WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS141/5
23 June 2000
(00-2548)
Original:  English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON IMPORTS
OF COTTON-TYPE BED LINEN FROM INDIA
Communication from the Chairman of the Panel
The following communication, dated 21 June 2000, addressed to the Dispute Settlement
Body, is circulated in accordance with Article 12.9 of the DSU.
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Article 12.8 of the DSU stipulates that the period in which a panel shall conduct its
examination, from the date that the composition and terms of reference of the panel have been agreedupon until the date that the final report is issued to the parties, shall, as a general rule, not exceed
six months.
Article 12.9 of the DSU states that when a panel considers that it cannot issue its report within
six months, it shall inform the DSB in writing of the reasons for the delay, together with an estimate
of the period within which it will issue its report.
The Panel on European Communities – Anti-Dumping Duties on Imports of Cotton-Type Bed
Linen from India was established by the DSB on 27 October 1999 and composed on 24 January 2000.
It will not, however, be possible for the Panel to complete its work in six months due to the
parties' wish to use the maximum time periods prescribed in Appendix 3 of the DSU and the shorttime-frames for the Panel to complete its work.
The Panel expects to complete its work by October 2000.
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