RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS16/5
25October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3223)
Original: Spanish
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES -REGIME FOR THE IMPORTATION,
SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OFBANANAS
Communication from Venezuela
Thefollowingcommunication,dated13October1995,fromthePermanentMissionofVenezuela
tothePermanent Delegation oftheEuropean Commission, theOffice oftheUnited States Trade
Representative, thePermanent Missions ofGuatemala, Honduras andMexico andtheChairman of
theDSBiscirculated attherequest ofthePermanent Mission ofVenezuela.
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TheGovernment ofVenezuela hastaken notewithgreat interest ofthejoint request by
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico andtheUnited States forconsultations inconnection withtheEuropean
Communities 'regime fortheimportation, saleanddistribution ofbananas, established by
Regulation 404/93 andthelegislation implementing, supplementing andamending it.1
Asyouareaware, Venezuela, together withtheGovernments ofColombia, Costa Ricaand
Nicaragua, signed withtheEuropean Communities theFramework Agreement onBananas, which forms
partoftheabove-mentioned legislation (Regulation (EC)No.3290/94, OJL349), andisthebasis of
Venezuela 'ssubstantial trade interest inthebanana market oftheEuropean Communities.
Inviewofthissubstantial tradeinterest andbearing inmind theprovisions ofArticle 6ofthe
Agreement onImport Licensing Procedures, Article 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures
Governing theSettlement ofDisputes andother rules applicable inthismatter, theGovernment of
Venezuela askstobejoined intheabove-mentioned process ofconsultations.
1Document WT/DS16/1 of4October 1995.