WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS141/6
1 December 2000
(00-5286)
Original:  English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON IMPORTS
OF COTTON-TYPE BED LINEN FROM INDIA
Notification of an Appeal by the European Communities
under paragraph 4 of Article 16 of the Understanding on Rules
and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU)
The following notification, dated 1 December 2000, sent by the Permanent Delegation of the
European Commission to the Dispute Settlement B ody (DSB), is circulated to Members.  This
notification also constitutes the Notice of Appeal , filed on the same day with the Appellate Body,
pursuant to the  Working Procedures for Appellate Review .
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Pursuant to paragraph 4 of Article 16 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures
Governing the Settlement of Disputes  (the "DSU") and Rule 20 of the Working Procedures for
Appellate Review , the European Communities hereby notify their decision to appeal the Panel Report
on European Communities – Anti-dumping Duties on Im ports of Cotton-type Bed Linen from India
(WT/DS141/R, 30 October 2000).
The European Communities submit that the Panel erred in its interpretation of Articles 2.4.2
and 17.6(ii) of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade 1994 .  These errors relate to the finding of the Panel that the European Communities
"acted inconsistently with Article 2.4.2 of the AD Agreement in
establishing the existence of dumping on the basis of a methodology
which included zeroing negative price differences calculated for some
models of bed linen".
The European Communities respectfully request the Appellate Body to reverse the above
finding of the Panel, as well as the reasonin g leading thereto, and to modify accordingly the
recommendations of the Panel.
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