RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS2/4
4July1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1819)
UNITED STATES -STANDARDS FOR REFORMULATED
AND CONVENTIONAL GASOLINE
Panel Established attheRequest ofVenezuela
Note bytheSecretariat
1. On10April 1995 (WT/DSB/M/4), theDispute Settlement Body (DSB) established apanel
pursuant totherequest made byVenezuela (WT/DS2/2, United States -Standards forReformulated
andConventional Gasoline, requested byVenezuela).
2. On19June1995 (WT/DSB/M/5), theDSBestablished apanel pursuant totherequest made
byBrazil (WT/DS4/2, United States -Standards forReformulated andConventional Gasoline, requested
byBrazil).
3. On19June1995 (WT/DSB/M/5), pursuant toArticle 9oftheDSU inrespect ofmultiple
complaints, allparties agreed thatforpractical reasons thelatter dispute beexamined bythesamePanel
already established attherequest ofVenezuela on10April 1995 (WT/DSB/M/4).
4. Parties alsoagreed thatthedateofconstitution ofthepanel specified indocument WT/DS2/3,
namely 28April 1995, would remain unchanged (WT/DSB/M/5).
5. Duetotheadditional taskgiven totheinitial panel, theDSBdecided thatthenewterms of
reference ofthepanel would be:
"Toexamine,inthelightoftherelevantprovisionsofthecoveredagreementscitedbyVenezuela
indocument WT/DS2/2 andbyBrazil indocument WT/DS4/2, thematters referred tothe
DSBbyVenezuela andBrazil inthose documents andtomake suchfindings aswillassist the
DSBinmaking therecommendations oringiving therulings provided forinthoseagreements".
6. TheChairman oftheDSBalsorecalled thatArticle 9.2oftheDSU required, inthatcontext,
that"rights which theparties tothedispute would haveenjoyed hadseparate panels examined the
complaints areinnowayimpaired".