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11 April 2022  
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  – ANTI -DUMPING MEASURES ON CORRUGATED  
STEEL BARS  
CONSTITUTION OF THE PANEL ESTABLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF COSTA RICA  
Note by the Secretariat  
1. At its meeting on 20 December 2021 , the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB )1 established a panel 
pursuant to the request of Costa Rica  in document WT/DS 605/2, in accordance with Article  6 of the 
Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governi ng the Settlement of Disputes ( DSU) . 
 
2. The Panel's terms of reference are the following:  
 
To examine, in the light of the relevant provisions of the covered agreements cited by 
the parties to the dispute, the matter referred t o the DSB by Costa Rica  in document 
WT/DS 605/2 and to make such findings as will assist the DSB in making the 
recommenda tions or in giving the rulings pr ovided for in those agreements.  
3. On 28 March 2022 , Costa Rica  requested the Director -General to de termine the composition 
of the P anel, pursuant to Article 8 .7 of the DSU. This paragraph provides:  
 
If there is no agreemen t on the panelists within 20 days after the date of the 
establishment of a panel, at the request of either party, the Director -General, in 
consultation with the Chairman of the DSB and the Chairman of the relevant Council or 
Committee, shall determine the composition of the panel by appointing the panelists 
whom the Director -General considers most appropriate in accordance with any relevant 
special or additional rules or procedures of the covered agreement or covered 
agreements which are at issue in the dis pute, after consulting wi th the parties to the 
dispute. The Chairman of the DSB shall inform the Members of the composition of the 
panel thus formed no later than 10 days after the date the Chairman recei ves such a 
request.  
4. On 8 April 2022 , the Director -General accordingly composed the Panel as follows:  
 
 Chairperson:  Mr Guillermo VALLES GALMÉS  
 
 Members:   Ms Maria Valeria RAITERI  
    Mr Marco César SARAIVA DA FONSECA  
 
5. Canada, China, the European Union , India, Japan, Mexico, the Russian Federation, and the 
United  States have reserved their rights to participate in the Pane l proceedings as third parties.  
 
 
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1 DSB, Minutes of the meeting held on 20 December 2021, WT/DSB/M/459  para. 5.4 . 