Dispute settlement activity in 2010

In 2010 the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) received 17 notifications from members of formal requests for consultations under the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU), the first stage in the dispute process. It met 13 times during the year, establishing six panels to adjudicate seven new cases. (Where two or more complaints relate to the same matter, they are normally adjudicated by a single panel.) The DSB also adopted five panel and two Appellate Body reports concerning five distinct matters. One mutually agreed solution was notified in 2010.