UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000
Document: Communication from the European Communities
Date: 4 May 2005
Document codes: WT/DS217/47
Complainant: Australia, Brazil, Chile, EU, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand
Respondent: U.S.
Third parties: Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, Norway
Dispute stage: Implementation & Compliance
Agreements cited: Art. X:3  GATT 1994Art. 18.4  Anti-dumpingArt. 32.5  Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM)Art. VI:3  GATT 1994Art. XVI:4  Agreement Establishing the World Trade OrganizationArt. 1, 5.4  Anti-dumpingArt. 4.10, 7.9, 10, 11.4, 18, 32.1  Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM)Art. 8  Anti-dumpingArt. VI:2  GATT 1994Art. 18.1  Anti-dumping

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.

 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.

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 crocheted 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 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 crocheted 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. industrial and occupational 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)