WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS48/18
9 June 1999
(99-2331)
Original:  English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – MEASURES CONCERNING
MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS (HORMONES)
Request by the European Communities for Arbitration
under Article 22.6 of the DSU
The following communication, dated 2 June 1999, from the Permanent Delegation of the
European Commission to the Chairman of the Disp ute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to
Article 22.6 of the DSU.
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My authorities have requested me to inform you that, pursuant to Article 22.6 of the DSU, the
European Communities object to the level of suspension proposed by Canada in documentWT/DS48/17.  The European Communities believe that the figure of Canadian $75 million of annual
trade proposed by Canada is far higher than the actual level of nullification or impairment of benefits
suffered by this Member because of the measures on meat and meat products maintained by the
European Communities.  The European Communities, th erefore, request that this matter be referred to
arbitration.
The European Communities also ask the arbitrat ors to request Canada to submit a list with
proposed suspension of concessions equivalent to the level of nullification or impairment once this
has been determined by the arbitrators in accordance with Article 22.7 of the DSU in conjunction with
Article 22.4 of the DSU.
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