GATT Disputes

GD/90

Canada/European Communities - Article XXVIII Rights with respect to Wheat

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Parties

Complainant	Canada
Respondent	EEC EEC-9
Third Parties

Products at Issue

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

Related disputes

GATT
WTO

Key legal aspects

Legal basis	GATT Article XXIII:1(c) GATT Article XXIII:2
Claims raised	GATT Article XXIV:6 GATT Article XXVIII
Defences raised	n.a.

Adjudicators

Type	Panel
Chairperson
Other members

Report

Type	Panel
Legal basis at issue	GATT Article XXIII:1(c) GATT Article XXIII:2
Claims at issue
Defences at issue	n.a.

No of Pages (total / legal reasoning)
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Timeline

Request for consultations	L/4107 (04/11/1974)
Request for establishment	C/M/101 (08/11/1974) C/W/250 (08/11/1974) C/M/101/Corr.1 (n.a.)
Establishment	C/M/102 (29/11/1974)
Mutually agreed solution	C/W/259 (21/03/1975)

Outcome

Outcome of the proceedings	Consultations held, mutually agreed solution
Additional Info	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 "Panel never met due to agreement reached between the parties in March 1975."