WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS240/1/Add.1
28 November 2001
(01-6079)
Original:  English
ROMANIA - IMPORT PROHIBITION ON WHEAT AND WHEAT FLOUR
Request for Consultations by Hungary
Addendum
The following communication, dated 30 October 2001, from the Permanent Mission of
Hungary to the Permanent Mission of Romania is circulated in accordance with Article 4.4 of the
DSU.
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Referring to your letter dated 26 October 2001 on the Hungarian request for consultation
about the import prohibition of wheat and wheat flour introduced by Romania, upon instruction of myauthorities I inform you about the following:
Considering that you made a proposal for consultation only on 19 November 2001 and taking
into account that the introduced measure stopped a ll Hungarian exports of these products, in the
critical circumstances created by the measure we have to opt for the urgency procedure provided by
the DSU. Therefore, according to Article 4.8 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures
Governing the Settlements of Disputes we ask you to enter into consultations within a period of nomore than 10 days after the date of receipt of this request. If the consultations have failed to settle the
dispute within a period of 20 days after the date of receipt of the request, Hungary will request the
establishment of a panel.
The Government of Hungary is looking forw ard to receiving a prompt reply from the
Government of Romania to this request.
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