WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS206/8
24 January 2003
(03-0398)
Original:  English
UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES
ON STEEL PLATE FROM INDIA
Modification of the Agreement under Article 21.3(b) of the DSU
The following communication, dated 17 January 2003, from the Permanent Mission of India
and the Permanent Mission of the United States to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is
circulated in accordance with Article 21.3(b) of the DSU.
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With regard to the dispute United States – Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Measures on
Steel Plate from India  (WT/DS206), we are pleased to inform you that India and the United States
have mutually agreed to modify the "reasonable period of time" for implementation of therecommendations and rulings of the Dispute Settlement Body, which was originally established
pursuant to Article 21.3(b) of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement
of Disputes  (WT/DS206/7), so as to expire on 31 January 2003.
(s) K.M. Chandrasekhar (s) David P. Shark
Ambassador Chargé d'Affaires, a.i.
For India For the United States
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