Dispute settlement

On 16 February 2012 Viet Nam requested consultations with the United States concerning a number of anti-dumping measures on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Viet Nam. In addition to two administrative reviews and the five year “sunset review” the request for consultations concerns several US laws regulations administrative proceedings and practices including zeroing.

L’Organe d’appel a publié le 7 mai 2007 son rapport concernant la plainte déposée par l’Argentine contre le Chili dans l’affaire “Chili — Système de fourchettes de prix et mesures de sauvegarde appliqués à certains produits agricoles (Recours de l’Argentine à l’article 21:5 du Mémorandum d’accord sur le règlement des différends)” (WT/DS207/AB/RW).

Le 03 décembre 2001 l’Organe d’appel a publié son rapport sur l’affaire “Canada - Mesures visant l’importation de lait et l’exportation de produits laitiers - Recours”.

El 03 de julio de 2002 la OMC hizo público el informe del Grupo especial sobre el caso “Estados Unidos - Derechos compensatorios sobre determinados productos planos de acero al carbono resistente a la corrosión procedentes de Alemania”.

Le 15 octobre 2004 l’OMC a publié le rapport du Groupe spécial dans l’affaire “Communautés européennes - Subventions à l’exportation de sucre”.

L’Organe d’appel a publié le 16 octobre 2008 ses rapports concernant les rapports des groupes spéciaux dans les affaires “Etats-Unis — Maintien de la suspension d’obligations dans le différend CE — Hormones” (DS320) et “Canada — Maintien de la suspension d’obligations dans le différend CE — Hormones” (DS321) respectivement.

On 31 July 2009 China requested consultations with the European Communities concerning Article 9(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 384/96 (the EC's Basic Anti–Dumping Regulation) which provides that in case of imports from non-market economy countries the duty shall be specified for the supplying country concerned and not for each supplier and that an individual duty will only be specified for exporters that demonstrate that they fulfil the criteria listed in that provision.

Le 31 mars 2000 l’OMC a publié le rapport du Groupe spécial dans l’affaire “États-Unis - Loi antidumping de 1916”.

Le 15 janvier 2015 l’Organe d’appel de l’OMC a remis son rapport sur le différend “Argentine — Mesures affectant les importations de marchandises” (WT/DS438/444/445). Les plaignants dans cette affaire étaient l’Union européenne les États-Unis et le Japon.

Le 20 novembre 2015 l’Organe d’appel a remis son rapport sur la mise en conformité dans l’affaire États-Unis — Mesures concernant l’importation la commercialisation et la vente de thon et de produits du thon — Recours à l’article 21:5 du Mémorandum d’accord par le Mexique (DS381).

Le 26 février 2013 l’OMC a publié le rapport du Groupe spécial “Chine — Droits antidumping définitifs visant les appareils à rayons x utilisés pour les inspections de sécurité en provenance de l’Union européenne” (WT/DS425/R).

On 28 March 2017 the WTO issued the panel report in the case brought by China in “European Union - Measures Affecting Tariff Concessions on Certain Poultry Meat Products”.

On 6 October 1998 the EC requested consultations with India concerning certain measures affecting the automotive sector being applied by India. The EC stated that the measures include the documents entitled “Export and Import Policy 1997-2002” “ITC (HS Classification) Export and Import Policy 1997-2002” (“Classification”) and “Public Notice No. 60 (PN/97-02) of 12 December 1997 Export and Import Policy April 1997-March 2002” and any other legislative or administrative provision implemented or consolidated by these policies as well as MoUs signed by the Indian Government with certain manufacturers of automobiles. The EC contended that: under these measures imports of complete automobiles and of certain parts and components were subject to a system of non-automatic import licenses. in accordance with Public Notice No. 60 import licenses might be granted only to local joint venture manufacturers that had signed an MoU with the Indian Government whereby they undertook inter alia to comply with certain local content and export balancing requirements. The EC alleged violations of Articles III and XI of GATT 1994 and Article 2 of the TRIMs Agreement.

On 10 November 2000 the EC requested consultations with the US in respect of countervailing duties imposed by the US on imports of certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products (“corrosion resistant steel”) dealt with under US case number C-428-817. This dispute related in particular to the final results of a full sunset review of the above measure carried out by the US Department of Commerce (“DOC”) and published in the US Federal Register No. 65 FR 47407 of 2 August 2000. In this decision the DOC found that revocation of the countervailing duty order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy. The EC considered that this finding is inconsistent with the obligations of the US under the SCM Agreement and in particular in breach of Articles 10 11.9 and 21 (notably 21.3) thereof.

El 30 de agosto de 2017 la OMC hizo públicos los informes del Grupo Especial que se ocupó de los asuntos “Brasil — Determinadas medidas relativas a la tributación y las cargas” planteados por la Unión Europea y el Japón (DS472 y DS497 respectivamente).

On 2 October 2006 the European Communities requested consultations with the United States concerning its continued application of the “zeroing” methodology. In particular the request for consultations concerns (i) the implementing regulation (19 CFR Section 351) of the US Department of Commerce especially section 351.414(c)(2); and (ii) the Import Administration Antidumping Manual (1997 edition) including the computer program(s) to which it refers. The European Communities claims that based on these regulations the US Department of Commerce continued to apply the “zeroing” methodology in the determinations of the margin of dumping in the final results of the anti-dumping administrative reviews concerning various EC goods and any assessment instructions issued pursuant to those final results.

On 4 October 1996 the US requested consultations with Argentina concerning the imposition of specific duties on these items in excess of the bound rate and other measures by Argentina. The US contended that these measures violate Articles II VII VIII and X of GATT 1994 Article 2 of the TBT Agreement Article 1 to 8 of the Agreement on the Implementation of Article VII of GATT 1994 and Article 7 of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.

El 20 de noviembre de 2015 el Órgano de Apelación hizo público el informe sobre el caso “Estados Unidos - Medidas relativas a la importación comercialización y venta de atún y productos de atún - Recurso”.

On 6 April 1998 Poland requested consultations with Thailand concerning the imposition of final anti-dumping duties on imports of angles shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel and H-beams. Poland asserted that provisional anti-dumping duties were imposed by Thailand on 27 December 1996 and a final anti-dumping duty of 27.78% of CIF value for these products produced or exported by any Polish producer or exporter was imposed on 26 May 1997. Poland further asserted that Thailand refused two requests by Poland for disclosure of findings. Poland contended that these actions by Thailand violate Articles 2 3 5 and 6 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement.

El 14 de julio de 2014 la OMC hizo público el informe del Grupo especial sobre el caso “Estados Unidos - Medidas en materia derechos compensatorios sobre determinados productos procedentes de China”.

El 17 de junio de 2005 la OMC hizo público el informe del Grupo especial sobre el caso “Comunidades Europeas - Medidas compensatorias sobre las microplaquetas para memorias dinámicas de acceso aleatorio procedentes de Corea”.

On 6 May 1999 the US requested consultations with Canada in respect of the term of protection granted to patents that were filed in Canada before 1 October 1989. The US contended that the TRIPS Agreement obligates Members to grant a term of protection for patents that runs at least until twenty years after the filing date of the underlying protection and requires each Member to grant this minimum term to all patents existing as of the date of the application of the Agreement to that Member. The US alleged that under the Canadian Patent Act the term granted to patents issued on the basis of applications filed before 1 October 1989 is 17 years from the date on which the patent is issued. The US contended that this situation is inconsistent with Articles 33 65 and 70 of the TRIPS Agreement.

Le 12 octobre 1998 l’Organe d’appel a publié son rapport sur l’affaire “États-Unis - Prohibition à l’importation de certaines crevettes et de certains produits à base de crevettes”.

El 28 de noviembre de 2002 el Órgano de Apelación hizo público el informe sobre el caso “Estados Unidos - Derechos compensatorios sobre determinados productos planos de acero al carbono resistente a la corrosión procedentes de Alemania”.

Le 21 février 2005 l’OMC a publié le rapport du Groupe spécial dans l’affaire “États-Unis - Enquête en matière de droits compensateurs sur les semi-conducteurs pour mémoires RAM dynamiques (DRAM) en provenance de Corée”.