WORLD TRADE WT/DS43/3
G/L/177
ORGANIZATION 24July1997
(97-3103)
Original: English
TURKEY -TAXATION OFFOREIGN FILM REVENUES
Notification ofMutually Agreed Solution
Thefollowing communication, dated 14July1997, from thePermanent Missions ofthe
United States andTurkey, iscirculated pursuant toArticle 3.6oftheDSU.
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TheGovernments oftheUnited States ofAmerica andTurkey wishtonotify theDispute
Settlement Body thattheyhavereached amutually satisfactory solution tothematter raised bythe
Government oftheUnited States inWT/DS43/1, dated 12June1996, concerning theimposition by
Turkey ofataxonboxoffice receipts from theshowing offoreign films thatisnotimposed onthe
showing ofdomestic films.
Following consultations onthismatter, andinaccordance withTurkey 'sobligations under
Article IIIoftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994, Turkey willequalize anytaximposed
inTurkey onboxoffice receipts fromtheshowing ofdomestic andimported filmsassoonasreasonably
possible.
Based onthisdevelopment, theUnited States andTurkey haveagreed toterminate consultations
onthismatter andtheUnited States wishes formally towithdraw thismatter from further attention
under theprovisions oftheDispute Settlement Understanding. Thisagreement iswithout prejudice
totherights orobligations ofeither member under theAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade
Organization. TheUnited States andTurkey request thatyoucirculate thisjointnotification tothe
Members oftheDispute Settlement Body.