WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS138/4
25 March 1999
(99-1200)
UNITED STATES – IMPOSITION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTIES ON
CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED LEAD AND BISMUTH CARBON STEEL
PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Constitution of the Panel Established at the Request of the European Communities
1. At its meeting on 17 February 1999 the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) established a panel
pursuant to a request made by the European Communities (WT/DS138/3 and WT/DS138/3/Corr. 1).
2. At that meeting, the parties to the dispute agreed that the Panel should have standard terms of
reference. The terms of reference are the following:
"To examine, in light of the relevant provisions of the covered agreements cited by
the European Communities in document WT /DS138/3 and WT/DS138/3/Corr. 1, the
matter referred to the DSB by the European Communities in that document and to
make such findings as will assist the DSB in making the recommendations or ingiving the rulings provided for in those agreements".
3. On 16 March 1999, the Panel was constituted as follows:
Chairman: Mr. Ole Lundby
Members: Mr. Paul O'Connor
Mr. Arie Reich
4. Brazil and Mexico have reserved their rights as third parties to the dispute.
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