. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/DS217/47 
4 May 2005 
 
 (05-1849) 
 Original:   English 
  
 
UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND 
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000 
 
Communication from the European Communities
 
 
 
 The following communication dated, 29 April 2005, from the delegation of the European Communities to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlemen t 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 Communities 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 Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 .  The authorization was made pursuant to 
the European Communities' request made under Ar ticle 22.7 of the Understanding on Rules and 
Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes ("DSU").  In that request, the European 
Communities 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. 
 
 The European Communities hereby notifies the DSB that it is suspending, as of 1 May 2005, the application of concessions and related ob ligations under GATT 1994 on imports of certain 
products originating in the United States of America. For the first year, an ad valorem  additional duty 
of 15 per cent will be imposed on the products listed in  the annex and originating in the United States 
of America.  This suspension covers, over one ye ar, a total value of trade that does not exceed 
US$ 27,81 million. 
  US$ 27,81 million is the European Communities'  current level of authorization established 
through arbitration under Article 22.6 of the DSU.  It represents 72 per cent  of US$ 38,63 million 
collected from the European Communities' exports a nd disbursed to US 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 disburse ments was identified using the CDSOA Annual Report 
for Fiscal Year 2004 , published by US Customs and Border Protection on 17 December 2004. 
  The European Communities requests that you ask the Secretariat to circulate this notification 
to the Members of the DSB. 
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CN codes Description of products 
4820 10 90 Writing pads and the lik e, of paper or paperboard 
4820 50 00 Albums for samples or coll ections, of paper or paperboard 
4820 90 00 Blotting pads and similar articles of stationery, of paper a nd paperboard, and book 
covers of paper or paper board (excl. registers, a ccount books, Note books, order 
books, receipt books, letter pads, memora ndum pads, diaries, exercise books, 
binders, folders, file covers, manifold  business forms and interleaved carbon sets, 
and albums for samples or for collections) 
4820 30 00 Binders (other than book covers), fold ers and file covers, of  paper or paperboard 
4820 10 50 Diaries with calendars , of paper or paperboard 
6204 63 11 Women's or girls' trousers and br eeches, of synthetic fibres, industrial and 
occupational (excl. knitted or cr ocheted and bib and brace overalls) 
6204 69 18 Women's or girls' trousers and breeches, of artificial fibres (not of cut corduroy, of 
denim or knitted or crocheted and excl. i ndustrial and occupationa l clothing, bib and 
brace overalls, briefs and track suit bottoms) 
6204 63 90 Women's or girls' shorts  of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and 
swimwear) 
6104 63 00 Women's or girls' trousers, bib and br ace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than 
swimwear), knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibres 
6203 43 11 Men's or boys' trousers and breeches of synthetic fibres, industrial and occupational 
(excl. knitted or crochete d and bib and brace overalls) 
6103 43 00 Men's or boys' trousers, bib and br ace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than 
swimwear), knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibres 
6204 63 18 Women's or girls' trousers and breeches, of synthetic fibres (not of cut corduroy, of 
denim or knitted or crocheted and excl. i ndustrial and occupationa l clothing, bib and 
brace overalls, briefs and track suit bottoms) 
6203 43 19 Men's or boys' trousers and breeches of sy nthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, 
industrial and occupational, bib and brace overalls and underpants) 
6204 69 90 Women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of textile 
materials (excl. of wool, fine animal ha ir, cotton or artificial fibres, knitted or 
crocheted, panties and swimwear) 
6203 43 90 Men's or boys' shorts of  synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and 
swimwear) 
0710 40 00 Sweetcorn, uncooked or cooked by st eaming 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) 
 
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