GATT Disputes

GD/84

EEC - Compensatory Taxes on Imports

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Parties

Complainant	United States
Respondent	EEC EEC-6
Third Parties

Products at Issue

Products at issue	Agricultural products
Type of product	Agricultural
Product sub-type	Mixed ag-products

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Key legal aspects

Legal basis	GATT Article XXIII:1
Claims raised	GATT Article II GATT Article XXIII
Defences raised	n.a.

Adjudicators

Type
Chairperson
Other members

Report

Type
Legal basis at issue	GATT Article XXIII:1
Claims at issue
Defences at issue	n.a.

No of Pages (total / legal reasoning)
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Timeline

Request for consultations	(01/01/1972)
Request for establishment	L/3715 (23/06/1972) L/3715/Add.1 (23/06/1972)
Mutually agreed solution	C/M/80 (28/09/1972)
Request withdrawn	C/M/80 (28/09/1972)

Outcome

Outcome of the proceedings	Consultations held, mutually agreed solution, request withdrawn
Additional Info	C/M/80 (28/09/1972) Minutes of Council Meeting (19/09/1972) EEC: Compensatory taxes abolished on large amount of items, and effort to suppress the compensatory taxes on the remaining items. US: Prepared to defer further action but reserved the right to raise the matter if necessary. The Council agreed not to pursue the matter at this stage but to keep it on the agenda.