WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS58/18
8 November 2000
(00-4709)
UNITED STATES – IMPORT PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN SHRIMP
AND SHRIMP PRODUCTS
Recourse by Malaysia to Article 21.5 of the DSU
Constitution of the Panel
Note by the Secretariat
1. At its meeting on 23 October 2000, the Disp ute Settlement Body (DSB) decided, in
accordance with Article 21.5 of the DSU, to refer to the original panel the matter raised by Malaysia
in document WT/DS58/17.
2. At that DSB meeting, it was also agreed that the Panel should have standard terms of
reference as follows:
“To examine, in the light of the relevant provisions of the covered agreements cited
by Malaysia in document WT/DS58/17, the matter referred to the DSB by Malaysia
in that document and to make such findings as will assist the DSB in making the
recommendations or in giving the rulings provided for in those agreements.”
3. The Panel is composed as follows:
Chairperson: Mr. Michael Cartland
Members: Mr. Carlos Cozendey
Mr. Kilian Delbrück
4. Australia, Canada, Ecuador, the European Communities, Hong Kong, China, India, Japan,
Mexico, Pakistan and Thailand have reserved their third-party rights.
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