Statement on a Mechanism for Developing, Documenting and Sharing
Practices and Procedures in the Conduct of WTO Disputes

Revision

The following communication, dated 5 February 2021, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Canada.

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Endorsements of the Mechanism for Developing, Documenting and Sharing Practices and Procedures in the Conduct of WTO Disputes and of Circulated Practice Documents

1.    The following Members have indicated their endorsement of the "Statement on a Mechanism for Developing, Documenting and Sharing Practices and Procedures in the Conduct of WTO Disputes" (JOB/DSB/1):

Australia; Brazil; Canada; Colombia; Costa Rica; European Union; Guatemala; Hong Kong, China; Israel; Japan; Korea; New Zealand; Norway; Singapore; Switzerland; Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu; Uruguay; Ukraine; Viet Nam

2.    Documents containing additional practices and procedures, which correspond to material identified in Paragraph 6(a) of the Statement, that have been circulated via the Mechanism, and the Members that endorse them, include:

Written Notifications (JOB/DSB/1/Add.2)

Australia; Canada; Israel; Japan; Norway; Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu

Transparency of Dispute Proceedings (JOB/DSB/1/Add.3)

Australia; Canada, European Union, Norway

Participation of Third Parties in Dispute Proceedings (JOB/DSB/1/Add.4)

Australia; Canada; European Union; Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu

Improving and Streamlining Dispute Proceedings (JOB/DSB/1/Add.5)

Australia; Canada; European Union

Panel Composition (JOB/DSB/1/Add.7)

Australia; Canada; Korea; Norway; Singapore; Viet Nam

Electronic Filing (JOB/DSB/1/Add.8)

Australia; Brazil; Canada; Colombia; Costa Rica; Japan; Korea; Norway; Singapore; Ukraine; Viet Nam

Responses to Third Party Requests to Participate in Consultations (JOB/DSB/1/Add.9)

Australia; Brazil; Canada; Colombia; Costa Rica; European Union; Japan; Korea; Norway; Singapore; Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu; Viet Nam

Publication of Working Procedures, Timetables, Working Schedules, and Preliminary or Procedural Rulings (JOB/DSB/1/Add.10)

Australia; Brazil; Canada; Colombia; European Union; Japan; Norway; Singapore

Use of Flexible Arrangements in Dispute Settlement Proceedings during the COVID-19 Pandemic (JOB/DSB/1/Add.13)

Australia; Brazil; Canada; Colombia;  Ecuador; European Union;  Guatemala;  Hong Kong, China;  Korea; Mexico; New  Zealand;  Peru; Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu; Singapore;  Switzerland; Ukraine; United Kingdom

3.    Any Member may add to the list above a document containing additional practices and procedures corresponding to the material identified in Paragraph 6(a), or may add or remove its endorsement of any document already circulated, including the Statement, by requesting the Secretariat to circulate a revision to this document. In addition, a Member that has issued a document containing additional practices and procedures may add or remove an endorsement for another Member, upon request of that Member, and request the Secretariat to circulate a revision to this document. Where a Member adds or removes an endorsement of a document already circulated, it will indicate this by underlining the new endorsement and striking through the removal of the endorsement. The underlining and strikethrough formatting should be removed in subsequent revisions.

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