WORLD TRADE WT/DS58/9
17April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1685)
UNITED STATES -IMPORT PROHIBITION OF
CERTAIN SHRIMP AND SHRIMP PRODUCTS
Constitution ofthePanel Established attheRequests of
Malaysia, Thailand, Pakistan andIndia
Note bytheSecretariat
1. Atitsmeeting on25February 1997, theDispute Settlement Body (DSB) established aPanel
inaccordance withtherequest made byMalaysia andThailand indocument WT/DS58/6. Atthesame
meeting, theDSBestablished aPanel inaccordance withtherequest made byPakistan indocument
WT/DS58/7. Italsoagreed thatthetwoPanels would beconsolidated inasingle Panel, pursuant to
Article 9.1oftheDSU withstandard terms ofreference (WT/DSB/M/29).
2. Atitsmeeting on10April 1997, theDSBestablished aPanel inaccordance withtherequest
made byIndia indocument WT/DS58/8. TheDSBalsoagreed thatthisPanel would beconsolidated
withthePanel already established attherequest ofMalaysia, Thailand, Pakistan on25February 1997.
3. Theparties tothedispute agreed thatthePanel should havestandard terms ofreference:
"Toexamine, inthelightoftherelevant provisions ofthecovered agreements citedbyMalaysia
andThailandindocumentWT/DS58/6,PakistanindocumentWT/DS58/7andIndiaindocument
WT/DS58/8, thematter referred totheDSBbyMalaysia, Thailand, Pakistan andIndiainthese
documents andtomake suchfindings aswillassist theDSBinmaking therecommendations
oringiving therulings provided forinthose agreements".
4. On15April 1997, theparties tothedispute agreed onthefollowing composition ofthePanel:
Chairman: Mr.Michael Cartland
Members: Mr.Carlos Cozendey
Mr.Kilian Delbrück
5. Asof15April 1997, Australia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, ElSalvador, theEuropean
Communities, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, thePhilippines, Senegal, Singapore,
SriLanka andVenezuela hadreserved theirthird-party rights toparticipate inthepanel proceedings.