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30 January 2020 
(20-0745) Page: 1/1 
  Original: English  
 
EUROPEAN UNION – COST ADJUSTMENT METHODO LOGIES AND  
CERTAIN ANTI -DUMPING  MEASURES ON IMPORTS  FROM RUSSIA (SECOND  COMPLAINT)  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE PANEL  
The following communication, dated 30 January 2020, was received from the Chairperson of the 
Panel with the request that it be circulated to the Dispute Settlement Body.  
 
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Article 12.8 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes 
(DSU) provides that the period in which a panel shall conduct its exam ination, from the date that 
the composition and terms of reference of the panel have been agreed upon until the date the final 
report is issued to the parties to the dispute, shall, as a general rule, not exceed six months.  
 
Article 12.9 of the DSU provid es that, when a panel considers that it cannot issue its report within 
six months, it shall inform the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) in writing accordingly and indicate 
the reasons, together with an estimate of the period within which it will issue its rep ort. 
 
The Panel on European Union – Cost Adjustment Methodologies and Certain Anti -Dumping Measures 
on Imports from Russia (Second complaint) (DS494)  was established by the DSB on 
16 December  2016 and composed on 17 December 2018.  
 
Due to the substantive and procedural complexities of this dispute, and in accordance with the 
timetable adopted by the Panel in consultations with the parties, the Panel expects to issue its final 
report to the parties in June of 2020.  
 
The report will only be available to the public once it is circulated to the Members in all three working 
languages of the WTO. The date of circulation depends on completion of translation and the Panel is 
not in a position to provide an estimated circulation date at this time.  
 
 
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