WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS266/17
18 October 2002
(02-5687)
Original:  French
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – EXPORT SUBSIDIES ON SUGAR
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from Madagascar
The following communication, dated 11 October 2002, from the Permanent Mission of
Madagascar to the Permanent Delegation of the European Commission, the Permanent Mission of
Brazil 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 have the honour to refer 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 Communities - Export Subsidies on Sugar" and
which have been 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 consultations 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 General 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) with respect to the EC's Common
Organisation of the Market in sugar and its application and implementation and to the export subsidiesprovided by the EC to the sugar sector, respectively.
In view of the substantial trade interest of Madagascar as a supplier to the EC sugar market, I
wish to notify you of the desire of Madagascar to be joined in the consultations between the EC,
Australia and Brazil pursuant to Article 4.11 of the DSU.
I await your reply to this request.
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