WORLD TRADE WT/DS59/3
30October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4526)
Original: English
INDONESIA -CERTAIN MEASURES AFFECTING
THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from theEuropean Communities
Thefollowing communication, dated 18October 1996, fromthePermanent Delegation ofthe
European Commission tothePermanent Mission ofIndonesia, thePermanent Mission oftheUnited
States andtotheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.11oftheDSU.
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Pursuant totheprocedures laiddown inArticle 4.11oftheUnderstanding onRules and
Procedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes, theEuropean Community anditsMember States
wishes tobejoined intheconsultations under Article XXII.1 oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs
andTrade 1994 (GATT 1994), Article 8oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Investment Measures
(TRIMs Agreement), Articles 7and30oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
(SCM Agreement) andArticle 64oftheAgreement onTrade-Related Aspects ofIntellectual Property
Rights (TRIPS Agreement) requested bytheUnited States byacommunication circulated toWTO
Memberson15October1996(DocumentWT/DS59/1,G/L/117,G/TRIMS/D/5,G/SCM/D8/1,IP/D/6)
regarding certain measures affecting trade andinvestment inthemotor vehicle sector implemented
byIndonesia through Presidential Decrees 54/1993 and42/1996, Presidential Instruction 2/1996,
numerous ministerial decrees andgovernment regulations, andother governmental measures.
TheEuropean Community anditsMember States hasamajor trade interest intheIndonesian
market, anditself requested consultations withIndonesia byletter of3October.