WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS265/13
17 October 2002
(02-5614)
Original:  English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – EXPORT SUBSIDIES ON SUGAR
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from Kenya
The following communication, dated 10 October 2002, from the Permanent Mission of Kenya
to the Permanent Delegation of the European Commission, the Permanent Mission of Australia and to
the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance with Article 4.11 of the
DSU.
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We refer to the communications from the Permanent Missions of Australia and Brazil
addressed to the Permanent Delegation of the European Commission and to the Chairman of theDispute Settlement Body entitled "European Co mmunities - Export Subsidies on Sugar" and which
have been circulated on 1 October 2002, in accordance with Article 4.4 of the DSU, as Documents
WT/DS265/1, G/L/569, G/AG/GEN/52 and G/SCM/D47/1,  and WT/DS266/1, G/L/570,
G/AG/GEN/53 and G/SCM/D48/1 respectively.
The communications refer to consultations being sought with the European Communities
(EC) pursuant to Article 4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement ofDisputes (DSU), Article XXII:1 of the Genera l Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994),
Article 19 of the Agreement on Agriculture, and Ar ticles 4.1 and 30 of the Agreement on Subsidies
and Countervailing Measures (SCM Agreement) with respect to the EC's Common Organization of
the Market in Sugar and its application and implementation and to the export subsidies provided by
the EC to the sugar sector, respectively.
In view of the substantive trade interest of Kenya, as a supplier to the EC sugar market, my
authorities have instructed me to notify you of the desire of Kenya to be joined in the consultations
between the EC, Australia and Brazil pursuant to Article 4.11 of the DSU.
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