTION
- II ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE THIRD PARTICIPANTS
- III ISSUES RAISED ON APPEAL
- IV THE PANEL'S TERMS OF REFERENCE
- V THE PANEL'S RECOMMENDATIONS
- VI APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE XX
- VII ARTICLE XI:2(a) OF THE GATT 1994
- VIII ARTICLE XX(g) OF THE GATT 1994
- IX FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN THE APPELLATE BODY REPORT WT/DS394/AB/R
- X FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN THE APPELLATE BODY REPORT WT/DS395/AB/R
- XI FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN THE APPELLATE BODY REPORT WT/DS398/AB/R
- ANNEX I Request for the Establishment of a Panel by the United States, WT/DS394/7
- ANNEX II Request for the Establishment of a Panel by the European Communities, WT/DS395/7
- ANNEX III Request for the Establishment of a Panel by Mexico, WT/DS398/6
- ANNEX IV Notification of an Appeal by China, WT/DS394/11, WT/DS395/11, WT/DS398/10
- ANNEX V Notification of an Other Appeal by the United States, WT/DS394/12
- ANNEX VI Notification of an Other Appeal by the European Union, WT/DS395/12
- ANNEX VII Notification of an Other Appeal by Mexico, WT/DS398/11
- Contents
- TABLE OF WTO CASES CITED IN THESE REPORTS
- GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND WORKING PARTY REPORTS
- ABBREVIATIONS OF MEASURES, EVIDENCE, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS RULING
- TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS
- I INTRODUCTION
- II FACTUAL ASPECTS
- III PARTIES' REQUESTS FOR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- IV ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTIES
- V ARGUMENTS OF THE THIRD PARTIES
- VI INTERIM REVIEW
- VII FINDINGS
- VIII CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Cumulative List of Published Disputes
VII - FINDINGS
from CHINA – MEASURES RELATED TO THE EXPORTATION OF VARIOUS RAW MATERIALS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 January 2018
- Frontmatter
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- CHINA – MEASURES RELATED TO THE EXPORTATION OF VARIOUS RAW MATERIALS
- Contents
- CASES CITED IN THESE REPORTS
- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THESE REPORTS
- I INTRODUCTION
- II ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE THIRD PARTICIPANTS
- III ISSUES RAISED ON APPEAL
- IV THE PANEL'S TERMS OF REFERENCE
- V THE PANEL'S RECOMMENDATIONS
- VI APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE XX
- VII ARTICLE XI:2(a) OF THE GATT 1994
- VIII ARTICLE XX(g) OF THE GATT 1994
- IX FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN THE APPELLATE BODY REPORT WT/DS394/AB/R
- X FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN THE APPELLATE BODY REPORT WT/DS395/AB/R
- XI FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN THE APPELLATE BODY REPORT WT/DS398/AB/R
- ANNEX I Request for the Establishment of a Panel by the United States, WT/DS394/7
- ANNEX II Request for the Establishment of a Panel by the European Communities, WT/DS395/7
- ANNEX III Request for the Establishment of a Panel by Mexico, WT/DS398/6
- ANNEX IV Notification of an Appeal by China, WT/DS394/11, WT/DS395/11, WT/DS398/10
- ANNEX V Notification of an Other Appeal by the United States, WT/DS394/12
- ANNEX VI Notification of an Other Appeal by the European Union, WT/DS395/12
- ANNEX VII Notification of an Other Appeal by Mexico, WT/DS398/11
- Contents
- TABLE OF WTO CASES CITED IN THESE REPORTS
- GATT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND WORKING PARTY REPORTS
- ABBREVIATIONS OF MEASURES, EVIDENCE, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS RULING
- TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS
- I INTRODUCTION
- II FACTUAL ASPECTS
- III PARTIES' REQUESTS FOR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- IV ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTIES
- V ARGUMENTS OF THE THIRD PARTIES
- VI INTERIM REVIEW
- VII FINDINGS
- VIII CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Cumulative List of Published Disputes
Summary
Issues Relating to the Panel's Terms of Reference
1. Preliminary rulings
7.1 This dispute raises several issues affecting the competence and the terms of reference of the Panel. The Panel recalls that it issued two sets of preliminary rulings concerned, inter alia, with aspects of its terms of reference. As noted, the first phase of the preliminary ruling was issued to the parties on 7 May 2010 and circulated on 18 May. The Panel issued the second phase of its preliminary ruling to the parties on 1 October 2010. At the request of the United States and Mexico, this second phase was circulated only to the third-parties but not to the entire WTO Membership. These preliminary rulings are an integral part of the present findings and are attached to the Panel Reports as an annex (see List of Annexes, pages ii and iii).
7.2 The Panel made the following rulings in the first phase of its preliminary ruling dated 7 May 2010:
(a) The Panel's terms of reference are limited to those measures explicitly identified by bullet points in each of the three sections of the complainants' Panel Requests.
(b) Of these measures, the term “related measures” referred to in the last bullet point in each of the listed measures is too broad and unspecific a term and therefore falls outside the Panel's terms of reference.
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- Dispute Settlement Reports 2012 , pp. 3584 - 3895Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014