WORLD TRADE WT/DS73/4
GPA/D1/2
ORGANIZATION 8August 1997
(97-3345)
Original: English
JAPAN -PROCUREMENT OFANAVIGATION SATELLITE
Communication from theChairman ofthePanel
Thefollowing communication, dated 31July1997 andaddressed totheDispute Settlement
Body, iscirculated inaccordance withArticle 12.12 oftheDSU.
Myauthorities haverequested metoinform youthattheEuropean Communities havefound
amutually agreed solution, within themeaning ofArticle 3.6oftheDSU, withJapan overthecomplaint
(WT/DS73/1) of26March 1997 inrespect ofaprocurement tender published bytheMinistry of
Transport (MoT) ofJapan topurchase MTSAT Satellite-based Augmentation System (MSAS).