DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
DS: Mexico — Certain Pricing Measures for Customs Valuation and Other Purposes
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Consultations
Complaint by Guatemala.
On 22 July 2003, Guatemala requested consultations with Mexico concerning certain Mexican customs rules, procedures and administrative practices which impose officially established prices for customs valuation and other purposes. Guatemala also contested the Mexican authorities?practice of requiring a deposit or bond to guarantee the observance of these officially established prices.
In Guatemala抯 view, Mexican customs rules, procedures and administrative practices at issue are inconsistent with Mexico抯 obligations under the following WTO provisions:
- Articles I, II, VII and X of GATT 1994;
- Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16 and
22 of the Customs Valuation Agreement;
- Article 4 of the Agriculture Agreement;
- Article XVI:4 of the WTO Agreement.
Withdrawal/termination
On 29 August 2005, Guatemala informed the DSB that, as a result of the consultations, Guatemala and Mexico had reached a mutually satisfactory solution concerning footwear and brushes, two areas that were severely affected by the measures imposed by Mexico, and that the request for consultations should be withdrawn.
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