WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS246/3
5 April 2002
(02-1804)
Original:  Spanish
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – CONDITIONS FOR THE GRANTING
OF TARIFF PREFERENCES TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from Colombia
The following communication, dated 21 March 2002, from the Permanent Mission of
Colombia to the Permanent Delegation of the European Commission, the Permanent Mission of India
and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body , is circulated in accordance with Article 4.11 of
the DSU.
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I refer to the communication dated 5 March 2002, circulated in document WT/DS246/1,
G/L/521, in which India requests consultations with your delegation regarding the conditions under
which the European Union accords tariff preferences to the developing countries under its current
scheme of generalized tariff preferences (the GSP scheme).
In view of Colombia's substantial interest in these preferences, we hereby request to be joined
in the consultations in accordance with our rights  under the multilateral system, and in particular,
pursuant to paragraph 4 of the Decision of 28 November 1979 of the GATT Contracting Parties onDifferential and More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing
Countries (L/4903, BISD 26S/203) (the Enabling Clause).
I would be grateful if you would inform me of the date and place of these consultations.
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