WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS202/5
22 January 2001
(01-0350)
UNITED STATES – DEFINITIVE SAFEGUARD MEASURES ON IMPORTS OF
CIRCULAR WELDED CARBON QUALITY LINE PIPE FROM KOREA
Constitution of the Panel Established at the Request of Korea
Note by the Secretariat
1. At its meeting on 23 October 2000, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) established a Panel in
accordance with the request made by Korea in document WT/DS202/4.
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 Korea in document WT/DS202/4, the matter referred to the DSB by Korea 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 12 January 2001, Korea requested the Director-General to determine the composition of
the Panel, pursuant to paragraph 7 of Article 8 of the DSU.  This paragraph provides:
"If there is no agreement on the panelists within 20 days after the date of the
establishment of a panel, at the request of either party, the Director-General, in
consultation with the Chairman of the DSB and the Chairman of the relevant Council
or Committee, shall determine the composition of the panel by appointing the
panelists whom the Director-General considers most appropriate in accordance withany relevant special or additional rules or procedures of the covered agreement or
covered agreements which are at issue in the dispute, after consulting with the parties
to the dispute.  The Chairman of the DSB shall inform the Members of the
composition of the panel thus formed no later than 10 days after the date the
Chairman receives such a request".
4. The Director-General composed the Panel as follows:
Chairman: Mr. Dariusz Rosati
Members: Mr. Roberto Azevedo
Mr. Eduardo Bianchi
5. Australia, Canada, the European Communities, Japan and Mexico have reserved their rights
to participate in the panel proceedings as third parties.
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