WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS264/3
5 March 2003
(03-1266)
UNITED STATES – FINAL DUMPING DETERMINATION
ON  SOFTWOOD LUMBER FROM CANADA
Constitution of the Panel Established at the Request of Canada
Note by the Secretariat
1. At its meeting on 8 January 2003, the DSB established a panel in accordance with Article 6 of
the DSU to examine the matter referred to the DSB by Canada (WT/DS264/2).
2. At that meeting, the parties to the dispute also agreed that the Panel should have standard
terms of reference. The terms of reference are, therefore, the following:
"To examine, in the light of the relevant provisions of the covered agreements cited
by Canada in document WT/DS264/2, the matter referred by Canada to the DSB 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 25 February 2003, the parties agreed to the following composition of  the Panel:
Chairman: Mr. Harsha V. Singh
Members: Mr. Gerhard Hannes Welge
Mr. Adrian Makuc
4. The European Communities, India and Japan reserved their third-party rights.
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