WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS152/7
14 December 1998
(98-5041)
Original:  Spanish
UNITED STATES – SECTIONS 301-310 OF THE TRADE ACT 1974
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from Honduras
The following communication, dated 7 December 1998, from the Permanent Mission of
Honduras to the Permanent Mission of the United States, the Permanent Delegation of the European
Commission and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance with
Article 4.11 of the DSU.
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The Government of Honduras has taken note of the request for consultations addressed by the
Permanent Delegation of the European Communities to  the Permanent Mission of the United States,
circulated in document WT/DS152/1, dated 30 November 1998.
In that communication, the Permanent Delegation of the European Communities requested
consultations with regard to Title III, Chapter 1 (Sections 301-310) of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC, paragraphs 2411-2420) and in pa rticular Sections 305 and 306 of that Act
(19 USC, paragraphs 2415 and 2416 respectively), on the grounds, inter alia , that these sections
"… do not allow the United States to comply with the rules of the DSU in situations where a prior
multilateral ruling under the DSU on the conformity of implementing measures has not yet been
adopted by the DSB".
The holding of these consultations arises from the implementation process of the conclusions
and recommendations made in the reports of the Panel and Appellate Body in European
Communities - Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas .  The Government of
Honduras has a trade interest, as a party to that dispute, which will be affected, in one way or another,
by the implementation of the conclusions and recommendations of the two reports.
Accordingly, and in accordance with Article 4.11 of the Understanding on Rules and
Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes , the Government of Honduras notifies its trade
interest in being joined in the consultations pur suant to Article XXII of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade 1994.
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