PANAMA – TARIFF CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN MILK PRODUCTS
Document: Notification of Mutually Agreed Solution
Date: 6 October 2005
Document codes: WT/DS329/2; G/L/737/Add.1; G/AG/GEN/69/Add.1
Complainant: Mexico
Respondent: Panama
Dispute stage: Consultation
Agreements cited: Art. 4  AgricultureArt. I, II, XXVIII  GATT 1994

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.

 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
(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, amending 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

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 Cabinet Decree shall be sent to the National Assembly.
ARTICLE THREE: This Cabinet Decree shall take effect from the date of its approval.
FOR COMMUNICATION AND EXECUTION.

Done at Panama City on 3 August 2005.

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