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30 July  2021 
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EUROPEAN UNION AND CERTAIN MEMBER STATES - CERTAIN MEASURES  
CONCERNING  PALM OIL AND OIL PALM CROP -BASED BIOFUELS  
CONSTITUTION OF THE PANEL ESTABLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF MALAYSIA  
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT  
1. At its meeting on 28 May 2021 , the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) established a panel 
pursuant to the request of Malaysia  in document WT/DS600/6 , in accordance with Article  6 of the 
Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU) .1 
 
2. The Panel's terms of reference are the following:  
 
To examine, in the light of the relevant provisions of the covered agreements cited by 
the parties to the dispute, the matter referred to the DSB by Malaysia  in document 
WT/DS 600/6 and to make  such findings as will assist the DSB in making the 
recommendations or in giving the rulings pr ovided for in those agreements.  
3. On 19 July  2021, Malaysia  requested  that the Director -General determine the composition of 
the panel, pursuant to Article 8 .7 of the DSU. This paragraph provides:  
 
If there is no agreement on the panelists within 20 days after the date of the 
establishment of a panel, at the request of either party, the Director -General, in 
consultation with the Chairman of the DSB and the Chairm an of the relevant Council or 
Committee, shall determine the composition of the panel by appointing the panelists 
whom the Director -General considers most appropriate in accordance with any relevant 
special or additional rules or procedures of the covered agreement or covered 
agreements which are at issue in the dispute, after consulting with the parties to the 
dispute.  The Chairman of the DSB shall inform the Members of the composition of the 
panel thus formed no later than 10 days after the date the Ch airman receives such a 
request.  
4. On 29 July 2021 , the Director -General accordingly composed the Panel as follows:  
 
 Chairperson :  Mr Manzoor AHMAD  
 
 Members:   Ms Sarah PATERSON  
    Mr Arie REICH  
    
5. Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Norway, the Russia n 
Federation , the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine,  United Kingdom, 
and the United States  have reserved their rights to participate in the Panel proceedings as third 
parties.  
 
 
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1 See WT/DSB/M/ 452. 