 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/DS294/8 
2 November 2004 
 (04-4655) 
  
  
 
UNITED STATES – LAWS, REGULATIONS AND METHODOLOGY 
FOR CALCULATING DUMPING MARGINS ("ZEROING") 
 
Constitution of the Panel Established at the Request of the European Communities
 
 
Note by the Secretariat  
  
1. At its meeting on 19 March 2004, the Dis pute Settlement Body established a Panel pursuant 
to the request by the European  Communities in document WT/DS294/7/Rev.1, in accordance with 
Article 6 of the Dispute Se ttlement Understanding (DSU). 
2. At that meeting, the parties to the dispute al so 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 the European Communities in document WT/DS294/7/Rev.1, the matter referred to the DSB by the European  Communities 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 27 October 2004, the parties agreed to the following composition of the Panel:  
Chairman: Mr. Crawford Falconer Members: Mr. Hans-Friedrich Beseler 
   Mr. William Davey 
4. Argentina;  Brazil;  China;  Hong Kong, China;  India;  Japan;  Korea, Rep. of;  Mexico;  
Norway;  Chinese Taipei;  and Turkey  reserved their third-party rights. 
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