WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS265/6
10 October 2002
(02-5485)
Original:  English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – EXPORT SUBSIDIES ON SUGAR
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from Guyana
The following communication, dated 8 October 2002, from the Embassy of the Cooperative
Republic of Guyana to the Permanent Delegation of the European Commission, the Permanent
Mission of Australia and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance
with Article 4.11 of the DSU.
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I refer to the communications from the Permanent Missions of Australia and Brazil to the
Permanent Delegation of the European Commission and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement
Body entitled "European Communities – Export Subsidies on Sugar" which have been circulated on
1 October 2002 in accordance with Article 4.4 of the DSU as documents WT/DS265/1, G/L/569,
G/AG/GEN/52 and G/ SCM/D47/1 and WT/DS266/1, G/L/ 570, G/AG/GEN/53 a nd G/SCM/D48/1
respectively.
The communications in reference concern the requests for consultations with the European
Communities (EC) pursuant to Article 4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the
Settlement of Disputes (DSU), Article XXII:1 of  the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
(GATT 1994), Article 19 of the Agreement on Agriculture and Articles 4 and 30 of the Agreement on
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM Agreement) with respect to the EC's Common
Organisation of the Market in sugar and its application and implementation, and to the exportsubsidies provided by the EC to the sugar sector respectively.
In view of the substantial trade interest of Guyana as a supplier to the EC sugar market, my
authorities have instructed me to notify you of the desire of Guyana to be joined in the consultations
between the European Communities, Australia and Brazil pursuant to Article 4.11 of the DSU.
Guyana awaits your reply to this request.
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