WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS265/10
16 October 2002
(02-5591)
Original:  English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – EXPORT SUBSIDIES ON SUGAR
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from Zimbabwe
The following communication, dated 9 October 2002, from the Permanent Mission of
Zimbabwe to the Permanent Delegation of the European Commission, the Permanent Mission of
Australia and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance with
Article 4.11 of the DSU.
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I make reference to the Communications from the Permanent Missions of Australia and Brazil
addressed to the Permanent Delegation of the European Commission and to the Chairman of the
Dispute Settlement Body entitled "European Co mmunities - Export Subsidies on Sugar" and which
were circulated on 1 October 2002, in accordance with Article 4.4 of the DSU, as Documents
WT/DS265/1, G/L/569, G/AG/ GEN/52 and G/SCM/D47/1 and WT/DS266/1, G/L/570,
G/AG/GEN/53 and G/SCM/D48/1, respectively.
The Communications refer to consultation being sought with the European Communities (EC)
pursuant to Article 4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of
Disputes (DSU), Article XXII:1 of the Genera l Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994),
Article 19 of the Agreement on Agriculture, and Articles 4 and 30 of the Agreement on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures (SCM Agreement) regarding the EC's Common Organisation of the Market
in sugar and its application and implementation,  and to  the export subsidies provided by the EC to the
sugar sector, respectively.
In view of Zimbabwe's substantial trade interest in this matter as a supplier of sugar to the EC
market, Zimbabwe is interested to join in the consultations between the EC, Australia and Brazil
pursuant to Article 4.11 of the DSU.
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