WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/42/Suppl.2
9 April 2002
(02-1893)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD MEASURE IMPOSED BY THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON STEEL PRODUCTS
Request for Consultations under Articles 12.3 and 12.4
of the Agreement on Safeguards
UNITED STATES
Supplement
The following communication, dated 5 April 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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My authorities have instructed me to request immediate consultations with the European
Communities pursuant to Articles 12.3 and 12.4 of the Agreement on Safeguards and Article XIX of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ("GATT 1994") with respect to the application of
provisional safeguard measures on steel products imported from the United States.  The European
Communities notified these measures to the WTO Committee on 27 March 2002, and offered to
provide consultations on the measure at any time after 29 March 2002.  The regulation implementingthe provisional measures was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities on
28 March 2002.
We look forward to receiving your reply to the present request and to fixing a mutually
convenient date for consultations.
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