WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS242/5
7 January 2002
(02-0050)
Original:  Spanish
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from Honduras
The following communication, dated 20 December 2001, from the Permanent Mission of
Honduras to the Permanent Delegation of the Eu ropean Communities, the Permanent Mission of
Thailand 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 pursuant to
Article 4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedur es Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU)
and other provisions, addressed by the Permanent Representative of the Government of Thailand to
the European Communities (EC) on 7 December and circulated in document WT/DS242/1 of
12 December, concerning the issue of "special preferential treatment granted under the EC's scheme
of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) that adversely affects imports of goods originating in
the Kingdom of Thailand".
In view of the substantial trade interest of the Government of Honduras in this matter as a
beneficiary of the scheme of preferences granted by the EC to Andean and Central American
countries, and in conformity with the DSU, the Gove rnment of Honduras requests to be joined in the
above-mentioned consultations.
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