JOB/DSB/1/Add.1/Rev. 2 
 
8 February 2021  
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 STATEMENT ON A MECHANISM FOR DEVELOPING, DOCUMENTING AND SHARING  
PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES IN THE CONDUCT OF WTO DISPUTES  
Revision  
The following communication, dated 5 February 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada.  
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ENDORSEMENTS OF THE MECHANISM FOR DEVELOPING, DOCUMENTING AND SHARING 
PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES  IN THE CONDUCT OF WTO DISPUTES AND OF 
CIRCULATED PRACTICE DOCUMENTS  
1. The following Members have indicated their endorsement of the "Statement on a Mechanism  
for Developing, Documenting and Sharing Practices and Procedures in the Conduct of WTO 
Disputes " (JOB/DSB/1):  
Australia; Brazil ; Canada; Colombia; Costa  Rica; European  Union; Guatemala; Hong  Kong, 
China; Israel ; Japan; Korea; New  Zealand; Norway; Singapor e; Switzerland; Separate 
Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu; Uruguay; Ukraine; Viet  Nam 
 
2. Documents containing additional practices and procedures, which correspond to material 
identified in Paragraph 6(a) of the Statement, that have been  circulated via the Mechanism, 
and the Members that endorse them, include:  
Written Notifications  (JOB/DSB/1/Add.2)  
 
Australia ; Canada; Israel ; Japan; Norway; Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, 
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu  
 
Transparency of Dispute Proceeding s (JOB/DSB/1/Add.3)  
 
Australia ; Canada, European  Union, Norway  
 
Participation of Third Parties in Dispute Proceedings  (JOB/DSB/1/Add.4)  
 
Australia ; Canada; European Union; Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, 
Kinmen and Matsu  
 
Improving and Stream lining Dispute Proceedings  (JOB/DSB/1/Add.5)  
 
Australia ; Canada; European  Union  
 
Panel Composition (JOB/DSB/1/Add.7)  
 
Australia; Canada; Korea; Norway; Singapore; Viet  Nam 
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  Electronic Filing (JOB/DSB/1/Add.8)  
 
Australia; Brazil; Canada; Colombia; Costa  Rica; Japan; Korea; Norway; Singapore; 
Ukraine; Viet  Nam 
 
Responses to Third Party Requests to Participate in Consultations (JOB/DSB/1/Add.9)  
 
Australia; Brazil; Canada; Colombia; Costa  Rica; European  Union; Japan; Korea; 
Norway; Singapore; Separate Customs T erritory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and 
Matsu; Viet  Nam 
 
Publication of Working Procedures, Timetables, Working Schedules, and Preliminary or 
Procedural Rulings (JOB/DSB/1/Add.10)  
 
Australia; Brazil; Canada; Colombia; European Union; Japan; Norway; Singapor e 
 
Use of Flexible Arrangements in Dispute Settlement Proceedings during the COVID -19 
Pandemic (JOB/DSB/1/Add.13 ) 
 
Australia; Brazil; Canada; Colombia;   Ecuador; European Union;   Guatemala ; 
 Hong Kong, China;   Korea; Mexico; New   Zealand;   Peru; Separate Customs Territory 
of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu; Singapore;   Switzerland; Ukraine; United 
Kingdom  
 
3. Any Member may add to the list above a document containing additional practices and 
procedures corresponding to the material identified in Paragraph 6(a), or may add or remove 
its endorsement of any document already circulated, including the Statement, b y requesting 
the Secretariat to circul ate a revisi on to this document . In addition, a Member that has issued 
a document containing additional practices and procedures may add or remove an 
endorsement for another Member, upon request of that Member, and req uest the Secretariat 
to circulate a revision to  this document . Where a Member adds or removes an endorsement of 
a document already circulated, it will indicate this by underlining the new endorsement and 
striking through the removal of the endorsement. The  underlining and strikethrough 
formatting should b e removed in subsequent revisions.  
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