DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
ANNUAL REPORT (2022)
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 16 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/458
– WT/DSB/M/473[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
of Appellate Body Members. 2
3 INDICATIVE
LIST OF GOVERNMENTAL AND NON‑GOVERNMENTAL PANELISTS. 4
4 Adoption of
the 2022 draft annual report of the dsb. 4
5
Establishment of Panels and Requests for Establishment of Panels. 4
6 adoption of
panel reports. 5
7 statements
of intentions with respect to the implementation of the DSB recommendations and
rulings. 5
8 Status
Reports on Progress in the Implementation of the Recommendations Adopted by the
DSB. 6
9 Matters
Raised by Members Pursuant to Article 21.6 of the DSU (Surveillance and
Implementation). 7
10 Other
Matters. 7
11 Conclusion.. 9
[2] This
Report includes activities that took place during meetings of the DSB from 29 November 2021
through 28 November 2022.