WT/DS537/11/Add.1  
 
26 July 2019  
(19-4951) Page: 1/3 
  Original: English  
 
CANADA - MEASURES GO VERNING THE SALE OF WINE  
COMMUNICATION FROM T HE PANEL   
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 25 July 2019 , was received from the Chairperson of the Panel 
with the request that it be circulated to the Dispute Settlement Body.  
 
_______________  
 
 
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.  WT/DS537/11/Add.1  
 
- 2 - 
 
  TIMETABLE FOR THE PANEL PROCEEDINGS1 
 
Adopted as revised on 25 July 20192 
 
 
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  Friday, 10 May 2019  
ii. Canada  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  Wednes day, 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]  [TBD]  
k. Second substantive meeting with the parties  Tuesday, 26 and 
Wednesday, 27 November 
2019 
l. Responses to written questions  [Monday, 16 December 
2019]  
                                                
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).  WT/DS537/11/Add.1  
 
- 3 - 
 
  Description  Date  
m. Comments on responses to questions  [Thursday, 9 January 2020]  
n. Second integrated executive summaries of the parties  [Thursday, 23 January 
2020]  
o. Issuance of descriptive part of the report to the parties  [Thursday, 30 January 
2020]  
p. Comments by the parties on the descriptive part of the 
report  [Thursday, 13 February 
2020]  
q. Issuance of the interim report, including findings and 
conclusions, to the parties  [TBD]  
r. Deadline for parties to request r eview of part(s) of the report 
and to request an interim review meeting  [TBD]  
s. Interim review meeting or, if no meeting is requested, 
deadline for comments on requests for review  [TBD]  
t. Issuance of the final report to the parties  [TBD]  
u. Circulation of the final report to Members  Following translation  
 
 
__________