WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS266/9
15 October 2002
(02-5553)
Original:  English
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – EXPORT SUBSIDIES ON SUGAR
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from Jamaica
The following communication, dated 10 October 2002, from the Permanent Mission of
Jamaica to the Permanent Delegation of the European Commission, the Permanent Mission of Brazil
and to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance with Article 4.11 of
the DSU.
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Upon instruction from my authorities, I hereby  convey the request of the Government of
Jamaica to be joined in the consultations between the European Communities (EC), Australia andBrazil, in accordance with Article 4.11 of the Dis pute Settlement Understand ing (DSU), and pursuant
to the communications from the Permanent Missio ns of Australia and Brazil directed to the
Permanent Delegation of the European Commission, entitled "European Communities - Export
Subsidies on Sugar", and which were recently circulated as documents WT/DS265/1, G/L/569,
G/AG/GEN/52, G/ SM/D47/1 and WT/DS266/1, G/L/ 570, G/AG/GEN/5 3, G/SCM/D48/1,
respectively.
As you are aware, the aforementioned communications, inter alia, request consultations with
the European Communities pursuant to Article 4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures
Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU), Article XXII:1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade 1994 (GATT 1994), Article 19 of the Agreement on Agriculture, and Articles 4 and 30 of the
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  (SCM Agreement) with respect to the EC's
Common Organization of the Market in sugar and its application and implementation, and export
subsidies provided by the EC to the sugar sector.
In light of the substantial trade interest of Jamaica as a supplier to the EC sugar market, I have
been instructed to convey to the European Commun ities the desire of Jamaica to be joined in the
consultations between the EC, Australia and Brazil.
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