RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS5/1
5May 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1170)
Original: English
KOREA -MEASURES CONCERNING THE
SHELF-LIFE OFPRODUCTS
Request forConsultations bytheUnited States
Thefollowing communication dated 3May 1995 from theOffice oftheUnited States Trade
representative inGeneva tothePermanent Mission oftheRepublic ofKorea iscirculated inaccordance
with Article 4.4oftheDSU.
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Myauthorities have instructed metorequest consultations with theGovernment oftheRepublic
ofKorea pursuant toArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures governing theSettlement
ofDisputes ("DSU"), Article XXII oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994, Article 11
oftheAgreementontheApplicationofSanitaryandPhytosanitaryMeasures,Article14oftheAgreement
onTechnical Barriers toTrade, andArticle 19oftheAgreement onAgriculture regarding themeasures
oftheRepublic ofKorea concerning theshelf-life ofproducts.
These measures impose requirements with respect toimports ofproducts from theUnited States
andother Members oftheWorld Trade Organization thatrestrict imports ofthose products andappear
tobeinconsistent with theobligations oftheRepublic ofKorea under theGeneral Agreement onTariffs
andTrade1994,theAgreementontheApplicationofSanitaryandPhytosanitaryMeasures,theAgreement
onTechnical Barriers toTrade, andtheAgreement onAgriculture. Theprovisions ofthese agreements
with which these measures appear tobeinconsistent include, butarenotlimited to,thefollowing:
1) General Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994, Article IIIorArticle XI;
2) Agreement ontheApplication ofSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures, Articles 2and5;
3) Agreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade, Article 2;and
4) Agreement onAgriculture, Article 4.
Welookforwardtoreceivingyourreplytothepresentrequestandtofixingamutuallyconvenient
date forconsultations.