Appellate Body - Annual report for 2019 - July 2020

APPELLATE BODY

 

 

ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2019-2020

 

  

july 2020

 

The Appellate Body welcomes comments and inquiries
regarding this Annual Report at the
following address:

 

Appellate Body Secretariat

World Trade Organization

Rue de Lausanne 154

CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland

<https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/appellate_body_e.htm>


 

CONTENTS

Foreword. 7

1   Introduction.. 10

2   Composition of the Appellate Body. 13

3   Appeals. 15

3.1   Appellate Body Report, US – Large Civil Aircraft (2nd complaint) (Article 21.5 – EU), WT/DS353/AB/RW.. 17

3.2   Appellate Body Report, Korea – Import Bans, and Testing and Certification
Requirements for Radionuclides
, WT/DS495/AB/R. 43

3.3   Appellate Body Report, United States – Countervailing Duty Measures on Certain
Products from China – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by China
, WT/DS437/AB/RW.. 52

3.4   Appellate Body Report, Korea – Anti-Dumping Duties on Pneumatic Valves from Japan, WT/DS504/AB/R. 69

3.5   Appellate Body Report, Ukraine – Anti‑Dumping Measures on Ammonium Nitrate, WT/DS493/AB/R. 93

3.6   Appellate Body Report, Morocco – Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Hot-Rolled
Steel from Turkey
, WT/DS513/AB/R. 103

3.7   Appellate Body Report, Russia – Measures Affecting the Importation of
Railway Equipment and Parts Thereof
, WT/DS499/AB/R. 104

3.8   Appellate Body Report, United States – Countervailing Measures on
Supercalendered Paper from Canada
, WT/DS505/AB/R. 115

3.9   Appellate Body Reports, Australia – Certain Measures Concerning Trademarks,
Geographical Indications and Other Plain Packaging Requirements applicable to
Tobacco Products and Packaging
, WT/DS435/AB/R, WT/DS441/AB/R. 118

4   Participants and Third Participants in Appeals. 142

5   Procedural issues arising in appeals. 142

5.1   Consolidation of appeal proceedings. 142

5.2   Treatment of confidential information. 142

5.3   Treatment of late submissions. 145

5.4   Time limits for the filing of written submissions. 145

5.5   Requests regarding the conduct of the oral hearing. 146

5.6   Transition. 148

5.7   Reasons for the extension of the time period for the circulation of Appellate Body
reports. 148

5.8   Withdrawal of an appeal 148

5.9   Amici curiae submissions. 148

6   Arbitrations under Article 21.3(c) of the DSU. 148

6.1   Ukraine – Anti-Dumping Measures on Ammonium Nitrate, WT/DS493/RPT. 149

7   Other activities. 153

7.1   Digital Dispute Settlement Registry (DDSR) / Disputes Online Registry Application
(DORA) 153

7.2   The John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition on WTO Law. 155

7.3   Technical assistance activities. 156


 

ANNEX 1. 157

ANNEX 2. 160

ANNEX 3. 164

ANNEX 4. 168

ANNEX 5. 171

ANNEX 6. 174

ANNEX 7. 176

ANNEX 8. 178

ANNEX 9. 180