WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS27/31
26 November 1998
(98-4739)
Original:  French
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – REGIME FOR THE IMPORTATION,
SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BANANAS
Request by Côte d'Ivoire Regarding Consultations by Ecuador
The following communication, dated 20 November 1998, from the Permanent Mission of
Côte d'Ivoire to the Permanent Delegation of the European Commission, the Permanent Mission of
Ecuador and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settleme nt Body, is circulated pursuant to the procedure
provided for under Article 21.5 of the DSU.
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The Government of Côte d'Ivoire has taken not e of Ecuador's request to the European Union
for consultations concerning the bananas case.
In this connection it would like to reserve its third-party rights to participate in the said
consultations, scheduled to take place on Monday, 23 November 1998.
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