RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS48/3
23July1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2895)
Original: English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES -MEASURES AFFECTING
LIVESTOCK AND MEAT FROM LIVESTOCK (HORMONES)
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from theUnited States
Thefollowing communication, dated 17July1996, fromthePermanent Mission oftheUnited
States tothePermanent Mission ofCanada, thePermanent Delegation oftheEuropean Commission
andtotheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.11oftheDSU.
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Pursuant toparagraph 11ofArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing
theSettlement ofDisputes, theUnited States Government hereby notifies theDispute Settlement Body
that, inlight ofthesubstantial trade interest oftheUnited States, itdesires tobejoined inthe
consultations requested byCanada inacommunication circulated toWTO Members on8July1996
(WT/DS48/1) entitled "European Communities -Measures Affecting Livestock andMeat(Hormones)".
TheUnited States hasasubstantial tradeinterest inthematter thatisthesubject oftheCanadian
request. TheECmeasures atissue haveseverely disrupted exports ofU.S. meat totheEuropean
Communities. Themeasures formed thebasisofseparate consultations requested bytheUnited States
Government inacommunication circulated toWTO Members on31January 1996(WT/DS26/1) and
arecurrently thesubject ofreview byadispute settlement panel established on20May1996 bythe
Dispute Settlement Body attherequest oftheUnited States.