GD/139

EEC - Import Restrictive Measures on Video Tape Recorders

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Parties

Complainant
Japan
Respondent
EEC
EEC-10
Third Parties

Products at Issue

Products at issue
Video tape recorders
Type of product
Non-agricultural
Product sub-type
Machinery; electrical and electronic equipment

Related disputes

GATT
WTO

Key legal aspects

Legal basis
  • GATT Article XXIII:1
Claims raised
  • GATT Article VIII:1(c)
  • GATT Article XI:1
Defences raised
  • n.a.

Adjudicators

Type
Chairperson
Other members

Report

Type
Legal basis at issue
  • GATT Article XXIII:1
Claims at issue
Defences at issue
  • n.a.
No of Pages (total / legal reasoning)
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  • -

Timeline

Request for consultations

Outcome

Outcome of the proceedings
Consultations held
Additional Info C/M/162 (19/11/1982) Minutes of Council Meeting (02/11/1982) France - Imports of video tape recorders "The representative of Japan (…) in its Official Gazette of 20 October 1982 the French Government had announced hat customs clearance of video tape-recorders would be made only at the customs office in Poitiers. (...) [D]ocumentation necessary for the customs clearance of imported goods had to be in the French language." (Original underlined)SCM/W/48 (11/05/1983) SCM Committee - Negotiating History of Article 18:9 and the Treatment of Reports of Working Parties and Panels under Article XXIII of the General Agreement - Factual Note by the Secretariat: Reported as an Article XXIII complaint, reference L/5427 and C/M/162.