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- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- United States - Measures Concerning the Importation, Marketing and Sale of Tuna and Tuna Products (WT/DS381)
- Table of Contents
- CASES CITED IN THIS REPORT
- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT
- I INTRODUCTION
- II ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE THIRD PARTICIPANTS
- III ISSUES RAISED ON APPEAL
- IV BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW OF THE MEASURE AT ISSUE
- V LEGAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MEASURE AT ISSUE
- VI ARTICLE 2.1 OF THE TBT AGREEMENT
- VII ARTICLE 2.2 OF THE TBT AGREEMENT
- VIII ARTICLE 2.4 OF THE TBT AGREEMENT
- IX MEXICO'S CLAIMS UNDER ARTICLES I:1 AND III:4 OF THE GATT 1994
- X FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
- ANNEX I Notification of an Appeal by the United States, WT/DS381/10
- ANNEX II Notification of an Other Appeal by Mexico, WT/DS381/11
- Table of Contents
- TABLE OF WTO DISPUTES CITED IN THIS REPORT
- TABLE OF GATT DISPUTES CITED IN THIS REPORT
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- LIST OF US EXHIBITS CITED IN THIS REPORT
- LIST OF MEXICAN EXHIBITS CITED IN THIS REPORT
- LIST OF AMICUS CURIAE EXHIBITS CITED IN THIS REPORT
- 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 RULINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Cumulative List of Published Disputes
II - FACTUAL ASPECTS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 December 2017
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- United States - Measures Concerning the Importation, Marketing and Sale of Tuna and Tuna Products (WT/DS381)
- Table of Contents
- CASES CITED IN THIS REPORT
- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT
- I INTRODUCTION
- II ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE THIRD PARTICIPANTS
- III ISSUES RAISED ON APPEAL
- IV BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW OF THE MEASURE AT ISSUE
- V LEGAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MEASURE AT ISSUE
- VI ARTICLE 2.1 OF THE TBT AGREEMENT
- VII ARTICLE 2.2 OF THE TBT AGREEMENT
- VIII ARTICLE 2.4 OF THE TBT AGREEMENT
- IX MEXICO'S CLAIMS UNDER ARTICLES I:1 AND III:4 OF THE GATT 1994
- X FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
- ANNEX I Notification of an Appeal by the United States, WT/DS381/10
- ANNEX II Notification of an Other Appeal by Mexico, WT/DS381/11
- Table of Contents
- TABLE OF WTO DISPUTES CITED IN THIS REPORT
- TABLE OF GATT DISPUTES CITED IN THIS REPORT
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- LIST OF US EXHIBITS CITED IN THIS REPORT
- LIST OF MEXICAN EXHIBITS CITED IN THIS REPORT
- LIST OF AMICUS CURIAE EXHIBITS CITED IN THIS REPORT
- 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 RULINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Cumulative List of Published Disputes
Summary
The Measures at Issue
2.1 In its request for the establishment of a panel, Mexico identified the following measures adopted by the United States concerning the importation, marketing and sale of tuna and tuna products:
(a) United States Code, Title 16, Section 1385 (“Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act”);
(b) Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50, Section 216.91 (“Dolphin-safe labeling standards”) and Section 216.92 (“Dolphin-safe requirements for tuna harvested in the ETP [Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean] by large purse seine vessels”);
(c) The ruling in Earth Island Institute v. Hogarth, 494 F.3d 757 (9th Cir. 2007).
2.2 This Section describes the main elements of these measures as the Panel understands them, in light of the explanations provided by the parties in their submissions and in response to questions by the Panel. It also briefly describes the “dolphin-safe” scheme established under the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP).
Scope of Application of the DPCIA Provisions
2.3 The Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (DPCIA) is codified in Title 16, Section 1385 of the United States Code (USC). Regulations promulgated in accordance with the DPCIA are codified in Title 50, Section 216 of the Federal Regulations. The core of the US “dolphin-safe” labelling scheme is contained in subsection 1385(d)(1)-(3) of the DPCIA. Paragraph (d) of Section 1385 of the DPCIA provisions regulates the use of the term “dolphin-safe” when it appears on tuna products.
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- Dispute Settlement Reports 2012 , pp. 2045 - 2062Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014