GD/30

German Import Duties on Starch and Potato Flour

Other titles

Germany Starch Duties (Source: GATT Analytical Index)

Parties

Complainant
Respondent
Third Parties

Products at Issue

Products at issue
Potato flour, starch and their derivatives
Type of product
Agricultural
Product sub-type
Grains/Flour

Related disputes

GATT
WTO

Key legal aspects

Legal basis
  • n.a.
Claims raised
  • Torquay undertakings
Defences raised
  • n.a.

Adjudicators

Type Panel on Complaints
Chairperson L.K. Jha (India)
Other members Mr. G.A. Rattigan (Australia), Alvaro Muñoz (Chile), Gunnar Seidenfaden (Denmark), Dr. H.E. Priester (Dominican Republic), G. J. F. Steyn (South Africa), R.C.S. Koelmeyer (Ceylon)

Report

Type Panel on Complaints
Legal basis at issue
  • n.a.
Claims at issue
  • Torquay undertakings
Defences at issue
  • n.a.
No of Pages (total / legal reasoning) 3 (and 1 annex)
  • -
  • No finding in light of mutually agreed solution
  • No finding in light of mutually agreed solution

Timeline

Request for consultations
Request for establishment
Establishment
Composition
Report
Mutually agreed solution
  • (07/02/1955)

Outcome

Outcome of the proceedings
Report issued, mutually agreed solution
Additional Info W.9/178 (07/02/1955) Report of the Panel on Complaints: The Panel examined the complaint that Germany had failed to bring down to the level of Benelux rates the German duties on cereal starch and potato flour as well as some derivatives, as agreed during the Torquay negotiations. An offer was made by Germany to request its Parliament to reduce certain such rates and to enter further negotiations regarding others. This offer was accepted by the Benelux representatives and the Panel recommended that note be taken of this report and that the item be removed from the agenda.

SR.9/34 (22/02/1955) CP Ninth Session - Summary Record of the Thirty-Fourth Meeting (16/02/1955) CP "took note of the report of the Panel on Complaints." (Original underlined.)