WORLD TRADE WT/DS51/6
19August 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3247)
Original: English
BRAZIL -CERTAIN AUTOMOTIVE INVESTMENT MEASURES
Request toJoinConsultations
Communication from Canada
Thefollowing communication, dated 12August 1996, fromthePermanent Mission Canada tothe
Permanent Missions ofJapan andBrazil andtotheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated inaccordance
withArticle 4.11oftheDSU.
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Pursuant toparagraph 11ofArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing
theSettlement ofDisputes, theGovernment ofCanada hereby notifies youthatduetoitssubstantial
tradeinterest, itdesires tobejoined intheconsultations under Article XXII oftheGeneral Agreement
onTariffs andTrade 1994 requested bythePermanent Mission ofJapan inGeneva byletter dated
30July1996, (WT/DS51/1; 6August 1996), regarding certain automotive investment measures (the
"Measures") ofBrazil, which havebeenintroduced bytheGovernment ofBrazil inDecember 1995
inaccordance withProvisional Measure of1,235 andDecree 1,761 andhavebeensuccessively extended
andmodified bytheGovernment ofBrazil.