. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS27/17/Add.2
9 October 1998
(98-3917)
Original:  English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – REGIME FOR THE IMPORTATION,
SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BANANAS
Status Report by the European Communities
Addendum
The following communication, dated 8 October 1998, from the Permanent Delegation of the
European Commission to the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Article 21.6 of the
DSU.
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Status Report on the Implementation of the Recommendations and Rulings in the
Dispute Regarding European Communities – Regime for the Importation,
Sale and Distribution of Bananas
In keeping with the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of
Disputes (DSU), the European Communities  is obliged to inform the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB)
of the status of implementation of the recommendations and rulings in the dispute regarding"European Communities – Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas".  This
matter will again be on the agenda of the DSB on 21 October 1998 and, as provided for in
Article 21.6 of the DSU, the Community presents its third report.
As described in our status report of 13 July 1998, the implementation of the recommendations
of the DSB requires a modification of the trade provisions of Regulation 404/93.  In this context, the
Council of the European Union, after consulting the European Parliament, has adopted Council
Regulation No. 1637/98 of 20 July 1998, published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities (OJEC) L 210 of 28 July 1998.
That Regulation, which is for the time being a partial implementation of the DSB
recommendations, will be followed, in the near future, by another regulation concerning the rules for
the management of the import regime which will be adopted by the Commission of the European
Communities.  This second regulation will conclude the implementing process.
As mandated by the Council of the European Union, the Commission undertook negotiations
in order to seek agreement with respect to the allo cation of shares in the EC banana tariff rate quotas
with all contracting parties having a substantial interest in supplying the product concerned pursuant
to Article XIII:2(d) of the General Agreement on Ta riffs and Trade.  Regrettably these negotiations
have not resulted in agreement.WT/DS27/17/Add.2
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Council Regulation (EC) No. 1637/98 entered into force on 31 July 1998, three days after it
was published in the OJEC.  It will be applicable as from 1 January 1999.  The European
Communities confirm that the reasonable period of time of 15 months and one week will be duly
respected.
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