PERU – ADDITIONAL DUTY ON IMPORTS OF CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS JOINT REQUEST BY PERU AND GUATEMALA FOR A DECISION BY THE DSB
Document: report of the panel
Date: 5 December 2014
Document codes: WT/DS457/6; WT/DS457/R
Complainant: Guatemala
Respondent: Peru
Third parties: Argentina, China, El Salvador, EU, India, U.S., Brazil, Ecuador, South Korea, Honduras, Colombia
Dispute stage: Appellate Body
Agreements cited: Art. 4.2  AgricultureArt. II:1, XI:1, X:1, X:3(a)  GATT 1994Art. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7  Customs valuationArt. 3.8  Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU)

PERU – ADDITIONAL DUTY ON IMPORTS OF
CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
JOINT REQUEST BY PERU AND GUATEMALA
FOR A DECISION BY THE DSB
The following communication, dated 3 December 2014, from the delegation of Peru and the
delegation of Guatemala to the Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), is circulated at
the request of those delegations.

Draft Decision of the DSB

"The DSB decides that it shall, no earlier than 9 February 2015 and no later than 25 March 2015,
adopt the report of the panel in the dispute Peru — Additional Duty on Imports of Certain
Agricultural Products () unless (i) the DSB decides by consensus not to do so or (ii)
Guatemala or Peru notifies the DSB of its decisi on to appeal pursuant to Article 16.4 of the
Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU). Any such
adoption or appeal of the panel report will be deemed to have occurred within the 60-day time
period specified in Article 16.4 of the DSU."

Procedural Agreement between Peru and Guatemala regarding the Time Period
under Article 16.4 of the DSU applicable to the report of the panel in the dispute
Peru — Additional Duty on Imports of Certain Agricultural Products

1. In order to take into account the current workload of the Appellate Body, Guatemala and
Peru agree that the 60-day time period in Article 16.4 of Understanding on Rules and Procedures
Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU), as applicable to the ab ove dispute, will be extended
to 25 March 2015, and that a decision of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on this extension will
be sought at the meeting of the DSB to be held on 17 December 2014.

2. The parties agree to this extension on the und erstanding that the rights of the parties with
respect to adoption or appeal of the panel report Peru — Additional Duty on Imports of Certain
Agricultural Products (WT/DS457/R) between 9 February 2015 and 25 March 2015 are preserved,
as if such adoption or appeal had been requested within the 60-day time period specified in
Article 16.4 of the DSU.

3. Peru will appeal the above-mentioned panel report on 9 February 2015 if no more than two
other appeals are pending before the Appellate Body on that date. However, if three or more other
appeals are pending before the Appellate Body on that date, then Peru will appeal the panel report
on 25 March 2015.

4. The parties also preserve their rights to cro ss-appeal the panel report in accordance with the
Working Procedures for Appellate Review.

(Signed)
Luis Enrique Chávez Basagoitia
Ambassador
Permanent Representative of Peru
(Signed)
Eduardo Sperisen-Yurt
Ambassador
Permanent Representative of Guatemala