WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS136/19
29 September 2003
(03-5108)
Original:  English
UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING ACT OF 1916
Recourse by the United States to Article 22.6 of the DSU
Communication from the Arbitrators
The following communication, dated 19 September 2003 and addressed to Mr. Dimitrij Gr čar,
Chairman of the Arbitrators, has been received  from the Permanent Delegation of the European
Commission.
"By Communication WT/DS136/18 of 4 March 2002 from the Arbitrator in the above
proceeding it was announced that the arbitration proceeding had been suspended in
accordance with the joint request by the pa rties. In the communication, the Arbitrator
took note of the parties' agreement that th e arbitration proceeding may be reactivated
at the request of either party after 30 June 2002 if no substantial progress has beenmade in resolving the dispute by that date.
The request for the suspension of the arbitration proceeding was made in
consideration that a proposal to repeal the 1916 Act and to terminate cases pending
under the Act had been introduced in the US Congress. However, up until now, no act
has been adopted to repeal the 1916 Act and to terminate the cases pending before US
courts.
In light of these circumstances, the European Communities wishes to reactivate the
arbitration proceeding."
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In accordance with the terms of the joint request for suspension contained in document
WT/DS136/18 whereby the arbitration proceeding may be reactivated at the request of either party
after 30 June 2002, the suspension is now terminated and the Arbitrators will resume their work.
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