WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS154/5
5 January 1999
(99-0013)
Original:  Spanish
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - MEASURES AFFECTING DIFFERENTIAL
AND FAVOURABLE TREATMENT OF COFFEE
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from Bolivia
The following communication, dated 21 December 1998, from the Permanent Mission of
Bolivia to the Permanent Delegation of the European Commission and the Chairman of the Dispute
Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance with Article 4.11 of the DSU.
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The Government of Bolivia notes the request for consultations made by Brazil concerning the
special treatment granted by the European Comm unity to products originating in Andean Group
countries and Central American Common Market countries (document WT/DS154/1 of
11 December 1998).
Pursuant to preambular paragraph 15, Article 3, and Annex V of Regulation 1256 of 1996,
Bolivia is a beneficiary of tariff preferences granted to countries conducting effective programmes to
combat drug production and trafficking.  As a significant part of our trade with the European
Community is covered by these preferences, Bolivia has a substantial trade interest in this matter.
The Government of Bolivia therefore requests to be joined in this consultation procedure in
accordance with Article 4, paragraph 11, of the DSU.
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