WORLD TRADE WT/DS55/7
WT/DS64/5
ORGANIZATION WT/DS54/7
1August 1997
(97-3254)
INDONESIA -CERTAIN MEASURES AFFECTING THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
Constitution ofthePanel Established attheRequest ofJapan andtheEuropean Communities
Communication from theDSBChairman
1. Atitsmeeting on12June1997, theDSBestablished apanel pursuant torequests byJapan
andtheEuropean Communities (WT/DS55/6-WT/DS64/4, andWT/DS54/6, respectively).
2. AtthatDSBmeeting, parties agreed thatthePanel should havestandard terms ofreference.
Theterms ofreference ofthePanel arethefollowing:
"Toexamine, inthelightoftherelevant provisions ofthecovered agreements citedbyJapan
indocument WT/DS55/6-WT/DS64/4 andbytheEuropean Communities indocument
WT/DS54/6, thematter referred totheDSBbyJapan andtheEuropean Communities inthose
documents andtomake suchfindings aswillassist theDSBinmaking therecommendations
oringiving therulings provided forinthose agreements".
3. On25July1997, Japan andtheEuropean Communities jointly requested theDirector-General
todetermine thecomposition ofthePanel, pursuant toparagraph 7ofArticle 8oftheDSU. This
paragraph provides:
"Ifthere isnoagreement onthepanelists within 20daysafterthedateoftheestablishment
ofapanel, attherequest ofeither party, theDirector-General, inconsultation withtheChairman
oftheDSB andtheChairman oftherelevant Council orCommittee, shall determine the
composition ofthepanel byappointing thepanelists whom theDirector-General considers most
appropriate inaccordance withanyrelevant special oradditional rules orprocedures ofthe
covered agreement orcovered agreements which areatissue inthedispute, afterconsulting
withtheparties tothedispute. TheChairman oftheDSBshallinform theMembers ofthe
composition ofthepanel thusformed nolaterthan10daysafterthedatetheChairman receives
sucharequest."
4. On29July1997, theDirector-General accordingly composed thepanel asfollows:
Chairman: Mr.Mohamed Maamoun Abdel Fattah
Members: Mr.OleLundby
Mr.David JohnWalker
5. India, Korea andtheUnited States havereserved theirrights asthirdparties tothedispute.