WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS258/2
29 May 2002
(02-2936)
Original:  English
UNITED STATES – DEFINITIVE SAFEGUARD MEASURES
ON IMPORTS OF CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from the European Communities
The following communication, dated 24 May 2002, from the Permanent Delegation of the
European Commission to the Permanent Mission of the United States, the Permanent Mission of
New Zealand and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance withArticle 4.11 of the DSU.
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Pursuant to paragraph 11 of Article 4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures
Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU), the European Communities hereby notifies the
United States that, in light of its substantial trade interest in the trade of steel products, it desires to be
joined in the consultations requested by New Zealand in a communication circulated to WTO
Members on 21 May 2002 (WT/DS258/ 1, G/L/551, G/SG/D26/1) titled "United States – Definitive
Safeguard Measures on Imports of Certain Steel Products".
The EC would be grateful of being informed of the date and venue of the consultations.
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