GD/140

United States - Subsidies on Exports of Wheat Flour to Egypt

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Parties

Complainant
EEC
EEC-10
Respondent
United States
Third Parties

Products at Issue

Products at issue
Wheat flour
Type of product
Agricultural
Product sub-type
Grains/Flour

Related disputes

GATT
Related GD
GD/122
WTO

Key legal aspects

Legal basis
  • SCM Article 12
Claims raised
  • SCM Article 10:1
  • SCM Article 10:3
Defences raised
  • n.a.

Adjudicators

Type Panel
Chairperson
Other members

Report

Type Panel
Legal basis at issue
  • SCM Article 12
Claims at issue
Defences at issue
  • n.a.
No of Pages (total / legal reasoning)
  • -
  • -

Timeline

Request for consultations
  • (01/02/1983)
Request for conciliation
Conciliation meeting
Request for establishment
Establishment

Outcome

Outcome of the proceedings
Consultations held
Additional Info C/124 (28/02/1984) Status of Work in Panels - Note by the Director-General (28/02/1984): "This Panel was established by the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures on 18 May 1983 at the request of the European Economic Community. At present, consultations are being held on the terms of reference and composition of this Panel."L/5915 (29/11/1985) Developments in the Trading System - April 1985 - September 1985 - Note by the Secretariat - Table of Contents IV. Sectoral developments (i) Agriculture "32. The United States announced, in May, a programme of export subsidies for agricultural products. The scheme, known as the Bonus Incentive Commodity Export Program, (BICEP) (...) 33. On 13 September, the United States Department of Agriculture announced the sale under the BICEP scheme of 175,000 tonnes of subsidized wheat flour to Egypt for delivery in November and December." (Original underlined.)



Note: The Note by the Secretariat (L/5915) does not make direct reference to the dispute (United States - Subsidies on Exports of Wheat Flour to Egypt), but refers to the same issue raised by the EEC.