WORLD TRADE WT/DS90/9
24February 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0679)
INDIA -QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ONIMPORTS OF
AGRICULTURAL, TEXTILE AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Constitution ofthePanel Established attheRequest oftheUnited States
Note bytheSecretariat
1. Atitsmeeting on18November 1997, theDispute Settlement Body (DSB) established apanel
attherequest made bytheUnited States (WT/DSB/M/39).
2. Atthatmeeting, theparties tothedispute agreed thatthePanel should havestandard terms
ofreference. Theterms ofreference arethefollowing:
"Toexamine, inlightoftherelevant provisions ofthecovered agreements citedby
theUnited States inWT/DS90/8, thematter referred totheDSBbytheUnited States
inthatdocument andtomake suchfindings aswillassist theDSB inmaking the
recommendations oringiving therulings provided forinthose agreements".
3. On10February 1998, theUnited States requested theDirector-General todetermine the
composition ofthePanel, pursuant toparagraph 7ofArticle 8oftheDSU. Paragraph 7ofArticle 8
provides:
"Ifthere isnoagreement onthepanelists within 20days after thedateofthe
establishment ofapanel, attherequest ofeither party, theDirector-General, in
consultation withtheChairman oftheDSBandtheChairman oftherelevant Council
orCommittee, shalldetermine thecomposition ofthepanel byappointing thepanelists
whom theDirector-General considers mostappropriate inaccordance withanyrelevant
specialoradditionalrulesorproceduresofthecoveredagreementorcoveredagreements
which areatissueinthedispute, afterconsulting withtheparties tothedispute. The
Chairman oftheDSBshallinform theMembers ofthecomposition ofthepanel thus
formed nolaterthan10daysafterthedatetheChairman receives sucharequest".
4. On20February 1998, theDirector-General accordingly composed thePanel asfollows:
Chairman: Ambassador Celso Lafer
Members: Professor PaulDemaret
Professor Richard Snape
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