WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DSB/32
10 February 2003
(03-0861)
Original:  English
COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE APPELLATE BODY TO
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
The following communication, dated 6 February 2003, from the Chairman of the Appellate
Body to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement B ody, is circulated to Members for their information.
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Thank you for your letter of 3 February 2003, transmitting the comments of WTO Members
on the proposed amendments to the Working Procedures for Appellate Review .  The Appellate Body
welcomes the comments and will take them into  account in preparing the final version of the
amendments.
The proposed amendments attached as Annex A to my letter to you dated 17 December 2002,
and circulated in WT/AB/WP/5, dated 19 December 2002, are now under review and therefore will
not have effect as from 15 February 2003.  In the meantime, as indicated in WT/AB/WP/5, the
Appellate Body will continue to apply provisionally the Rules as amended in September 2002 until
further notice.
I would be grateful if you would circulate th is letter to WTO Members as soon as possible.
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