WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS156/3
2 November 1999
(99-4728)
GUATEMALA – DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON
GREY PORTLAND CEMENT FROM MEXICO
Constitution of the Panel Established at the Request of Mexico
Note by the Secretariat
1. At its meeting on 22 September 1999, the DSB established a panel pursuant to the request by
Mexico (WT/DS/156/2 and WT/DS/156/2/Corr.1).
2. At that DSB meeting, parties agreed that th e Panel should have standard terms of reference.
The terms of reference of the Panel are the following:
"To examine, in the light of the relevant provisions of the covered agreements cited by Mexico
in documents WT/DS/156/2 and WT/DS/156/2/ Corr.1, the matter referred to the DSB by
Mexico in that document and to make such fi ndings as will assist the DSB in making the
recommendations or in giving the rulings provided for in those agreements".
3. On 12 October 1999, Mexico requested the Dir ector-General to determine the composition of
the Panel, pursuant to paragraph 7 of Article  8 of the DSU.  This paragraph provides:
"If there is no agreement on the panelists within 20 days after the date of the establishment of a
panel, at the request of either party, the Dir ector-General, in consultation with the Chairman of
the DSB and the Chairman of the relevant  Council or Committee, shall determine the
composition of the panel by appointing the pane llists whom the Director-General considers
most appropriate in accordance with any relevant sp ecial or additional rules or procedures of the
covered agreement or covered agreements which are at issue in the dispute, after consulting
with the parties to the dispute.  The Chairman  of the DSB shall inform the Members of the
composition of the panel thus formed no later than  10 days after the date the Chairman receives
such a request."
4. The Director-General composed the Panel as follows:
Chairman:    Mr. Johannes Human
Members:    Mr. Antonio Buencamino
Mr. Oscar Hernández
5. Ecuador, El Salvador, the European Communities, Honduras and the United States have
reserved their rights as third parties to the dispute.
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