WT/DS537/11  
 
29 April 2019  
(19-2911) Page: 1/3 
  Original: English  
 
 CANADA - MEASURES GO VERNING THE SALE OF WINE  
COMMUNICATION FROM T HE PANEL   
The following communication, dated 24 April 2019 , 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 partial timetable adopted by the Panel on 15  April 2019.   
 
I would be grateful if you would circulate this document  to the DSB.  
 
 
 
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TIMETABLE FOR THE PANEL PROCEEDINGS1 
 
 
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]  [TBD]  
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, 5 August 2019]  
g. Integrated executive summaries of third parties' arguments  [Monday, 12 August 2019]  
h. First integrated executive summaries of the parties  [Monday, 12 August 2019]  
i. Second written submissions of the parties  [Monday, 23 September 
2019]  
j. [Advance questions from the Panel to the parties]  [TBD]  
k. Second substantive meeting with the parties  [Tuesday, 12 and 
Wednesday, 13 November 
2019]  
l. Responses to written questions  [Monday, 2 December 
2019]  
                                                
1 The above timetable may be changed in the light of subsequent developments . WT/DS537/11  
 
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  Description  Date  
m. Comments on responses to questions  [Monday, 16 December 
2019]  
n. Second integrated executive summaries of the parties  [Monday, 13 January 2020]  
o. Issuance of descriptive part of the report to the parties  [TBD]  
p. Comments by the parties on the descriptive part of the 
report  [TBD]  
q. Issuance of the interim report, including findings and 
conclusions, to the parties  [TBD]  
r. Deadline for parties to request review 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  
 
 
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