UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000
COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION
The following communication, dated 27 May 2025, was received from the delegation of the European Union with the request that it be circulated
to the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB).
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On 26 November 2004, the Dispute
Settlement Body ("DSB") granted authorization to the European Union
to suspend concessions and related obligations under the General Agreement on
Tariff and Trade 1994 ("GATT 1994") in accordance with the decision
of the Arbitrator in United States ‑
Continued Dumping and Subsidies Offset Act of 2000. The
authorization was made pursuant to the European Union request (WT/DS217/39)
made under Article 22.7 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing
the Settlement of Disputes ("DSU"). In that request, the European
Communities undertook to notify the DSB every year the list of products on
which the additional import duty would apply, prior to the entry into force of
a level of suspension of concessions.
On 29 April 2005, the European Union
notified the DSB that it was suspending, as of 1 May 2005, the application
of concessions and related obligations under GATT 1994 on imports of certain
products originating in the United States of America (WT/DS217/47). The duty
rate was modified on 1 May 2006 (WT/DS217/49), on 1 May 2007 (WT/DS217/51), on
1 May 2008 (WT/DS217/53), on 1 May 2009 (WT/DS217/55), on 1 May 2010
(WT/DS 217/57), on 1 May 2011 (WT/DS217/59), on 1 May 2012 (WT/DS217/61), on 1
May 2013 (WT/DS217/63), on 1 May 2014 (WT/DS217/65), on 1 May 2015
(WT/DS217/67), on 1 May 2016 (WT/DS217/69), on 1 May 2017 (WT/DS217/71), on 1
May 2018 (WT/DS217/73), on 1 May 2019 (WT/DS217/75), on 1 May 2020
(WT/DS217/77), on 1 May 2021 (WTO/DS217/80), on 1 May 2022 (WT/DS217/81), on 1
May 2023 (WT/DS217/84) and on 1 May 2024 (WT/DS217/85).
The European Union's level of
authorised suspension established through arbitration under Article 22.6
of the DSU for the year starting on 1 May 2025 (calculated on the basis of the
CDSOA Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024, published by U.S. Customs and Border
Protection) is negligible. Therefore, the additional import duty is suspended.
The European Union retains its rights under Article 22 of the DSU.
The European Union kindly asks the
Secretariat to circulate this notification to the Members of the DSB.
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