WT/DS217/65  
 
4 April 2014  
(14-2099)  Page: 1/4  
  Original: English  
 
 UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND 
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION 
The following communication, dated 2 April 2014, 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) and on 1 May 
2013 (WT/DS217/63). The relevant Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 303/2014 of 25 March 2014 (as attached) maintains unchanged the list of products subject to retaliation. On 
the other hand, the rate of additional duty to which those products are subjected to a decrease 
from 26% to 0,35% in order to ad just to the level of retaliation. 
 The updated list is attached. The suspension, which applies as from 1 May 2014, covers, over one 
year, a total value of trade that does not exceed USD 872 685. 
 USD 872 685 is the European Union's current level of authorization established through arbitration 
under Article 22.6 of the DSU. It represents 72 per cent  of USD 1.212.062,73 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 
2013, published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection1 on 15 January 2014. 
 
The European Union kindly requests that the Secret ariat circulate this notification to the Members 
of the DSB. 
 
                                               
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  PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO A 0,35%  ADDITIONAL IMPORT DUTY 
AS FROM 1 MAY 2014 
The products on which the 0,35% 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 0,35% 
additional import duty 
as from 1 May 2014 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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