UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000

Communication from THE EUROPEAN UNION

The following communication, dated 11 May 2017, from the delegation of the European Union to the Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated at the request of that delegation.

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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.