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8 March  2024 
(24-2140) Page: 1/1 
    
 
EUROPEAN UNION — COUNTERVAILING AND ANTI -DUMPING DUTIES ON  
STAINLESS STEEL COLD -ROLLED FLAT PRODUCTS FROM INDONESIA  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE PANEL  
The following communication, dated 8 March 2024 , was received from the Chair person  of the Panel 
with the request that it be circulated to the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB).  
 
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Article  12.8 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes 
(DSU) provides that the period in which a panel sha ll conduct its examination, from the date that 
the composition and terms of reference of the panel have been agreed upon until the date the final 
report is issued to the parties to the dispute, shall, as  a general rule, not exceed six  months.  
Article  12.9 of the DSU provides that, when a panel considers that it cannot issue its report within 
six months, it shall inform the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) in writing accordingly and indicate 
the reasons, together with an estimate of the period within which it w ill issue its report.  
The Panel on European Union  – Countervailing and Anti -Dumping Duties on Stainless Steel 
Cold-Rolled Flat Products from Indonesia  was established by the DSB on 30  May 2023 and composed 
on 13  September  2023.  
Due to constraints pertaining to the availability of a member of the Panel as well as the scheduling 
of the 13th Ministerial Conference in February  2024, the first substantive meeting with the parties 
was unable to be scheduled before April  2024. Moreover, the Pa nel has received particularly 
voluminous submissions from the parties on a range of issues. As a result, t he Panel does not expect 
to issue its final report to the parties before the end of  2024, at the earliest.  
The report will only be available to the pu blic once it is circulated to the Members in all three  working  
languages of the WTO. The date of circulation depends on completion of translation and the Panel is 
not in a position to provide an estimated circulation date at this time.  
I would be grateful if you would circulate this letter to the DSB.  
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