RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS16/7
30October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3304)
Original: Spanish
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES -REGIME FOR THE IMPORTATION,
SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OFBANANAS
Communication from Costa Rica
Thefollowing communication, dated 11October 1995, fromthePermanent Mission ofCosta
RicatothePermanent Delegation oftheEuropean Commission, theOffice oftheUnited States Trade
Representative andthePermanent Missions ofGuatemala, Honduras andMexico andtheChairman
oftheDSBiscirculated attherequest ofthePermanent Mission ofCosta Rica.
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TheGovernment ofCosta Rica acknowledges receipt ofdocument WT/DS16/1, dated
4October 1995, concerning therequest forconsultations made byGuatemala, Honduras, Mexico and
theUnited States inconnection withtheEuropean Union 'sRegime fortheimportation, saleand
distribution ofbananas, established inRegulation 404/93 andthesubsequent legislation implementing,
supplementing andamending it.
Thatrequest isbased, interalia,onArticle 6oftheAgreement onImport Licensing Procedures.
Bearing inmindthatthatArticle isoneofthe"...provisions inother covered agreements ...",referred
toinArticle 4.11oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes
andthefootnote thereto, andconsidering myGovernment 'ssubstantial trade interest inthismatter,
theGovernment ofCosta Ricarequests tobejoined intheconsultations.