WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/C/24
G/SG/62
6 March 2003
(03-1305)
Council for Trade in Goods
Committee on SafeguardsOriginal:  English
DEFINITIVE SAFEGUARD MEASURES IMPOSED BY THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS
Notification to the Council for Trade in Goods of the
Results of Consultations between the European Communities and Turkey
under Articles 12.3 and 12.4 of the Agreement on Safeguards
The following communication, dated 3 March 2003, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Turkey and the Permanent Delegation of the European Commission.
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Please receive a joint notification pursuant to Article 12.5 of the Agreement on Safeguards , of
the results of consultations under Articles 12.3 and 12.4 of that agreement which took place between
the European Communities and Turkey on 27 September 2002 in relation to the provisional anddefinitive safeguard measures imposed by the European Communities on certain steel products and
notified to the WTO Committee on Safeguards on 27 March 2002 (G/SG/N/6/EEC/1,
G/SG/N/7/EEC/1 and G/SG/N/11/EEC/1) and 2 September 2002 (G/SG/N/8/EEC/1 and
G/SG/N/10/EEC/1) respectively.
H.E. Mr. Mehmet GÖRKAY H.E. Mr. Carlo TROJAN
Ambassador Ambassador
Permanent Mission of Turkey Permanent Delegation of the
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Pursuant to Article 12.5 of the Agreement on Safeguards, and in light of the agreed format for
notifications (G/SG/1, 1 July 1996), the European Communities and Turkey provide the following
notification to the Council for Trade in Goods.
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Notification under Article 12.5 of the results of consultations under Article 12.3 and 12.4 of the
agreement on safeguards which took place between the European Communities and Turkey on
27 September 2002 in relation to the definitive safeguard measures imposed by the European
Communities on certain steel products and notified to the WTO Committee on Safeguards on3 September 2002.
1. Specify the provision under which consultations were held
Article 12.3 and 12.4.
2. Provide reference to the WTO document that notified the safeguard action regarding
which consultations were held
G/SG/N/6/EEC/1
G/SG/N/7/EEC/1
G/SG/N/11/EEC/1
G/SG/N/8/EEC/1
G/SG/N/10/EEC/1
3. Specify the Members involved in the consul tations and provide the time period during
which consultations were held
The members involved in the consultations were the European Communities and Turkey.
The consultations took place over a period of approximately 2 hours on 27 September 2002.
4. Describe the results of the consultations
The consultations were aimed at clarifying the factual and legal issues related to the EC’s
provisional and definitive safeguard measures.  Turkey asked questions mainly relating to factual and
legal aspects of the definitive measures, the European Commission’s perception about issues
including the increase in imports, injury, a causal link between increased imports and injury to thedomestic industry, non-parallelism between the scope of investigation and the scope of the measures,
trade compensation for the adverse effects of the measures on trade, the application of safeguard
measures between members of a customs union, a nd the definition of developing country for the
purpose of the application of Article 9 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards .  The European
Commission provided explanations in response to those questions.
In conclusion, Turkey stated that it reserves all its rights regarding the pursuit of remedies
provided under Article 8 of the Agreement on Safeguards.  Additionally, Turkey expressed its
appreciation for the consultation and the answers provided, whilst noting that the explanations given
would not necessarily wholly satisfy all its co ncerns.  Turkey asked to take thoroughly into
consideration the concerns expressed by Turkey both in the consultation and in future proceedings,
and in particular, to give full consideration to representations from Turkish companies which may be
affected by definitive measures.G/C/24
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The European Commission stated that it was pleased to have had the opportunity to explain
the definitive measures, and to hear the views of Turkey thereon.
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