GD/214

EEC - Restrictions on Exports of Copper Scrap

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EEC Copper Scrap (Source: GATT Analytical Index)

Parties

Complainant
United States
Respondent
EEC
EEC-12
Third Parties

Products at Issue

Products at issue
Copper scrap
Type of product
Non-agricultural
Product sub-type
Other metal products

Related disputes

GATT
WTO

Key legal aspects

Legal basis
  • GATT Article XXIII:1
Claims raised
  • GATT Article XI:1
Defences raised
  • GATT Article XI:2(a)

Adjudicators

Type Panel
Chairperson Hassan Sampurna Kartadjoemena (Indonesia)
Other members Sandor Simon (Hungary), Crawford Falconer (New Zealand)

Report

Type Panel
Legal basis at issue
  • GATT Article XXIII:1
Claims at issue
  • GATT Article XI:1
Defences at issue
  • GATT Article XI:2(a)
No of Pages (total / legal reasoning) 1
  • -
  • No finding - withdrawal or modification of measure
  • No finding - withdrawal or modification of measure

Timeline

Request for consultations
  • (10/05/1989)
Request for establishment
Establishment
Composition
Report
Adoption of report
Mutually agreed solution

Outcome

Outcome of the proceedings
Withdrawal or modification of measure, report adopted, mutually agreed solution
Additional Info DS5/R "On 18 January 1990 the members of the Panel were informed that as result of bilateral consultations between the United States and the EEC, the matter referred to the Panel had been satisfactorily resolved, and that the United States formally requested that the dispute settlement proceedings of the Panel currently underway be terminated."

Note: The Report of the Panel (DS5/R) reported a mutually agreed solution.