WT/DS480/8  
 
17 August 2018  
(18-5225) Page: 1/2 
  Original: English  
 
EUROPEAN UNION - ANTI -DUMPING MEASURES ON BIODIESEL FROM INDON ESIA  
STATUS REPORT REGARDING IMPLEMENTA TION OF THE  
DSB RECOMMENDATIONS AND RULINGS  
BY THE EUROPEAN UNION  
The following communication, dated 16 August 2018 , from the delegation of the European Union  
to the Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Article  21.6 of the 
DSU. 
 
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The European Union submits this report in accordance with Article 21.6 of the Understanding on 
Rules and Procedures Governing the  Settlement of Disputes ("DSU"). 
On 28 February 2018, the Dispute Settlement Body ( "DSB") adopted the Panel report in the 
dispute European Union - Anti-Dumping Measures on Biodiesel from Indonesia  (WT/DS480) with 
respect to the anti -dumping measures impose d by the European Union on imports of biodiesel 
originating in, inter alia, Indonesia.1 
At the DSB meeting of 27 March 2018, pursuant to Article 21.3 of the DSU, the European Union 
informed the DSB that it intended to implement the recommendations and ruli ngs of the DSB in 
this dispute in a manner that respected its WTO obligations and that it needed a reasonable period 
of time in which to do so. The European Union referred to the reasonable period of time agreed 
with Indonesia and communicated to the DSB o n 1 March 2018.2 In accordance with this 
agreement, the reasonable period of time for the European Union to implement the 
recommendations and rulings of the DSB in this dispute is set to expire on 28 October 2018.  
In order to implement the recommendations and rulings of the DSB in this dispute, the European 
Union reopened the anti -dumping investigation concerning imports of biodiesel originating in, inter 
alia, Indonesia by publication of a Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union on 28 May 
2018 (the "Notice ").3 All exporting producers and the European Union industry ( "interested 
parties ") were invited by the Notice to make their views known, submit information and provide 
supporting evidence. Interested parties were also informed by the Notice of the possibility to be 
heard by the European Commission investigation services and to request the intervention of the 
Hearing Officer in trade proceedings. Interested parties were also informed by the Notice that they 
would be subsequently informed of the findings of the investigation and would be given an 
opportunity to comment.  
                                                
1 Commission Regulation (EU) No. 490/2013 of 27 May 2013 imposing a provisional anti -dumping duty 
on imports of biodiesel originating in Argentina and Indonesia (OJ L 141, 28.5.2013, p. 6) (“Provisional 
Regulation”); Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1194/2013 of 19 November 2013 imposing a  
definitive anti -dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of biodiesel 
originating in Argentina and Indonesia (OJ L 315, 26.11.2013, p. 2) (“Definitive Regulation”).  
2 WT/DS480/7 - European Union - Anti-Dumping Measu res on Biodiesel from Indonesia - Agreement 
under article 21.3(b) of the DSU. 
3 Notice concerning the judgments of the General Court of 15 September 2016 in Cases T -80/14, T -
111/14 to T - 121/14 and T -139/14 regarding Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1194/2013 imposing a 
definitive anti -dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on Argentinian and 
Indonesian imports of biodiesel, and following the recommendations and rulings adopted by the Dispute 
Settlement Body of the Worl d Trade Organisation in disputes DS473 and DS480 (EU — Anti-Dumping Measures 
on Biodiesel disputes) (OJ C 181, 28.05.2018, p. 5).  WT/DS480/8  
 
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  The relevant proce dures on the basis of the Notice are on -going and are expected to be finalised in 
the near future.  
 
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