WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/DS217/49 
2 May 2006 
 
 (06-2078) 
 Original:   English 
  
UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND 
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000 
 
Communication from the European Communities
 
  
 The following communication, dated 28 April 2006, 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 (WT/DS217/39) made under Article 22.7 of the Understanding on 
Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Di sputes ("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. 
 
 On 29 April 2005, the European Communities no tified the DSB that it was suspending, as of 
1 May 2005, the application of concessions and re lated obligations under GA TT 1994 on imports of 
certain products originating in the United Stat es of America (WT/DS217/47). The list of products 
subject to this suspension of concessions will be modified on 1 May 2006. Commission Regulation 
(EC) No 632/2006
1 will add products classified under eight codes of the EC's tariff and statistical 
nomenclature to the list of products subject to an ad valorem  additional duty of 15% when originating 
in the United States of America.  The updated list is  attached.  The suspensi on that will apply as from 
1 May 2006 covers, over one year, a total value of trade that does not exceed US$36,91 million.   US$36,91 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$51,26 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 2005 , published by US Customs and Border Protection on 29 November 2005. 
  The European Communities asks the Secretariat to  circulate this notification to the Members 
of the DSB. 
                                        
1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 632/2006 of 24 April 2006 replacing Annexes I and II to Council 
Regulation (EC) No 673/2005 establishing additional cust oms duties on imports of certain products originating 
in the United States of America,  OJ L 111, 25.4.2006, p. 5. WT/DS217/49 
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  Products that will be subject to a 15% additional import duty
 
as from 1 May 2006  
 
 The products on which the 15% additional import duty will apply are those classified under the listed 
eight-digit CN codes, as provided in annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87 on the tariff 
and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/2005 (OJ L 82, 31.3.2005, p. 1).  The product descriptions hereunder are 
given for information purpose only.  
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 and paperboard, and 
book covers of paper or pa perboard (excl. registers, account books, Note 
books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum 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),  folders 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. industrial and occupational clothing, bib and brace ove ralls, 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 a nd brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other 
than swimwear), knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibres 
6203 43 11 Men's or boys' trousers and breech es of synthetic fibres, industrial and 
occupational (excl. knitted or cr ocheted and bib and brace overalls) 
6103 43 00 Men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other 
than swimwear), knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibres 
6204 63 18 Women's or girls' trousers and br eeches, of synthetic fibres (not of cut 
corduroy, of denim or knitted or crocheted and excl. industrial and 
occupational clothing, bib and brace ove ralls, briefs and track suit bottoms) 
6203 43 19 Men's or boys' trousers and breeches  of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or 
crocheted, industrial and occupational, bib and br ace 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 hair, cotton or artificial fibres, knitted or crocheted, panties and swimwear) 
6203 43 90 Men's or boys' shorts of synthe tic 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 Subject to the 15% additional import duty since 1 May 2005 
8705 10 00 Crane lorries (excl. breakdown lorries)  WT/DS217/49 
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CN codes  Description of products  
6301 40 10 Blankets and travelli ng rugs of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. 
electric, table covers, bedspreads and articles of bedding and similar furnishing of heading 9404) 
6301 30 10 Blankets and travelling rugs of co tton, knitted or crocheted (excl. electric, 
table covers, bedspreads and articles of bedding and similar furnishing of 
heading 9404) 
6301 30 90 Blankets and travelling rugs of co tton (excl. knitted or crocheted, electric, 
table covers, bedspreads and articles of bedding and similar furnishing of 
heading 9404) 
6301 40 90 Blankets and travelli ng rugs of synthetic fibres (e xcl. knitted or crocheted, 
electric, table covers, bedspreads and articles of bedding and similar 
furnishing of heading 9404) 
4818 50 00 Articles of apparel and clothing access ories, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose 
wadding or webs of cellulose fibres (exc l. footware and parts thereof, incl. 
insoles, heel pieces and similar removable products, gaiters and similar products, headgear and part 
9009 11 00 Electrostatic photocopying apparatu s, operating by reproducing the original 
image directly onto the copy [direct process] 
9009 12 00 Electrostatic photocopying apparatu s, operating by reproducing the original 
image via an intermediate ont o the copy [indirect process] To become subject to the 15% additional import duty from 
1 May 2006 
8467 21 99 Drills of all kinds for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor 
operating with an external source of power (excl. electropneumatic drills) 
 
 
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