WTO NEWS: 2004 NEWS ITEMS
Dispute Settlement Body 13 December 2004
DSB agrees to extend period of appeal/adoption of the 搒ugar?panel report
At its meeting on 13 December 2004, the Dispute Settlement Body agreed to extend the 60梔ay period for appeal/adoption of the panel report 揈uropean Communities ?Export Subsidies on Sugar?(WT/DS265/R, WT/DS266/R, WT/DS283/R), at the request of the parties following their procedural agreement (WT/DS265/24, WT/DS266/24, WT/DS283/5).
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The panel report was issued on 15 October 2004. According to DSU Article 16.4, the 60梔ay time-period for appeal/adoption was due to expire on 14 December 2004. At the request of the parties, the DSB agreed to extend the time-period to 31 January 2005.
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