WORLD TRADE WT/DS69/4
29April 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1782)
Original: English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES -MEASURES AFFECTING THE
IMPORTATION OFCERTAIN POULTRY PRODUCTS
Notification ofanAppeal byBrazil under
paragraph 4ofArticle 16oftheUnderstanding onRules
andProcedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes (DSU)
Thefollowing notification, dated 29April 1998, sentbyBrazil totheDispute Settlement Body
(DSB), iscirculated toMembers. Thisnotification alsoconstitutes theNotice ofAppeal, filedonthe
same daywiththeAppellate Body, pursuant totheWorking Procedures forAppellate Review .
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Pursuant toparagraph 4ofArticle 16oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures Governing
theSettlement ofDisputes andRule20oftheWorking Procedures onAppellate Review, Brazil hereby
notifiesitsdecisiontoappealtotheAppellateBodycertainissuesoflawcovered,andlegalinterpretations
developed, inthepanel report onEuropean Communities -Measures Affecting theImportation ofCertain
Poultry Products (WT/DS69/R, dated 12March 1998).
Brazil requests thattheAppellate Body review anumber oferrors oflawandlegalinterpretation
developed bythePanel inthisreport. Theerrors oflawandlegalinterpretations tobereviewed include
thefollowing:
1. thePanel erred initsapplication ofcustomary rulesofinterpretation ofinternational
law,within theterms ofArticle 3(2)oftheDispute Settlement Understanding, tothe
Brazil ECOilseeds Agreement concluded in1993 within theterms ofGATT Article
XXVIII, infinding thatthepoultry tariffratequota (TRQ) opened onthebasisofthat
Agreement wasnotexclusively forthebenefit ofBrazil;
2. thePanel erred initsapplication ofthesame customary rules ofinterpretation of
international law,within theterms ofArticle 3(2)oftheDSU, toGATT Article XXVIII
infinding thatthere isnoprovision intheWTO agreements ingeneral, orinGATT
Article XXVIII inparticular, thatallows departure fromtheMFN principle inthecase
ofTRQs resulting from GATT Article XXVIII negotiations;
3. thePanel hasnotcomplied withitsobligations tomake anobjective assessment ofthe
matter before itinaccordance withArticle 11oftheDSU inthatitdidnotexamine
thepractice ofMembers which shows thatTRQs forthebenefit ofindividual Members
arecommonly agreed within theterms ofGATT;
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4. thePanel erred initslegal analysis, andapplication, ofGATT Article XIIIandin
particular didnotanalyse theagreement between Brazil andtheEConallocation of
theTRQ andinfinding, onthebasis ofsupplementary evidence only, thatthere was
nospecific agreement regarding theallocation oftheTRQ;
5. thePanel erred initslegalanalysis, andapplication, ofGATT Article XIIIinrespect
oftherights andobligations ofWTO Members inrelation tonon-Members inthe
administration ofTRQs;
6. thePanel erred initslegal analysis, andapplication, ofGATT Article Xandin
particular initsfinding that,astherulesfortheimportation ofpoultry products into
theECwere ofgeneral application only, theydidnotapply tospecific trade;
7. thePanel erred initsapplication oftheAgreement onImport Licensing Procedures
tothecasebefore itandinitsfinding thattheLicensing Agreement onlyapplies, in
theparticular casebefore it,toin-quota trade;
8. thePanel erred initslegalinterpretation oftheLicensing Agreement thatfalling market
share isnotarelevant facttobetaken intoconsideration inanalysing thequestion of
distortion oftrade andinfinding thatBrazil hadnotmettheburden ofproof required
toshow distortion oftrade.
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