RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DSB/7
12July1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2730)
Original: English
NOTIFICATION UNDER APPENDIX 1OFTHE
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING
Communication from theChairman oftheCommittee
onGovernment Procurement
Thefollowing letter, dated 8July1996, fromtheChairman oftheCommittee onGovernment
Procurement totheChairman oftheDispute Settlement Body iscirculated toMembers forinformation.
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According totheprovisions ofArticle 1.2andAppendix 1oftheUnderstanding onRules and
Procedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes, thecompetent Body ofeachPlurilateral Trade
Agreement shallnotify anyspecial oradditional rules orprocedures asregards dispute settlement to
theDSB. Iamwriting toyouinaccordance withthisprovision.
TheAgreement onGovernment Procurement entered intoforce on1January 1996. Atits
meeting of4June1996, theCommittee onGovernment Procurement requested metonotify theDSB,
through you,ofthefollowing special oradditional rulesandprocedures contained intheAgreement
onGovernment Procurement asregards dispute settlement:
Article XXII: paragraphs 2through 7.