SEE
ALSO:
press
releases
news
archives
Mike
Moore's speeches
> Disputes
in the WTO
NOTE:
This summary has been prepared by the WTO
Secretariat’s Information and Media Relations
Division to help public understanding about developments
in WTO disputes. It is not a legal interpretation of the
issues, and it is not intended as a complete account of
the issues. These can be found in the reports themselves
and in the minutes of the Dispute Settlement Body’s
meetings.
|
Status
reports: Surveillance of implementation of recommendations
adopted by the DSB
Back
to top
Case DS76:
Japan — Measures affecting agricultural products
Quick help for downloading
Japan announced that on 23 August 2001 Japan and the US had reached
a mutually satisfactory solution (see document WT/DS76/12) with
respect to conditions for lifting import restrictions on 8 products at
issue, including apples. Japan said it was about the complete its
domestic procedure in order to implement the new quarantine
methodologies agreed upon between the two governments.
Case DS27:
European Communities — Regime for the importation, sale
and distribution of bananas
Quick help for downloading
The
EC presented a further report on its banana import regime informing
that legislative work was taking place on the European Council
Regulation necessary for transferring 100.000 tonnes of bananas from
the C to the B quota and for reserving the C quota for ACP bananas.
However, the EC said that such a modification could only intervene if
and when the EC had obtained the relevant GATT waivers.
While
Ecuador complained that the new European Commission proposal went
further than the EC/US/Ecuador agreement, the European Council
Regulation and even the Cotonou Association Agreement into granting
preferences to African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) countries, St Lucia
responded that on the contrary, ACP countries had had to give up
100.000 tonnes of their C quota.
Appointment
of Appellate Body Members Back
to top
The
DSB adopted the recommendation of the Selection Committee concerning
the appointment of 3 new Appellate Body Members. See
press release.
Adoption
of the annual report
Back
to top
Members
adopted the 2001 annual report of the Dispute Settlement Body to the
General Council.
Other
business Back
to top
Under
other business, Korea announced the implementation of the DSB
recommendations and rulings regarding the case “Korea — Measures
affecting imports of fresh, chilled and frozen beef” (Case
DS179). Concretely, Korea abolished its old import system and
eliminated its dual retail system.
Next
meeting Back
to top
The
next meeting of the DSB will take place on 15
October 2001.
|
How
to search for and download official documentsTo
search for documents on disputes follow this link to
access the WTO on-line
document database.
Insert
the codes indicated (in particular, the dispute case
number, e.g. “DS999”) in the “document
symbol” window of the search engine.
Hint:
To narrow down the search add a key word in the
“Document title” window of the search engine.
|
IMPORTANT:
READ THIS FIRST
Clicking the links to the left “Case DS76 or Case DS27” will launch a search for all
documents on those cases in the Documents online database. Documents
online runs in its own browser window, which you can close to
return to the main site. Please
allow a moment for the lists to appear in the new window.
Quick help for downloading
|
|
