WORLD TRADE WT/DS92/4
5August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3278)
Original: English
INDIA -QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ONIMPORTS OF
AGRICULTURAL, TEXTILE AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from theEuropean Communities
Thefollowing communication, dated 28July1997, from thePermanent Delegation ofthe
European Commission tothePermanent Mission ofCanada, thePermanent Mission ofIndia andto
theDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.11oftheDSU.
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Pursuant totheprocedures laiddown inArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures
Governing theSettlement ofDisputes, theEuropean Community wishes tobejoined intheconsultations
under Article XXII oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 (GATT 1994), Article 19
oftheAgreement onAgriculture andArticle 6oftheAgreement onImport Licensing Procedures,
requested byCanada byacommunication circulated toWTO Members on22July1997 (Document
WT/DS92/1) regarding quantitative restrictions maintained byIndia onimportation ofalargenumber
ofagricultural, textile andindustrial products.
TheEuropean Community hasasubstantial trade interest intheproducts subject tothe
quantitative restrictions referred tointherequest ofCanada. TheEuropean Community exported
ECU4.5 billion ofsuchproducts toIndia in1995.