United States - Laws, Regulations and Methodology for Calculating Dumping Margins (''Zeroing'') - Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by the European Communities - Request for Consultations

World Trade Organization WT/DS294/22 12 July 2007 (07-2961) Original: English united states – laws, regulations and methodology for calculating dumping margins ("zeroing") Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by the European Communities Request for Consultations The following communication, dated 9 July 2007, from the delegation of the European Communities to the delegation of the United States and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance with Article 21.5 of the DSU. _______________ On 9 May 2006, the Dispute Settlement Body (the "DSB") adopted the Appellate Body Report and the Panel Report, as modified by the Appellate Body, in the case WT/DS294 "United States – Laws, Regulations and Methodology for Calculating Dumping Margins ("Zeroing")". The resulting DSB rulings found that the United States' administrative practice (the zeroing methodology in original investigations in which the weighted-average-to-