WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS165/6
18 March 1999
(99-1087)
Original:  Spanish
UNITED STATES – IMPORT MEASURES ON CERTAIN PRODUCTS
FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Request to Join Consultations
Communication  from Ecuador
The following communication, dated 15 March 1999, from the Permanent Mission of
Ecuador to the Permanent Mission of the United States, the Permanent Delegation of the EuropeanCommission and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance with
Article 4.11 of the DSU.
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I refer to the communication submitted by the Permanent Representative of the
European Communities on 4 March 1999 requesting consultations with the United States on the
measure adopted by the United States Government on 3 March 1999 requiring importers of a
specified list of products of European origin to lodge a prior deposit in the form of a bond equivalent
to 100 per cent of the value of the goods.
Ecuador wishes to be joined in these consultations pursuant to the rights accruing to it under
Article XXII of GATT 1994 and Article 4.11 of the DSU.
I should be grateful if you would let me know the date on which these consultations are to be
held.
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