 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/DS315/5 
11 October 2004 
 
 (04-4250) 
 Original:   Spanish 
  
 
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – SELECTED CUSTOMS MATTERS 
 
Request to Join Consultations
 
 
Communication from Argentina 
 
  The following communication, dated 7 October 2004, from the delegation of Argentina to the 
delegation of the European Communities, the delega tion of the United States and to the Chairperson 
of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated  in accordance with Article 4.11 of the DSU. 
 
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  I hereby refer to the request made by the United States in document WT/DS315/1-G/L/694 of 
27 September 2004 for consultations with  the European Communities concerning: 
 
(a) The non-uniform administration by the European Communities of laws, 
regulations, judicial decisions and administrative rulings of the kind 
described in Article X:1 of the GATT 1994 pertaining to the classification and valuation of products for cust oms purposes and to requirements, 
restrictions or prohibitions on imports, and 
 
(b) the failure of the European Communiti es to institute judicial, arbitral or 
administrative tribunals or procedures for the purpose, inter alia , of the 
prompt review and correction of admi nistrative action relating to customs 
matters. 
 
 In view of its substantial trade interest, Arge ntina requests to be joined in the aforementioned 
consultations, pursuant to the procedures establishe d in Article 4.11 of the Understanding on Rules 
and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU).  
 The above request is based on the fact that pr ivate sector exporters in Argentina have stated 
that in their trade relations with the European Communities, they have encountered similar problems 
to those mentioned by the United Stat es in its request for consultations. 
  This circumstance is made all the more signifi cant by the fact that the European Communities 
is one of Argentina's main trading partners. 
 
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