DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
Expiration ofTime-Periods intheDSU
Proposal bytheChairman
Thefollowing notecontaining aproposal ontheexpiration oftime-periods intheDSUtogether
withalistofprovisions intheDSUtowhich thisproposal applies (WT/DSB/W/10/Add.1) iscirculated
toMembers fortheirconsideration. If,afterconsideration, there arenoobjections theChairman of
theDSBwillpropose thatitbeagreed atthenextmeeting oftheDSB.
95-2087RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DSB/W/10
20July1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2087)
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
Expiration ofTime-Periods intheDSU
Proposal bytheChairman
Anumber ofdelegations haveexpressed concern about time-periods intheDSUanditsspecial
oradditional rules thatmight expire onweekends orWTO holidays. Considering thatinsuchcases
theWTO Secretariat, nottomention most orallMissions, would beclosed forbusiness, Iwishto
propose totheDSBthatweagree onthefollowing practice:
When, under theDSU(anditsspecial oradditional rulesandprocedures), atime-period within
which acommunication mustbemade oraction taken byaMember toexercise orpreserve itsrights
expires onanon-working dayoftheWTO Secretariat, anysuchcommunication oraction willbedeemed
tohavebeenmade ortaken ontheWTO non-working dayiflodged onthefirstworking dayofthe
WTO Secretariat following thedayonwhich suchtime-period would normally expire.