GD/99

EEC - Refunds on Exports of Malted Barley

Other titles

Export Refunds Malted Barley

Parties

Complainant
Respondent
Third Parties

Products at Issue

Products at issue
Malted barley
Type of product
Agricultural
Product sub-type
Grains/Flour

Related disputes

GATT
WTO

Key legal aspects

Legal basis
  • GATT Article XXIII
Claims raised
  • GATT Article XVI
Defences raised
  • n.a.

Adjudicators

Type DG Good Offices
Chairperson
Other members

Report

Type DG Good Offices
Legal basis at issue
  • GATT Article XXIII
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 L/4392 (08/09/1976) Communication from Chile (06/09/1976) requesting the matter be placed on the agenda of the GATT Council. C/M/123 (23/11/1977) Minutes of Council Meeting (11/11/1977) "The Chairman pointed out that under the special procedures under Article XXIII, adopted by the Decision of 5 April 1966, the matter would be referred, in the first instance, to the Director-General so that he might use his good offices with a view to facilitating a solution. The Council was, therefore, not required to take any action at this stage, but might be required to do so at a later stage in accordance with the above-mentioned procedures. (...) [S]uggested that the matter might be reverted later so as to enable bilateral consultations to be carried out."

C/M/125 (30/05/1978) Minutes of Council Meeting (17/05/1978) Three bilateral consultations had been held, but it had not been possible to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution. "The Council took note that the matter was now referred by Chile to the Director-General under the Decision of 5 April 1966 so that, acting acting in an ex-officio capacity, the Director-General might use his good offices with a view to facilitating a solution."

SCM/W/48 (11/05/1983) Negotiating History of Article 18.9 and the Treatment of Reports of Working Parties and Panels under Article XXIII of the General Agreement - SCM Committee - Factual Note by the Secretariat: Reported as an Article XXIII complaint, referred to the Council and good offices of the Director-General.