RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS7/7
10July1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1918)
Original: English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES -TRADE DESCRIPTION OFSCALLOPS
Request fortheEstablishment ofaPanel
Thefollowing communication dated 7July1995 from thePermanent Mission ofCanada to
thePermanent Delegation oftheEuropean Commission iscirculated attherequest ofthePermanent
Mission ofCanada.
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On19May1995, theGovernment ofCanada requested consultations withtheEuropean Union
concerningtheFrenchGovernmentOrder(NORMERP9300051A)of22March1993anditsamendments
relating totheofficial names andpermitted tradedescriptions ofscallops. Inaccordance withArticle 4
oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes (DSU), thatrequest
wascirculated toMembers oftheWorld Trade Organization on24May1995 (WT/DS/7/1).
TheGovernment ofCanada requested consultations withaviewtoregaining thefullbenefit
ofthelong-standing conditions ofcompetition affecting Canadian pectinidae intheFrench market,
longknown as"Noix deCoquilles Saint-Jacques" or"Noix deSaint-Jacques".
Canada andtheEuropean Union heldconsultations inGeneva on19June1995 withaview
toreaching asatisfactory resolution ofthematter.
Unfortunately, theconsultations failed tosettle thedispute andfurther consultations arenot
likely tobeproductive. Pursuant toArticle XXIII ofGATT 1994, Article 14oftheAgreement on
Technical Barriers toTrade, andArticles 4and6oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures
Governing theSettlement ofDisputes (DSU), Canada hereby requests thatapanel beestablished at
thenextmeeting oftheDispute Settlement Body scheduled for19July1995.
Canada requests thatthepanel consider andfindthattheOrder andsubsequent amendments
are:
(a) inconsistent withArticle 2oftheAgreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade;
(b) inconsistent withArticle IIIofGATT 1994;
(c) inconsistent withArticle IofGATT 1994; and
(d) nullifying andimpairing thebenefits accruing toCanada pursuant totheWTO.
Canada requests thatthePanel beestablished withthestandard terms ofreference assetout
inArticle 7oftheDSU. Canada further requests thatthisrequest fortheestablishment ofaPanel
beinscribed ontheagenda ofthemeeting oftheDSBon19July1995.