GD/280

United States - Definitive Affirmative Injury Determinations Concerning certain Carbon Steel Flat Products from several Member States of the EEC

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US Lead and Bismuth I (Source: GATT Analytical Index)

Parties

Complainant
EEC
EEC-12
Respondent
United States
Third Parties
Brazil
Canada
Japan
New Zealand

Products at Issue

Products at issue
Steel products
Type of product
Non-agricultural
Product sub-type
Steel products

Related disputes

GATT
Related GD
GD/294
GD/302
WTO

Key legal aspects

Legal basis
  • SCM Article 17:3
  • SCM Article 3
Claims raised
  • GATT (no specific provision)
  • SCM Article 1
  • SCM Article 4:2
Defences raised
  • n.a.

Adjudicators

Type Panel
Chairperson Hardeep Puri (India)
Other members Patrick Robertson (Australia), Maamoun Abdel-Fattah (Egypt)

Report

Type Panel
Legal basis at issue
  • SCM Article 17:3
  • SCM Article 3
Claims at issue
  • GATT (no specific provision)
  • SCM Article 1
  • SCM Article 4:2
Defences at issue
  • n.a.
No of Pages (total / legal reasoning) 178 (and 16 annex)
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  • -
  • No inconsistency found
  • Inconsistency found
  • Inconsistency found
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Timeline

Request for consultations
Request for conciliation
Conciliation meeting
Request for establishment
Establishment
Composition
Report

Outcome

Outcome of the proceedings
Report issued
Additional Info SCM/159 (16/02/1993) Certain Steel Products: Definitive and Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations. Request for consultations with US under SCM 3 (02/02/1993) regarding the preliminary countervailing duty determinations by the USDOC.SCM/159/Add.1 (17/02/1993) Certain Steel Products: Definitive and Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations. Request for Consultations - Communication from the EC (12/02/1993).

SCM/167 (16/04/1993) United States : Preliminary and Definitive Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determinations on Certain Steel Products. Conciliation request (14/04/1993) under SCM Article 17 following consultations on 26/02/1993, 29-30/03/1993 and 30/09/1993 without a mutually agreed solution. Measures: (1) definitive affirmative countervailing duty determinations regarding hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steels, and (2) preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determinations regarding cut-to-length carbon steel flat products, certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products, certain cold-rolled carbon steel flat products, and certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products.

SCM/167/Add.1 (02/06/1993) Communication from the EC (27/04/1993) Details on US measures claimed to be in violation of SCM Article 4:2.

SCM/169 (25/05/1993) United States - Imposition of Definitive Countervailing Duties on Imports of Certain Steel Products Originating in Several Member States of the European Community. Request of Establishment of a Panel under SCM Article 17:3 (19/05/1993). Measures: definitive countervailing duty determinations regarding hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products.

SCM/M/65 (31/08/1993) Committee on SCM Meeting Minutes (28-29/04/1993). United States - Definitive affirmative countervailing duty determination on import of certain hot-rolled lead and bismuth carbon steel products from France, Germany and the United Kingdom and preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determinations on imports of certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate of certain hot-rolled, cold-rolled and corrosion resistant flat products from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Request for conciliation. There was no mutually agreed solution.

SCM/M/66 (21/09/1993) Committee on SCM Meeting Minutes (04/06/1993). Contracting Parties reserved their rights to intervene as a third party before the panel: Canada, Japan, Brazil, Sweden, Austria, Australia. Panel established and composition to be decided by Chairman in consultation with parties.

SCM/173 (03/08/1993) United States - Imposition of a Definitive Countervailing Duty on Imports of Certain Steel Products Originating in France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Communication from the Chairman (04/06/1993) on Panel terms of reference and composition.

SCM/185 (15/11/1994) United States - Imposition of Countervailing Duties on Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products Originating in France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Report of the Panel (14/10/1994).