GD/157

French "Computer Literacy Program"

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Parties

Complainant
United States
Respondent
EEC
EEC-10
Third Parties

Products at Issue

Products at issue
Computer and related equipment
Type of product
Non-agricultural
Product sub-type
Machinery; electrical and electronic equipment

Related disputes

GATT
WTO

Key legal aspects

Legal basis
  • GPR Article VII:2
Claims raised
  • GPR Article V:10
  • GPR Article V:3
  • GPR Article V:4
  • GPR Article VI:7
Defences raised
  • n.a.

Adjudicators

Type
Chairperson
Other members

Report

Type
Legal basis at issue
  • GPR Article VII:2
Claims at issue
Defences at issue
  • n.a.
No of Pages (total / legal reasoning)
  • -
  • -

Timeline

Request for consultations

Outcome

Outcome of the proceedings
Consultations held
Additional Info GPR/M/16 (14/06/1985): At its meeting of 1-2 May 1985 "[t]he Committee agreed that bilateral consultations under the relevant provisions of the Agreement should be held between the United States and the Commission of the European Communities as promptly as possible and that, should these fail to bring a satisfactory solution, and should the United States so request, the Committee would reconvene on 5 June 1985 to examine the matter."'

GPR/Spec/45 (29/05/1985) Minutes of GPR Committee Meeting (01-02/05/1985) The Committee agreed that bilateral consultations should be held "as promptly as possible and that, should these fail to bring a satisfactory solution, and should the United States so request, the Committee would reconvene on 5 June 1985 to examine the matter."

GPR/M/18 (23/08/1985) Minutes of GPR Committee Meeting (19/06/1985) D. Other Business (ii) Computer Procurement Practices: US "referred to the computer purchases made by the French-Code covered entity UGAP (...) French authorities had shown questionable regard for the open and non-discriminatory procedures required by the Agreement. However, dispute settlement seemed of little use since all commercial opportunities had been lost. (...) [B]elieved that a working party should be established under Article VII:2 to examine the implications for the Agreement of the questions raised by this case (...)"

At its meeting of 19 June 1985, "[t]he Committee agreed to the establishment of a working party on computer procurement practices, its mandate to be agreed in consultations co-ordinated by the Chairman" with the understanding that such a working party would not be "a substitute for dispute settlement but [would serve] to make a contribution to the improvements drafting exercise [leading to the amendment of the Tokyo round GPR."