WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS242/4
7 January 2002
(02-0034)
Original:  Spanish
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from Nicaragua
The following communication, dated 20 December 2001, from the Permanent Mission of
Nicaragua to the Permanent Delegation of the European Communities, the Permanent Mission of
Thailand and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance with
Article 4.11 of the DSU.
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With reference to the request for consultations addressed by the Government of Thailand to
the European Communities (EC) concerning "speci al preferential treatment granted under the EC's
scheme of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) that adversely affects imports of goods
originating in the Kingdom of Thailand", and pursua nt to Article 4 of the Understanding on Rules and
Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU) and other provisions, I hereby request, in
view of the fact that, as stipulated in the DSU, Nicaragua has a substantial trade interest as a
beneficiary of the scheme in question, that it be joined in the said consultations.
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