European Communities - Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas - Communication from Guatemala, Honduras, Panama and the United States
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- WT/DS27/42
World Trade
Organization WT/DS27/42
12 January 1999 (99-0083) Original: English
european communities - regime for the importation,
sale and distribution of bananas
Communication from Guatemala, Honduras, Panama and the United States
The following communication, dated 11 January 1999, from the Permanent Missions of Guatemala, Honduras, Panama and the United States to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated at the request of these delegations.
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We are writing to express our objection to the European Community (EC) efforts made in sessions of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 15 December and 21 December to circumvent the normal DSB rules and procedures. We consider that the DSB actions sought by the European Community at those sessions concerning the bananas dispute went beyond the express and delimited purpose of those sessions, and therefore the DSB cannot conclude that the discussions at those sessions con