WORLD TRADE WT/DS98/1
G/SG/D2/1
ORGANIZATION G/L/181
15August 1997
(97-3408)
Original: English
KOREA -DEFINITIVE SAFEGUARD MEASURE ON
IMPORTS OFCERTAIN DAIRY PRODUCTS
Request forConsultations bytheEuropean Community
Thefollowing communication, dated 12August 1997, fromthePermanent Delegation ofthe
European Community tothePermanent Mission ofKorea, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.4
oftheDSU.
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Myauthorities haveinstructed metorequest consultations withtheGovernment oftheRepublic
ofKorea under Article XXII:1 oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade ("GATT 1994") and
pursuanttoArticle4oftheUnderstandingonRulesandProceduresGoverningtheSettlementofDisputes
("DSU") andArticle 14oftheAgreement onSafeguards withregard tothedefinitive safeguard measure
imposed byKorea onimports ofcertain dairy products.
Under theprovisions ofdifferent governmental measures andinparticular thedecision made
public through notification inthe"Separated Notice ofExport-Import" andin"Detailed Principle of
Imports License onImitation Milk Powder", Korea imposed asafeguard measure intheform ofan
import quota onimports ofcertain dairy products (Korea CNcodes 0404.90.0000, 0404.10.2190,
0404.10.2900 and1901.90.2000) effective asof7March 1997. TheEuropean Community considers
thatthismeasure, inhaving thateffect, isinbreach oftheRepublic ofKorea 'sobligations under the
provisions oftheAgreement onSafeguards, inparticular, butnotnecessarily exclusively, ofArticles 2,
4,5and12ofthesaidAgreement andinviolation ofArticle XIXofGATT 1994.
Ilookforward toreceiving thereaction ofyourauthorities tothisrequest sothatwecanarrange
amutually convenient dateandplace tobegin consultations, which theEuropean Community suggests
tobeheldinGeneva during theweek beginning 8September 1997.