RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS26/3
9February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0505)
Original: English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES -MEASURES CONCERNING
MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS (HORMONES)
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from Australia
Thefollowing communication, dated 2February 1996, fromthePermanent Mission ofAustralia
tothePermanentMissionoftheUnitedStatesandthePermanentDelegationoftheEuropeanCommission
andtheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.11oftheDSU.
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Iamwriting toinform youthat,pursuant toparagraph 11ofArticle 4oftheUnderstanding
onRules andProcedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes, theGovernment ofAustralia wishes
tobejoined intheconsultations under Article XXII oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade
1994requestedbytheGovernmentoftheUnitedStatesofAmericaregardingtheEuropeanCommunities'
Council Directive Prohibiting theUseinLivestock Farming ofCertain Substances Having aHormonal
Action andrelated measures. TheUnited States 'request wascirculated toWTO Members on
31January 1996 (WT/DS26/1).
Australia, astheworld 'slargest meatexporter andwithasignificant meatexport trade tothe
EU,considers thatithasasubstantial trade interest inthese consultations.