WORLD TRADE WT/DS2/10/Add.7
26August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3470)
Original: English
UNITED STATES -STANDARDS FOR REFORMULATED
AND CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE
Status Report bytheUnited States
Addendum
Thefollowing communication, dated 20August 1997, fromtheUnited States tothePermanent
Missions ofBrazil andVenezuela andtotheDispute Settlement Body iscirculated attherequest of
theUnited States.
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Status Report Regarding Implementation oftheRecommendations andRulings in
theDispute Regarding United States -Standards forReformulated andConventional Gasoline
Panel Report (WT/DS2/R) andAppellate Body Report (WT/DS2/AB/R)
TheUnited States ispleased toprovide thefollowing finalreport under Article 21.6ofthe
Understanding onRules andProcedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes ("DSU") regarding
implementation oftherecommendations andrulings oftheDispute Settlement Body inthedispute
concerning United States -Standards forReformulated andConventional Gasoline
On19August 1997theAdministrator oftheU.S.Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA")
signed afinalregulation amending theregulations which wereatissueintheabove-referenced dispute.
Thisregulation fulfils thecommitment made bytheUnited States attheJune1996meeting oftheDSB
thattheUnited States would meetitsobligations under theWTO withrespect tothismatter. U.S.
adoption ofthese implementation measures brings toaclose inthismatter therequirements inDSU
Article 21.6. Asagreed withVenezuela, theUnited States hascompleted theimplementation process
in15months.
Acopy oftheEPAregulation isenclosed withthisletter andcopies havebeenprovided to
thegovernments ofBrazil andVenezuela. Theregulation hasbeensentforpublication totheU.S.
Federal Register. Pre-publication copies havebeenmade available forallinterested parties andfor
thepublic.1
1Copies oftheregulation areavailable forconsultation intheLegal Affairs Division oftheSecretariat.