RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/D/5
ORGANIZATION 31January 1996
(96-0386)
Original: English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES -MEASURES CONCERNING
MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS (HORMONES)
Request forConsultations bytheUnited States
Thefollowing communication, dated 26January 1996, from thePermanent Mission ofthe
United States tothePermanent Delegation oftheEuropean Commission andtotheDispute Settlement
Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.4oftheDSU.
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Myauthorities haveinstructed metorequest consultations withtheEuropean Communities
pursuanttoArticle4oftheUnderstandingonRulesandProceduresGoverningtheSettlementofDisputes
("DSU"), Article 11oftheAgreement ontheApplication ofSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures,
Article 14oftheAgreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade, Article 19oftheAgreement onAgriculture,
andArticle XXII oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994, regarding theCouncil Directive
Prohibiting theUseinLivestock Farming ofCertain Substances Having aHormonal Action andrelated
measures.
These measures restrict orprohibit imports ofmeatandmeatproducts fromtheUnited States
andother Members oftheWorld Trade Organization andraisequestions concerning theobligations
oftheEuropean Communities under theGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994, theAgreement
ontheApplication ofSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures, theAgreement onTechnical Barriers to
Trade,andtheAgreementonAgriculture.Theprovisionsoftheseagreementswithwhichthesemeasures
appear tobeinconsistent include, butarenotlimited to,thefollowing:
1. General Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994, Article IIIorArticle XI;
2. Agreement ontheApplication ofSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures, Articles 2,
3and5;
3. Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade, Article 2;and
4. Agreement onAgriculture, Article 4.
Welookforward toreceiving your reply tothepresent request andtofixing amutually
convenient dateforconsultations.