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European Communities – Definitive Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Iron or Steel Fasteners from ChinaRecourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by China (EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), DS397)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2016

Geoffrey Carlson*
Affiliation:
Works in the WTO Secretariat but writes in a wholly personal capacity

Extract

This compliance proceeding under Article 21.5 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) concerned measures taken by the European Union to implement the recommendations and rulings of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) in EC–Fasteners (China). In EC–Fasteners (China), the DSB found, inter alia, that a European Communities measure imposing definitive antidumping duties on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners from China was inconsistent with certain aspects of the Anti-Dumping Agreement (ADA). The European Union's measures taken to comply with the recommendations and rulings of the DSB consisted, inter alia, of an anti-dumping review investigation regarding fasteners from China (the Review Investigation) conducted by the Commission of the European Union (the Commission). The conduct of the Commission in the Review Investigation was the focus of this compliance proceeding.

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Case Summaries
Copyright
Copyright © Geoffrey Carlson 2016 

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Footnotes

Case Summaries: WTO Disputes

The following summaries provide a brief factual background and describe the key findings of recent WTO panel and Appellate Body reports.

References

1 The original panel in EC–Fasteners (China) was established before the European Communities was replaced by the European Union. The Review Investigation was conducted after that replacement had occurred.

2 Appellate Body Report, EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), paras. 5.70–5.71.

3 Panel Report, EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), para. 7.92. See also ibid. paras. 7.93–7.96; and Appellate Body Report, EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), paras. 5.123–5.125.

4 Panel Report, EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), para. 7.99.

5 Ibid. paras. 7.119–7.123.

6 Appellate Body Report, EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), paras. 5.150–5.152.

7 Ibid. para. 5.154.

8 Panel Report, EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), para. 7.148; and Appellate Body Report, EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), paras. 5.196–5.197.

9 Panel Report, EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), paras. 7.223 and 7.250; and Appellate Body Report, EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), paras. 5.218–5.224 and 5.236–5.242.

10 Appellate Body Report, EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), paras. 5.218 and 5.236.

11 Panel Report, EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), para. 7.276; and Appellate Body Report, EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), para. 5.282.

12 Panel Report, EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), para. 7.299; and Appellate Body Report, EC–Fasteners (China) (Article 21.5–China), para. 5.325.