WT/DS155/3 WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATION2 February 2000
(00-0412)
ARGENTINA – MEASURES AFFECTING THE EXPORT OF BOVINE HIDES
AND THE IMPORT OF FINISHED LEATHER
Constitution of the Panel Established at the Request of
the European Communities
Note by the Secretariat
1. At its meeting on 26 July 1999, the DSB established a panel pursuant to the request of the
European Communities (WT/DS155/2), in accordance with Article 6 of the DSU (WT/DSB/M/65).
2. At that DSB meeting, the parties to the dispute agreed that the Panel should have standard
terms of reference.  The terms of reference are the following:
"To examine, in the light of the relevant provisions of the covered agreements
cited by the European Communities in document WT/DS155/2, the matter
referred to the DSB by the European Communities in that document and to make
such findings as will assist the DSB in making the recommendations or in giving
the rulings provided for in those agreements".
3. As agreed by the parties to the dispute, the Panel was composed on 31 January 2000 as
follows:
Chairman: H.E. Ambassador Roger Farrell
Members: Mr. Victor Luiz do Prado
Mr. Sándor Simon
4. The United States reserved its rights to participate in the panel proceedings as a third party.
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