RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS39/1
G/L/72
29May1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2031)
Original: English
UNITED STATES -TARIFF INCREASES ONPRODUCTS FROM
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Request forConsultations bytheEuropean Communities
Thefollowing communication, dated 17April 1996, from thePermanent Delegation ofthe
European Commission tothePermanent Mission oftheUnited States, iscirculated inaccordance with
Article 4.4oftheDSU.
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TheEuropean Community requests consultations withtheUnited States ofAmerica pursuant
toArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes (DSU)
andArticle XXIII oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 concerning Presidential
Proclamation No.5759of24December 1987, anyimplementing measures thereof andallother related
measures.
Themeasures, interalia,increase thebound ratesofdutyonimports ofcertain products from
theEuropean Community andappear tobeinconsistent withtheobligations oftheUnited States of
America under theGATT 1994 andunder theDSU, more specifically including, butnotlimited to,
theobligations envisaged inArticles I,IIandXXIII oftheGATT 1994, andArticles 3,22and23
oftheDSU.
Ilookforward toreceiving yourreply totheEuropean Community 'srequest andtosetting
amutually convenient datefortheconsultations.