WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS27/51/Add.15
22 January 2001
(01-0340)
Original:  English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – REGIME FOR THE IMPORTATION,
SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BANANAS
Status Report by the European Communities
Addendum
The following communication, dated 19 January 2001, from the Permanent Delegation of the
European Commission to the Chairman of the Disp ute 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
Since the circulation of its last status report, important steps in the internal decision making
process of the EC have taken place.  This means that the legal instrument modifying one part of the
EC banana trade regime, Council Regulation (EC) No 404/93, should be formally adopted andpublished in the Official Journal of the European Communities  shortly.  This paves the way for a
rapid implementation of the WTO–compatible new import regime, based on a "first come-first
served" (FCFS) system.
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