DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
draft Annual Report (2018)
The Report was prepared pursuant to the
Procedures for an Annual Overview of WTO Activities and for Reporting under the
WTO (WT/L/105), and sets out the actions taken by the Dispute Settlement Body
(DSB) in the period since its previous Annual Report.[1]
In carrying out its tasks, the DSB held 17
meetings since the period covered by the previous Report. The minutes of these
meetings, which remain the record of the DSB's work, are contained in documents
WT/DSB/M/404 – WT/DSB/M/420[2]
and should be read in conjunction with this Report.
The following matters are included in this
Report:
Table of Contents
1 Election of
Chairperson.. 2
2 Appointment/reappointment of Appellate
Body Members. 2
3 Indicative List of Governmental and
Non-governmental Panelists. 5
4 Establishment of Panels and Requests for
Establishment of Panels. 5
5 Adoption of Appellate Body/Panel Reports. 8
6 Statements of Intentions in Respect of
Implementation Pursuant to Article 21.3 of the DSU 10
7 Status Reports on Progress in the
Implementation of the Recommendations Adopted by the DSB. 11
8 Matters Raised by Members Pursuant to Article 21.6
of the DSU (Surveillance and Implementation). 12
9 Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU
(Compliance Panel). 13
10 Recourse to Article 22 of the DSU
(Compensation and Suspension of Concessions) 13
11 Other Matters. 14
12 Conclusion.. 16