WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS99/10
5 September 2000
(00-3450)
UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON
DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY SEMICONDUCTORS
(DRAMS) OF ONE MEGABIT OR ABOVE FROM KOREA
Recourse by Korea to Article 21.5 of the DSU
Communication from the Chairman of the Panel
The following communication, dated 1 September 2000 and addressed to the Dispute
Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance with Article 21.5 of the DSU.
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Article 21.5 of the DSU stipulates that a panel examining the existence or consistency with a
covered agreement of measures taken to comply w ith the recommendations and rulings by the Dispute
Settlement Body (DSB) shall circulate its report within 90 days after referral of the matter to it.
Article 21.5 further provides that when a panel considers that it cannot issue its report within 90 days,
it shall inform the DSB in writing of the reasons fo r the delay together with an estimate of the period
within which it will issue its report.
At its meeting of 25 April 2000, the DSB decided, in accordance with Article 21.5, to refer to
the original panel the matter raised by Korea in WT /DS99/8.  I wish to inform you that the Panel does
not expect to be able to circulate its report to the Members within the 90 days provided for in the
DSU, due to the short timeframes provided for in the timetable.
The Panel expects to be able to circulate its report to Members by the middle of
October 2000.
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