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2 July 2019 
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UNITED STATES – SAFE GUARD MEASURE ON IMP ORTS  OF LARGE  
RESIDENTIAL WASHERS  
CONSTITUTION OF THE PANEL ESTABLISHED AT  THE REQUEST  
OF THE REPUBLIC OF KORE A 
Note by the Secretariat  
1. At its meeting on 26 September 2018 , the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB)1 established a panel 
pursuant to the request of the Republic of Korea  in document WT/DS546/4 , in accordance with Article  6 
of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU).  
 
2. The Panel's terms of reference are the f ollowing:  
 
To examine, in the light of the relevant provisions of the covered agreements cited by 
the parties to the dispute, the matter referred t o the DSB by the Republic of Korea  in 
document WT/DS546/4  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 20 June 2019, the Republic of Korea  requested the Director -General to de termine the 
composition of the P anel, pursuant to Article 8 .7 of the DSU. This paragraph pr ovides:  
 
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 Chairman 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 
agreemen ts which are at issue in the dispute, after consulting wi th 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 Chairman recei ves such a 
request.  
4. On 1 July 2019 , the Director -General accordingly composed the Panel as follows:  
 
 Chairperson :  Mr Alexander Hugh Mcphail  
 
 Members:   Mr Welber Oliveira Barral  
    Ms Stephanie Sin Far Lee  
 
5. Brazil, China, Egypt, the European Union, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico,  Norway, the 
Russian Federation, Thailand, and Viet Nam have reserved their rights to participate in the Pane l 
proceedings as third parties.  
 
 
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1 WT/DSB/M/419.  