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12 October 2020  
(20-6998) Page: 1/1 
  Original: English  
 
 
INDONESIA – MEASURES CONCERNING THE IMPORTATION OF CHICKEN MEAT  
AND CHICKEN PRODUCTS (DS484)  
RECOURSE TO ARTICLE 21.5 OF THE DSU BY BRAZIL  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE PANEL  
The following communication, dated 8 October 2020, was received from the Chairperson of the Panel 
with the request that it be circulated to the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB).  
 
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On 14 August 2020, the Panel informed the Dispute Settlement B ody (DSB) that, by its decision 
of the same date, it had accepted a request by Brazil pursuant to Article 12.12 of the 
Dispute  Settlement Understanding (DSU) to suspend its work in the proceedings 
Indonesia  – Measures Concerning the Importation of Chicken Meat and Chicken Products  (DS484), 
Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by Brazil , until 12 September 2020. On 14 September 20201, 
the Panel extended, upon request by Brazil, the suspension of its work until 8 October 2020.  
 
On 7 October 2020, the Panel re ceived a request from Brazil to further suspend its work until 
7 November 2020, pursuant to Article  12.12 of the DSU. On the same date, the Panel received a 
communication from Indonesia, indicating that Indonesia had no objections to the request. 
On 8 October 2020, the Panel informed the parties of its decision to grant Brazil's request.  
 
I would be grateful if you would circulate this communication to the DSB.   
 
 
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1 Brazil's request for further suspension of panel work was received on 9 September 2020. 10 and 
11 September 2020 were non -working WTO holidays and the expiry of the original suspension, 
12 September  2020, fell on a Saturday. The decision of the Panel was communicated to the parties on the first 
working day following the non -working WTO holidays, i.e. 14 September 2020.  