WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS260/2
11 June 2002
(02-3234)
Original:  English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD MEASURES
ON IMPORTS OF CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from Japan
The following communication, dated 7 June 2002, from the Permanent Mission of Japan to
the Permanent Delegation of the European Communitie s, the Permanent Mission of the United States
and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance with Article 4.11 ofthe DSU.
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Pursuant to paragraph 11 of Article 4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures
Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU), the Government of Japan hereby notifies the European
Communities that, in light of the substantial trade inte rest of Japan, it desires to be joined in the
consultations requested by the United States in a communication circulated to WTO Members on
5 June 2002 (WT/DS260/1, G/L/554, G/SG/D28/1) titled "European Communities – Provisional
Safeguard Measures on Imports of Certain Steel Products".
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