WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS273/5
26 August 2003
(03-4444)
Original:  English
KOREA – MEASURES AFFECTING TRADE IN COMMERCIAL VESSELS
Communication from China
The following communication, dated 22 August 2003, from the Permanent Mission of China
to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated at the request of that delegation.
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With regard to the above-mentioned proceeding, I wish to refer to the communication from
the European Communities (WT/DS273/3), circulated to Members on 11 July 2003, concerning the
information-gathering process of Annex V of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing
Measures.  In that communication, the EC specified its intention to address questions to third-countryMembers, including China, in accordance with the said Annex.
Pursuant to paragraph 1 of Annex V, China hereby notifies the Dispute Settlement Body that
"the organization responsible for administration of this provision within its territory" is the Ministry
of Commerce in China.  China asks that any request for information be addressed in writing through
the Permanent Mission of China to the World Trade Organization in Geneva.
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