WORLD TRADE WT/DS44/3
17December 1996
ORGANIZATION (96-5399)
JAPAN -MEASURES AFFECTING
CONSUMER PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM AND PAPER
Constitution ofthePanel Established attheRequest oftheUnited States
Communication from theDSBChairman
1. Atitsmeeting on16October 1996 (WT/DSB/M/24), theDispute Settlement Body (DSB)
establishedapanelinaccordancewiththerequestmadebytheUnitedStates(WT/DS44/2),inaccordance
withArticle 6oftheDSU.
2. ThePanel shallhavethefollowing standard terms ofreference:
"Toexamine, inthelightoftherelevant provisions ofthecovered agreements citedbythe
United States indocument WT/DS44/2, thematter referred totheDSBbytheUnited States
inthatdocument andtomake such findings aswillassist theDSB inmaking the
recommendations oringiving therulings provided forinthose agreements".
3. On12December 1996 theUnited States, byvirtue ofparagraph 7ofArticle 8oftheDSU,
requested theDirector-General todetermine thecomposition ofthePanel. Thisparagraph provides:
"Ifthere isnoagreement onthepanelists within 20daysafterthedateoftheestablishment
ofapanel, attherequest ofeither party, theDirector-General, inconsultation withtheChairman
oftheDSB andtheChairman oftherelevant Council orCommittee, shall determine the
composition ofthepanel byappointing thepanelists whom theDirector-General considers most
appropriate inaccordance withanyrelevant special oradditional rules orprocedures ofthe
covered agreement orcovered agreements which areatissue inthedispute, afterconsulting
withtheparties tothedispute. TheChairman oftheDSBshallinform theMembers ofthe
composition ofthepanel thusformed nolaterthan10daysafterthedatetheChairman receives
sucharequest."
TheDirector-General hasaccordingly composed thepanel asfollows:
Chairman: Mr.William Rossier
Members: Mr.Adrian Macey
Mr.Victor LuizdoPrado
4. TheEuropean Communities andMexico reserved theirrights asthirdparties tothedispute.