WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS206/3
31 October 2001
(01-5358)
UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING
MEASURES ON STEEL PLATE FROM INDIA
Constitution of the Panel Established at the Request of India
Note by the Secretariat
1. At its meeting on 24 July 2001, the DSB established a panel in accordance with Article 6 of
the DSU to examine the matter referred to the DSB by India (WT/DS206/2).
2. At that meeting, the parties to the dispute also agreed that the Panel should have standard
terms of reference.  The terms of reference are, therefore, the following:
"To examine, in the light of the relevant provisions of the covered agreements cited
by India in document WT/DS206/2, the matter referred by India to the DSB in thatdocument, 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. On 16 October 2001, India requested the Director-General to determine the composition of
the Panel, pursuant to paragraph 7 of Article 8 of the DSU.  This paragraph provides:
"If there is no agreement on the panelists within 20 days after the date of the
establishment of a panel, at the request of either party, the Director-General, in
consultation with the Chairman of the DSB and the Chairman of the relevant Council or
Committee, shall determine the composition of  the panel by appointing the panellists
whom the Director-General considers most appropriate in accordance with any relevant
special or additional rules or procedures of the covered agreement or covered
agreements which are at issue in the dispute,  after consulting with the parties to the
dispute.  The Chairman of the DSB shall in form the Members of the composition of the
panel thus formed no later than 10 days after the date the Chairman receives such a
request."
4. On 26 October 2001, the Director-General accordingly composed the panel as follows:
Chairman: Mr. Timothy Groser
Members: Ms. Salmiah Ramli
Ms. Luz Elena Reyes
5. Chile, the European Communities and Japan reserved their third party rights.
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