WT/DS537/11/Add. 4 
 
12 June 2020 
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CANADA – MEASURES GOVERNING T HE SALE OF WINE  
COMMUNICATION FROM T HE PANEL  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 10 June  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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Paragraph 2(5) of the Working Procedures for the Panel proceedings in the dispute 
Canada  – Measures Governing the Sale of Wine (DS537) provides:  
 
The Panel shall circulate its Working Procedures and timetable, and any 
amendments thereto, to WTO Members through the DS document series 
for this dispute.  
Accordingly, p lease find enclosed the revised timetable adopted by the Panel today.   
 
I would be grateful if you would circulate this document to the DSB.  
 
 
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  TIMETABLE FOR THE PANEL PROCEEDINGS1 
 
Adopted as revised on 25 July 2019, 28 August 2019, and 9 March  2020,  
and 10 June  20202 
 
 
Panel established on 26 September 2018  
Panel composed on 7 March 2019  
 
Description  Date  
Organizational meeting  Tuesday, 9 April 2019  
a. Article 6.2 Request  
i. Request filed by Canada  
ii. Response filed by Australia   
Friday, 12 April 2019  
Tuesday, 23 April 2019  
b. First written submissions  
i. Australia  
ii. Canada   
Friday, 10 May 2019  
Friday, 14 June 2019  
c. Third parties' written submissions (Argentina, Chile, China, 
the European Union, India, Israel, the Republic of Korea, 
Mexico,  New Zealand, the Russian Federation, South Africa, 
Chinese Taipei, Ukraine, Uruguay, and the  United States )  
Friday, 28 June 2019  
d. Advance  questions from the Panel to the parties and third 
parties  Wednesday, 10 July 2019  
e. First substantive meeting with the parties  Thursday, 18 and Friday,  
19 July 2019  
Third-party session  Friday, 19 July 2019  
f. Responses from the parties and third parties to written 
questions  Monday, 12 August 2019  
g. Integrated executive summaries of third parties' arguments  Monday, 19 August 2019  
h. First integrated executive summaries of the parties  Monday, 19 August 2019  
i. Second written submissions of the parties  Monday, 30 September 2019  
j. Advance questions from the Panel to the parties  Friday, 22 November 2019  
k. Second substantive meeting with the parties  Tuesday, 3 and Wednesday, 
4 December 2019  
l. Responses to written questions  Monday, 13 January 2020  
m. Comments on responses to questions  Monday, 27 January 2020  
 
1 The above timetable may be changed in the light of subsequent developments . 
2 The timetable was originally adopted on 15 April 2019 . The amendment of 25 July 2019 concerns 
sections (d) and (f) to (p). The amendment of 28 August 2019 concerns sections (k) to (p). The amendment of 
9 March 2020 concerns sections (l) to (t).  The amendment of 10 June concerns sections  (q) to (u).   WT/DS537/11/Add. 4 
 
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  Description  Date  
n. Second integrated executive summaries of the parties  Monday, 10 February 2020  
o. Issuance of descriptive part of the report to the parties  Monday, 17 February 2020  
p. Comments by the parties on the descriptive part of the report  Monday, 2 March 2020  
q. Issuance of the interim report, including findings and 
conclusions, to the parties  Monday, 6 July  2020 
r. Deadline for parties to request re view of part(s) of the report 
and to request an interim review meeting  Monday, 20 July  2020 
s. Interim review meeting or, if no meeting is requested, 
deadline for comments on requests for review  Deadline for comments: 
Monday, 3 August  2020 
Possible interim review 
meeting: To be determined3 
t. Issuance of the final report to the parties  Monday, 17 August  2020 
u. Circulation of the final report to Members  To be determined  
 
 
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3 In the event an interim review meeting is requested, the panel will consult further with the parties 
regarding the timing and modalities for such a meeting , taking into consideration COVID -19 restrictions .