RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS22/6
18April 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1412)
BRAZIL -MEASURES AFFECTING DESICCATED COCONUT
Constitution ofthePanel Established attheRequest ofthePhilippines
Note bytheSecretariat
1. Atitsmeeting on5March 1996, theDispute Settlement Body (DSB) established apanel in
accordance withtherequest made bythePhilippines indocument WT/DS22/5 (WT/DSB/M/12).
2. On22March1996thepartiesagreedthatthePanelshouldhavethefollowingtermsofreference:
"Toexamine, inthelightoftherelevant provisions inGATT 1994 andtheAgreement on
Agriculture, thematter referred totheDSBbythePhilippines indocument WT/DS22/5, taking
intoaccount thesubmission made byBrazil indocument WT/DS22/3 andtherecord of
discussions atthemeeting oftheDSBon21February 1996, andtomake suchfindings aswill
assist theDSBinmaking therecommendations oringiving therulings provided forinthose
agreements."
3. On16April 1996, thePanel wasconstituted withthefollowing composition:
Chairman: Mr.Maamoun Abdel-Fattah
Members: Mr.Zdenek Jung
Mr.Joseph Weiler
4. Canada, theEuropean Communities, Indonesia, Malaysia, SriLanka andtheUnited States
havereserved theirrights asthird-parties tothedispute.
5. ThePanel isassisted byJesse Kreier asLegal Officer andJudith Czako asSecretary.