WORLD TRADE WT/DS73/5
3March 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0800)
Original: English
JAPAN -PROCUREMENT OFANAVIGATION SATELLITE
Notification ofMutually-Agreed Solution
Thefollowing communication, dated 19February 1998, from thePermanent Delegation of
theEuropean Commission andthePermanent Mission ofJapan, iscirculated pursuant toArticle 3.6
oftheDSU.
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Wewould liketorefertotheconsultations which wereheldbetween theEuropean Communities
andtheGovernment ofJapan concerning “Japan -Purchase ofMTSAT Satellite-based Augmentation
System ”and,inparticular, totheinformation previously circulated concerning theconclusion ofthese
consultations (Documents WT/DS73/4/Rev.1 andGPA/D1/2/Rev.1 of14August 1997).
Wehavethehonour tocommunicate herewith onbehalf oftheGovernment ofJapan andthe
European Communities theattached Joint Statement concerning theresolution ofthiscomplaint.
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JOINT STATEMENT FOR FOLLOW-UP TOUSENQUIRY INTHE WTO COMMITTEE
ONTHE AGREEMENT ONGOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AND THE
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY CONCERNING RESOLUTION
OFMSAS COMPLAINT BYTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND JAPAN
Inreply totherequest bytheUnited States (US) regarding thecomplaint (WT/DS73/1) of
26March 1997 inrespect ofaprocurement tender published bytheMinistry ofTransport ofJapan
(MOT) topurchase MTSAT Satellite-based Augmentation System (MSAS), theEuropean Communities
andJapan caninform theUSthattheEuropean Commission andtheMinistry ofTransport ofJapan
havereached asettlement through theestablishment ofcooperation between theEuropean Tripartite
Group (consisting oftheEuropean Commission, theEuropean Space Agency andEuro control) on
theonehandandtheMOT ontheother inthefieldofinteroperability between MSAS andEuropean
Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). Thiscooperation isaimed atjointly contributing
totheimplementation ofaglobal seamless navigation service foraeronautical end-users through the
interoperability among MSAS, EGNOS andother equivalent systems.
Ithasalsobeenagreed thattherequirements forinteroperability willbementioned inMSAS
andEGNOS documentation forallfuture procurement inandafter1998, oncondition thatbothsides
reach theconclusion thattheinteroperability isfeasible.
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