WORLD TRADE WT/DS105/1/Add.1
G/L/199/Add.1
ORGANIZATION G/LIC/D/15/Add.1
S/L/41/Add.1
G/TRIMS/D/11/Add.1
9January 1998
(98-0058)
Original: Spanish
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES -REGIME FOR THE IMPORTATION,
SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OFBANANAS
Request forConsultations byPanama
Addendum
Thefollowing communication, dated 24October 1997, fromthePermanent Mission ofPanama
tothePermanent Delegation oftheEuropean Commission andtotheDispute Settlement Body, is
circulated inaccordance withArticle 4.4oftheDSU. Itwasinadvertently notincluded indocument
WT/DS105/1.
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ThePermanent Mission oftheRepublic ofPanama hereby wishes torequest theinitiation of
consultations withtheEuropean Communities concerning thelatter'sregime fortheimportation, sale
anddistribution ofbananas asestablished through Regulation 404/93 (OJL47of25February 1993,
pages 1-11), aswellasanysubsequent legislation, regulations oradministrative measures adopted by
theEuropean Communities, including those reflecting theFramework Agreement onBananas, which
implement, supplement, oramend thatregime.
Thisrequest ismade onthebasisofArticle 4.4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures
GoverningtheSettlementofDisputes,ArticleXXIIoftheGeneralAgreementonTariffsandTrade1994,
Article 6oftheAgreement onImport Licensing Procedures, Article XXIII oftheGeneral Agreement
onTrade inServices, andArticle 8oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Investment Measures.
TheGovernment oftheRepublic ofPanama isparticularly interested inknowing howthe
European Communities willbeimplementing thedecisions contained intheReports ofthePanel and
theAppellate Body on"European Communities -Regime fortheImportation, SaleandDistribution
ofBananas". Onthebasis ofthose decisions, wemust inform youthatPanama considers the
European Communities 'regime tobeinconsistent withArticles I,IIandXIIIoftheGeneral Agreement
onTariffs andTrade 1994, Articles IIandXVII oftheGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices, and
Articles 1and3oftheAgreement onImport Licensing Procedures; anditalsoapparently appears
tobeinconsistent withtheEuropean Communities 'obligations under Articles 2and5oftheAgreement
onTrade-Related Investment Measures.