WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS160/22
1 March 2002
(02-1021)
Original:  English
UNITED STATES – SECTION 110(5)  OF THE US COPYRIGHT ACT
Recourse by the United States to Article 22.6 of the DSU
Communication from the Arbitrator
The following communication, dated 26 February 2002, has been received from the
Permanent Delegation of the European Commission and the Permanent Mission of the United States
and addressed to Mr. Ian F. Sheppard, Chairman of the arbitrators.
"The European Communities and their member States (EC) and the United States of
America (US) wish to thank you and the other arbitrators for accepting to serve as the
Arbitrator in the above-captioned proceeding.
The EC and the US would like to inform you that they are engaged in constructive
discussions with a view to finding a solution to this dispute.  Therefore, the EC andthe US would respectfully request the Arbitrator to suspend the arbitration
proceeding.  The EC and the US agree that the arbitration proceeding may be
reactivated at the request of either party after 1 March 2002."
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In accordance with the joint request by the parties, the Arbitrator has suspended the
arbitration proceeding.  The Arbitrator has taken note of the parties' agreement that the arbitration
proceeding may be reactivated at the request of either party after 1 March 2002.
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