RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS26/4
13February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0537)
Original: English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES -MEASURES CONCERNING
MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS (HORMONES)
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from Canada
Thefollowing communication, dated 8February 1996, fromthePermanent Mission ofCanada
tothePermanentMissionoftheUnitedStatesandthePermanentDelegationoftheEuropeanCommission
andtheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 4.11oftheDSU.
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Pursuant toparagraph 11ofArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing
theSettlement ofDisputes, theGovernment ofCanada hereby notifies youthatduetoitssubstantial
tradeinterest, itdesires tobejoined intheconsultations under Article XXII oftheGeneral Agreement
onTariffs andTrade 1994requested bytheOffice oftheUnited States Trade Representative inGeneva
byletter dated 26January 1996 (WT/DS26/1; 31January 1996) regarding theCouncil Directive
Prohibiting theUseinLivestock Farming ofCertain Substances Having aHormonal Action andrelated
measures.