GD/270

EEC - Member States' Import Regime for Bananas

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Other titles

EEC (Member States) - Bananas I (Source: GATT Analytical Index)

Parties

Complainant
Colombia
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Venezuela
Respondent
EEC
EEC-12
Third Parties
Cameroon
Côte d'Ivoire
Madagascar
Senegal
Japan
Korea
Philippines
Brazil
Chile
Cuba
Jamaica
Mexico

Products at Issue

Products at issue
Bananas
Type of product
Agricultural
Product sub-type
Fruits and dried fruits

Related disputes

GATT
Related GD
GD/279
WTO
Related WTO Dispute
WT/DS16
WT/DS27
WT/DS105
WT/DS158
WT/DS165
WT/DS361
WT/DS364

Key legal aspects

Legal basis
  • GATT Article XXII:1
Claims raised
  • GATT Article I
  • GATT Article II
  • GATT Article XI:1
  • GATT Article XIII
  • GATT Article XXIII:2
  • GATT Article XXIV
  • GATT Article XXXVII:1(a)
  • GATT Part IV
  • GATT Article VIII
  • GATT Article XXIII:1(b)
Defences raised
  • GATT Article XI:2(c)(i)
  • GATT Article XXIV

Adjudicators

Type Panel
Chairperson Indrapasad Gordhanbhai Patel (I.G.Patel) (India)
Other members Naoko Saiki (Japan), Peter Hamilton (New Zealand)

Report

Type Panel
Legal basis at issue
  • GATT Article XXII:1
Claims at issue
  • GATT Article I
  • GATT Article II
  • GATT Article VIII
  • GATT Article XI:1
  • GATT Article XIII
  • GATT Article XXIII:1(b)
  • GATT Article XXIII:2
  • GATT Article XXIV
  • GATT Article XXXVII:1(a)
  • GATT Part IV
Defences at issue
  • GATT Article XI:2(c)(i)
  • GATT Article XXIV
No of Pages (total / legal reasoning) 83 (and 5 annex)
  • -
  • Inconsistency found
  • Judicial economy exercised
  • Judicial economy exercised
  • Inconsistency found
  • Judicial economy exercised
  • Judicial economy exercised
  • Not in report conclusions
  • Inconsistency found
  • Not in report conclusions
  • Judicial economy exercised
  • Defence found to be inapplicable
  • Defence found to be inapplicable

Timeline

Request for consultations
Request for establishment
Establishment
Composition
Report

Outcome

Outcome of the proceedings
Report issued
Additional Info DS32/2 (29/09/1992) Communication from Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Venezuela (21/09/1992) Request for good offices in an ex-officio capacity to facilitate a satisfactory solution (Decision of 1966 on the Procedures under Article XXIII, para.1).

DS32/6 (16/02/1993) Report to the Council by the DG (09/02/1993) "no mutually satisfactory solution".

C/M/261 (12/03/1993) Minutes of Council Meeting (10/02/1993) Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, Madagascar and Senegal expressed their wish to participate in the work of the Panel. Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Japan, Korea, mexico and the Philippines reserved their rights to be heard by the Panel as interested third parties.



Note: document DS32/4 is also numbered DS38/2 and document DS32/5 is also numbered DS38/3.