WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/DS329/2 
G/L/737/Add.1 
G/AG/GEN/69/Add.1 
6 October 2005 
 
 (05-4482) 
 Original:  Spanish 
 
 
 
PANAMA – TARIFF CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN MILK PRODUCTS 
 
Notification of Mutually Agreed Solution  
 
 
 The following communication, dated 20 Septem ber 2005, from the delega tion of Mexico and 
the delegation of Panama to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to 
Article 3.6 of the DSU.  
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  Pursuant to Article 3.6 of the Unders tanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the 
Settlement of Disputes, the Governments of Me xico and Panama hereby inform the Dispute 
Settlement Body that in the dispute Panama – Tariff Classification of Certain Milk Products 
(WT/DS329), the parties have reached a mutually ag reed solution regarding the matters raised by 
Mexico in its request for consultations.    We accordingly attach hereto a copy of Ca binet Decree No. 18 of 3 August 2005, published 
in the Gaceta Oficial  (Official Journal) of 5 August, ame nding the tariff item challenged by Mexico. 
 
 The foregoing is without prejudice to the WTO rights and obligations of Mexico and Panama. 
   
 
   (signed ) (signed)  Permanent Representative of Mexico Permanent Representative of Panama 
 to the WTO to the WTO 
 Ambassador Fernando de Mate o Ambassador Norman Harris WT/DS329/2 
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 No. 25,358 Gaceta Oficial, Friday 5 August 2005 
  
CABINET COUNCIL 
CABINET DECREE NO. 18 
(of 3 August 2005) 
  
Amending the Import Tariff 
 
THE CABINET COUNCIL, 
pursuant to the authority conferred on it by the Constitution and the law 
 
WHEREAS: 
  
According to Article 200.7 of the Political Constitu tion, the Cabinet Council establishes and amends 
tariffs, rates and other provisions pertaining to the cu stoms regime, subject to the rules set in the laws 
referred to in Article 159.11 of the Political Constitution;   
Pursuant to Law No. 41 of 1 July 1996, the Ca binet Council shall issue provisions on the customs 
regime, based on existing legal instruments and practices relating to international trade;   
HEREBY DECREES: 
 
ARTICLE ONE:  The customs tariff shall be amended in r espect of the following item, to read as 
follows: 
 
CODE DESCRIPTION RATE OF DUTY ITBM 
1901.10.19 Other 5.0%  
 ARTICLE TWO:   In accordance with Article 200.7 of the Political Constitution of the Republic of 
Panama, an authenticated copy of the present Cabi net Decree shall be sent to the National Assembly. 
ARTICLE THREE:  This Cabinet Decree shall take eff ect from the date of its approval. 
FOR COMMUNICATION AND EXECUTION. 
  
 
     
 
 Done at Panama City on 3 August 2005.  WT/DS329/2 
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___________ MARTIN TORRIJOS ESPINO 
President of the Republic 
HECTOR B. ALEMAN ESTEVEZ 
Minister of the Interior and Justice 
SAMUEL LEWIS NAVARRO 
Minister of Foreign Affairs 
JUAN BOSCO BERNAL 
Minister of Education 
CARLOS ALBERTO VALLARINO 
Minister of Public Works 
CAMILO A. ALLEYNE M. 
Minister of Health 
REYNALDO E. RIVERA E. 
Minister of Labour and Labour Development
 ALEJANDRO G. FERRER L. 
Minister of Trade and Industry 
BALBINA HERRERA ARAUZ 
Minister of Housing 
LAURENTINO CORTIZO COHEN 
Minister of Agricultural Development 
LEONOR CALDERON A. 
Minister for Youth, Women, Children and the 
Family 
RICAURTE VASQUEZ MORALES 
Minister of the Economy and Finance 
UBALDINO REAL SOLIS 
Minister of the Presidency and 
Secretary-General of the Cabinet Council