WT/DS217/67  
 
13 May 2015  
(15-2535)  Page: 1/2  
  Original: English  
 
 UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND 
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION 
The following communication, dated 11 May 2015, from the delegation of the European Union to 
the Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated at the request of that delegation. 
 
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 On 26 November 2004, the Dispute Settlement Body ("DSB") granted authorization to the European Union to suspend concessions and related obligations under the General Agreement on 
Tariff and Trade 1994 ("GATT 1994") in accordance with the decision of the Arbitrator in 
United States - Continued Dumping and Subsidies Offset Act of 2000 . The authorization was made 
pursuant to the European Union request (WT/DS217/39) made under Article 22.7 of the 
Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes ("DSU"). In that 
request, the European Union undertook to notify the DSB every year the list of products on which 
the additional import duty would apply, prior to the entry into force of a level of suspension of 
concessions. 
On 29 April 2005, the European Union notified the DSB that it was suspending, as of 1 May 2005, 
the application of concessions and related obligations under GATT 1994 on imports of certain products originating in the United States of Am erica (WT/DS217/47). The list of products subject 
to this suspension of concessions was modi fied on 1 May 2006 (WT/DS217/49), on 1 May 2007 
(WT/DS217/51), on 1 May 2008 (W T/DS217/53), on 1 May 2009 (W T/DS217/55), on 1 May 2010 
(WT/DS 217/57), on 1 May 2011  (WT/DS217/59), on 1 May 2012 (WT/DS217/61), on 1 May 2013 
(WT/DS217/63) and on 1 May 2014 (WT/DS217/65). The relevant European Commission 
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/675 of 30 April 2015 maintains unchanged the list of products subject to retaliation. On the other hand, the rate of additional duty to which those products are 
subjected increases to 1,5% in order to adjust to the level of retaliation.  
The updated list is attached. The suspension, which applies as from 1 May 2015, covers, over one 
year, a total value of trade that does not exceed USD 3 295 333. 
The amount of USD 3 295 333 is the European Unio n's current level of authorization established 
through arbitration under Article 22.6 of the DSU. It represents 72 percent  of USD 4 576 852 
collected from the European Union' exports and disbursed to U.S. companies in the distribution under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000  for the most recent year for which 
data are available. The amount of relevant disbursements was identified using the CDSOA Annual 
Report for Fiscal Year 2014, published by US Customs and Border Protection1 on 
5 December 2014. 
The European Union kindly asks the Secretariat to circulate this notification to the Members of the 
DSB. 
 
 
                                               
1  http://www.cbp.gov/document/cdsoa /fy-2014-annual-disb ursement-report  WT/DS217/67 
 
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Products subject to a 1,5% additional import duty 
as from 1 May 2015 
The products on which the 1,5% additional import  duty would apply are those classified under the 
listed eight-digit CN codes, as provided in a nnex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87 on the 
tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff as replaced by Commission 
Regulation (EC) No 1810/2004 (OJ L 327, 30.10.2004, p. 1). The product descriptions hereunder are given for information purpose only. 
 
 
Subject to the 1,5% additional 
import duty as 
from 1 May 2015  
 CN codes  
 Description of products 
  
0710 40 00  
Sweet corn, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen 
9003 19 30 Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, 
of base metal 
8705 10 00 Crane lorries (excl. breakdown lorries) 
6204 62 31 Women or girls’ cotton denim trousers and breeches 
  
 
  
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