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United States – Measures Concerning the Importation, Marketing and Sale of Tuna and Tuna Products (US–Tuna II (Mexico) (Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by the United States / Second Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by Mexico), DS381
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 August 2020
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These compliance proceedings concern a second revised measure adopted by the United States regarding the labelling of dolphin-safe tuna products (the 2016 Tuna Measure). The 2016 Tuna Measure places three types of conditions on the use of the dolphin-safe label: (i) conditions relating to the automatic disqualification of certain tuna products (eligibility criteria); (ii) conditions relating to certifications (certification requirements); and (iii) conditions relating to record keeping and segregation of dolphin-safe and non-dolphin-safe tuna (tracking and verification requirements). Regarding the eligibility criteria, tuna harvested using large-scale driftnets on the high seas and tuna products containing tuna harvested by setting on dolphins anywhere in the world are automatically disqualified for the dolphin-safe label. Regarding the certification and tracking/verification requirements, the 2016 Tuna Measure makes a distinction between the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) large purse seine fishery, on the one hand, and all other fisheries, on the other hand.
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CASE SUMMARIES: WTO DISPUTES
The following summaries provide a brief factual background and describe the key findings of recent WTO Panel and Appellate Body reports.
References
1 Appellate Body Report, para. 5.9. Although there were technically two Appellate Body Reports in this dispute, we use the term ‘Report’, in the singular, for the purpose of this case summary.
2 Appellate Body Report, paras. 5.12 and 5.17.
3 Appellate Body Report, para. 6.9.
4 Appellate Body Report, para. 6.12. (emphasis added)
5 Although there were technically two Panels in this dispute, we use the term ‘Panel’, in the singular, for the purposes of this case summary.
6 Appellate Body Report, para. 4.1(i).
7 Appellate Body Report, para. 5.8.
8 Appellate Body Report, para. 6.39.
9 Appellate Body Report, para. 7.2.
10 Appellate Body Report, para. 7.5.
11 Appellate Body Report, para. 7.6.
12 Appellate Body Report, paras. 7.8 and 7.9.
13 Appellate Body Report, para. 7.11.
14 Appellate Body Report, para. 6.269.
15 Appellate Body Report, para. 6.271.
16 Appellate Body Report, para. 6.289.
17 Appellate Body Report, para. 7.14.