WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS27/51/Add.1
8 September 1999
(99-3755)
Original:  English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – REGIME FOR THE IMPORTATION,
SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BANANAS
Status Report by the European Communities
Addendum
The following communication, dated 7 September 1999, from the Permanent Delegation of
the European Commission to the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Article 21.6 of
the DSU.
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Status Report on the Implementation of the Recommendations and Rulings in the
 Dispute regarding European Communities – Regime for the Importation,
Sale and Distribution of Bananas
1. At the July DSB meeting the objective of presenting a proposal for amendments to the banana
regime was indicated to Members.
2. Since that time discussions with interested Members have continued and intensified.  It
appears that most parties would prefer that a tariff rate quota system be maintained, at least in the
short term.  However, notwithstanding the indications in the report of the Ecuador, there continues to
be wide divergence of views on both the acceptability of the possible mechanisms of such a system
and on which solutions would be WTO consistent.
3. On 22 September an update of the situation will be presented to the DSB.
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