GD/39

German Turnover Tax as Applied to Imports of Printed Matter

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Parties

Complainant
Netherlands
Respondent
Germany, Fed. Rep.
Third Parties

Products at Issue

Products at issue
Printed matter
Type of product
Non-agricultural
Product sub-type
Paper products

Related disputes

GATT
WTO

Key legal aspects

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Claims raised
  • GATT Article III
Defences raised
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Adjudicators

Type
Chairperson
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Report

Type
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Request for consultations

Outcome

Outcome of the proceedings
Consultations held
Additional Info SR.11/16 (26/11/1956) Contracting Parties Eleventh Session - Summary Record of the Sixteenth Meeting (16/11/1956) Netherlands: "hoped it would prove possible to settle the matter satisfactorily through bilateral consultation and in these circumstances he proposed that the complain may need not be examined by the Contracting Parties." Germany "hoped that bilateral talks (...) would lead to a satisfactory solution." Austria: had an interest in the matter, agreed with the views in the Netherlands complaint and "might wish to discuss the question with the German delegation". The Chairman and the Contracting Parties hoped a satisfactory solution could be reached in consultations.