WORLD TRADE WT/DS69/2
12June1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2470)
Original: English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES -MEASURES AFFECTING
IMPORTATION OFCERTAIN POULTRY PRODUCTS
Request fortheEstablishment ofaPanel byBrazil
Thefollowing communication, dated 12June1997, fromthePermanent Mission ofBrazil to
theChairman oftheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated attherequest ofthatdelegation.
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Upon instructions from myGovernment, Ihavethehonour torequest theestablishment of
aPanel pursuant toArticles 4and6oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing the
Settlement ofDisputes, Article XXIII oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 (GATT
1994), Article 6oftheAgreement onImport Licensing Procedures andArticle 19oftheAgreement
onAgriculture, withregard totheECregime fortheimportation ofcertain poultry meat products,
andtheimplementation bytheECofthetariffratequota intheseproducts agreed innegotiations between
Brazil andtheEuropean Community.
Thecontested measures atissuearetherulesgoverning theimportation ofpoultry meatfalling
within CNcodes 0207 1410,0207 1450and0207 1470(formerly 0207 4110,0207 4141and
0207 4171).
TheGovernment ofBrazil considers thattheEChasfailed, inCouncil Regulation (EC)
No.774/94 of29March 1994 (Official Journal L91of8April 1994) andinCommission Regulation
(EC)No.1431/94 of22June1994(Official Journal L156 of23June1994), asamended, toimplement
andadminister acompensation tariff ratequota inlinewiththebilateral agreement reached between
Brazil andtheECwithin thecontext ofGATT Article XXVIII:4 negotiations.
Inaddition, Brazil considers thattheEChasintroduced special safeguard provisions onthe
basis ofCouncil Regulation (EC) 3290/94 of22December 1994 (Official Journal L349 of
31December 1994) andCommission Regulation (EC) No.1484/94 of28June 1995 (Official
Journal L145 of29June1995), asamended, which donotmeettherequirements ofArticles 4and
5oftheAgreement onAgriculture.
Finally, theGovernment ofBrazil considers thattheEChasfailed toimplement thetariffrate
quotaandthepricesafeguardprovisionsinatransparentmanner.Asaresult,inrelationtoconsignments
totheEC,Brazil isnotinaposition either tobenefit ortoknow thatitisbenefiting fromrights pursuant
tomembership oftheWTO.
On24February 1997, Brazil requested consultations withtheECwithaviewtoreaching a
mutually satisfactory solution ofthematter. Therequest wascirculated indocument WT/DS69/1,
dated 4March 1997. Suchconsultations wereheldinGeneva on11April 1997andon21May1997,
butunfortunately theyfailed tosettle thedispute.
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Therefore, Brazil requests thatthePanel consider andfindthattheECpoultry import regime
isinconsistent with, among others:
(a) Articles II,III,X,XIIIandXXVIII oftheGATT 1994;
(b) Articles 1and3oftheAgreement onImport Licensing Procedures; and
(c) Articles 4and5oftheAgreement onAgriculture.
TheECmeasures alsoproduce distortions intrade which nullify orimpair benefits accruing
directly orindirectly toBrazil, under thecitedAgreements andimpede theobjectives oftheWTO.
Brazil respectfully requests thatthePanel beestablished withthestandard terms ofreference
assetoutinArticle 7oftheDSU.
Brazil further asksthatthisrequest fortheestablishment ofaPanel beincluded intheagenda
oftheDispute Settlement Body meeting scheduled for25June1997.