RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS21/1
G/L/39
G/SPS/W/40
ORGANIZATION 23November 1995
(95-3708)
Original: English
AUSTRALIA -MEASURES AFFECTING THE IMPORTATION OFSALMONIDS
Request forConsultations bytheUnited States
Thefollowing communication, dated 17November 1995, fromtheOffice oftheUnited States
Trade Representative tothePermanent Mission ofAustralia iscirculated attherequest oftheOffice
oftheUnited States Trade Representative.
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Myauthorities haveinstructed metorequest consultations withtheGovernment ofAustralia
pursuanttoArticle4oftheUnderstandingonRulesandProceduresGoverningtheSettlementofDisputes
("DSU"), Article XXII oftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 andArticle 11ofthe
Agreement ontheApplication ofSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures regarding theprohibition by
theGovernment ofAustralia ontheimportation ofsalmonids.
These measures prohibit imports ofproducts from theUnited States andother Members of
theWorld Trade Organization andraisequestions concerning theobligations oftheGovernment of
Australia under theGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994andtheAgreement ontheApplication
ofSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures. Theprovisions oftheseagreements withwhich thesemeasures
appear tobeinconsistent include, butarenotlimited to,thefollowing:
1. General Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994, Article XI;and
2. AgreementontheApplicationofSanitaryandPhytosanitaryMeasures,Articles2and5.
Welookforward toreceiving assoonaspossible yourreply tothisrequest andtofixing a
mutually convenient dateforconsultations.