WORLD TRADE WT/DS112/1
G/L/220
G/SCM/D19/1
ORGANIZATION
9January 1998
(98-0039)
Original: English
PERU -COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION
AGAINST IMPORTS OFBUSES FROM BRAZIL
Request forConsultations byBrazil
Thefollowing communication, dated 23December 1997, fromthePermanent Mission ofBrazil
tothePermanent Mission ofPeruandtotheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated inaccordance with
Article 4.4oftheDSU.
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TheGovernment ofBrazil hereby requests consultations withtheGovernment ofPerupursuant
toArticle 30oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures (Subsidies Agreement),
Article XXIII ofGATT 1994andArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing
theSettlement ofDisputes (DSU).
These consultations refertothesubsidies investigation being carried outbytheGovernment
ofPeru, attherequest ofCarrocerias Morillas S.A., against imports ofbuses from Brazil.
TheGovernment ofBrazil considers thattheprocedures followed bytheauthorities ofPeru
toinitiate theabove-mentioned investigation wereinconsistent with, interalia,theobligations under
Article 13.1andtheprovisions ofArticle 11oftheSubsidies Agreement. Brazil alsoreserves itsrights
toraisefurther claims andlegalmatters regarding theinvestigation asdeemed appropriate during the
course ofconsultations.
TheGovernment ofBrazil would welcome aprompt reply bytheGovernment ofPeruwith
aviewtodetermine mutually convenient dates forconsultations, totakeplace inGeneva within the
timeframe fixed byArticle 4oftheDSU.
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