WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS192/2
4 September 2000
(00-3436)
UNITED STATES – TRANSITIONAL SAFEGUARD MEASURE ON
COMBED COTTON YARN FROM PAKISTAN
Constitution of the Panel Established at the Request of Pakistan
Note by the Secretariat
1. At its meeting on 19 June 2000, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) established a panel
pursuant to the request of Pakistan (WT/DS192/1), in accordance with Article 6 of the DisputeSettlement Understandin g (DSU) (WT/DSB/M/84).
2. At that meeting, parties agreed that the panel should have standard terms of reference.  The
terms of reference of the panel are, therefore, the following:
"To examine, in the light of the relevant provisions of the covered agreements cited by
Pakistan in document WT/DS192/1, the matter referred to the DSB by Pakistan in that
document and to make such findings as will assist the DSB in making the recommendations
or in giving the rulings provided for in those agreements."
3. On 30 August 2000, the panel was constituted as follows:
Chairman: Mr. Wilhelm Meier
Members: Mr. Carlos Antônio da Rocha Paranhos
Mr. Virachai Plasai
4. The European Communities and India have reserv ed third-party rights to participate in the
panel proceedings.
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