UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON

DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY SEMICONDUCTORS

(DRAMS) OF ONE MEGABIT OR ABOVE FROM KOREA

Recourse by Korea to Article 21.5 of the DSU

Communication from the Chairman of the Panel

            The following communication, dated 1 September 2000 and addressed to the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance with Article 21.5 of the DSU.

_______________

            Article 21.5 of the DSU stipulates that a panel examining the existence or consistency with a covered agreement of measures taken to comply with the recommendations and rulings by the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) shall circulate its report within 90 days after referral of the matter to it.  Article 21.5 further provides that when a panel considers that it cannot issue its report within 90 days, it shall inform the DSB in writing of the reasons for the delay together with an estimate of the period within which it will issue its report.

            At its meeting of 25 April 2000, the DSB decided, in accordance with Article 21.5, to refer to the original panel the matter raised by Korea in WT/DS99/8.  I wish to inform you that the Panel does not expect to be able to circulate its report to the Members within the 90 days provided for in the DSU, due to the short timeframes provided for in the timetable. 

            The Panel expects to be able to circulate its report to Members by the middle of October 2000.