WORLD TRADE WT/DS100/1
G/SPS/GEN/28
ORGANIZATION G/TBT/D/14
25August 1997
(97-3454)
Original: English
UNITED STATES -MEASURES AFFECTING IMPORTS OF
POULTRY PRODUCTS
Request forConsultations bytheEuropean Communities
Thefollowing communication, dated 18August 1997, fromthePermanent Delegation ofthe
European Commission tothePermanent Mission oftheUnited States andtotheDispute Settlement
Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.4oftheDSU.
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TheEuropean Community requests consultations withtheUnited States ofAmerica pursuant
toArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes (DSU),
Article XXIII oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994, Article 11oftheAgreement on
theApplication ofSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures (SPS), Article 14oftheAgreement onTechnical
Barriers toTrade (TBT) concerning thebanonimports ofpoultry andpoultry products from the
European Community communicated byMr.JohnPrucha ofUSDA 'sFood Safety Inspection Service
inaletter dated 5May1997, aswellasanyrelated measures.
Theabove-mentioned letter states that"poultry andpoultry products produced intheECafter
April 301997 willnotbeeligible forentry intotheUnited States untiltheUnited States isableto
obtain additional assurances ofproduct safety". Theletter doesnotindicate thegrounds upon which
ECpoultry adpoultry products havesuddenly become ineligible forentry intotheUSmarket. The
banappearstobeinconsistentwiththeobligationsoftheUnitedStatesofAmericaundertheGATT1994,
theSPSAgreementandtheTBTAgreement,morespecificallyincludingbutnotlimitedtotheobligations
envisaged in:
- Articles I,III,X,XIoftheGATT 1994;
- Articles 2,3,4,5,8,Annex CoftheSPSAgreement; or
- Article 2and5oftheTBTAgreement.
Ilookforward toreceiving yourreply totheEuropean Community 'srequest andtosetting
amutually convenient datefortheconsultations.