Dispute settlement reports 2019. Volume VIII, Pages 4299-4734 / World Trade Organization.

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Book

Contributor:

World Trade Organization, copyright holder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade regulation--Cases.

Foreign trade regulation.

Tariff--Law and legislation--Cases.

Tariff.

Competition, Unfair--Cases.

Competition, Unfair.

Dispute resolution (Law)--Cases.

Dispute resolution (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages 4299-4734) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

These are the WTO's authorized and paginated reports in English. They are an essential addition to the library of all practising trade lawyers and a useful tool for students and academics worldwide working in the field of international economic or trade law. DSR 2019: Volume VIII contains the panel report on 'Russia - Measures Concerning Traffic in Transit' (WT/DS512).

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Half-title

Copyright information

TABLE OF CONTENTS

RUSSIA - MEASURES CONCERNING TRAFFIC IN TRANSIT (WT/DS512)

Report of the Panel

LIST OF ANNEXES

CASES CITED IN THIS REPORT

JUDGMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS CITED IN THIS REPORT

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT

EXHIBITS CITED IN THIS REPORT

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Complaint by Ukraine

1.2 Panel Establishment and Composition

1.3 Panel Proceedings

1.3.1 General

1.3.2 Additional Working Procedures for the Protection of Business Confidential Information

1.3.3 Request for enhanced third party rights by certain third parties

1.3.4 Russia's request for a preliminary ruling

1.3.5 Russia's complaint of alleged breaches of confidentiality by a third party

1.3.6 Other procedural complaints

2. FACTUAL ASPECTS

3. PARTIES' REQUESTS FOR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

4. ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTIES

5. ARGUMENTS OF THE THIRD PARTIES

6. INTERIM REVIEW

7. FINDINGS

7.1 Overview of Ukraine's Complaints

7.2 Russia's Response

7.3 Factual Background

7.4 Order of Analysis

7.5 Russia's Invocation of Article XXI(b)(iii) of the GATT 1994

7.5.1 Main arguments of the parties

7.5.2 Main arguments of the third parties

7.5.3 Whether the Panel has jurisdiction to review Russia's invocation of Article XXI(b)(iii) of the GATT 1994

7.5.3.1 Meaning of Article XXI(b)(iii) of the GATT 1994

7.5.3.1.1 Whether the clause in the chapeau of Article XXI(b) qualifies the determination of the matters in the enumerated subparagraphs of that provision

7.5.3.1.2 Negotiating history of Article XXI of the GATT 1947.

7.5.3.1.3 Conclusion on whether the clause "which it considers" in the chapeau of Article XXI(b) qualifies the determination of the matters in the enumerated subparagraphs of that provision

7.5.3.2 Conclusion on whether the Panel has jurisdiction to review Russia's invocation of Article XXI(b)(iii) of the GATT 1994

7.5.4 The measures at issue and their existence

7.5.5 Whether the measures were "taken in time of war or other emergency in international relations" within the meaning of subparagraph (iii) of Article XXI(b)

7.5.5.1 Conclusion

7.5.6 Whether the conditions of the chapeau of Article XXI(b) of the GATT 1994 are satisfied

7.5.6.1 Conclusion

7.5.6.2 Overall conclusion

7.6 Ukraine's Claims of WTO-Inconsistency of the Measures at Issue

7.6.1 Introduction

7.6.2 Article V:2 of the GATT 1994

7.6.2.1 Article V:2, first sentence

7.6.2.1.1 Main arguments of the parties

7.6.2.1.2 Main arguments of third parties

7.6.2.1.3 Analysis

7.6.2.1.4 Conclusions

7.6.2.2 Article V:2, second sentence

7.6.2.2.1 Main arguments of the parties

7.6.2.2.2 Main arguments of third parties

7.6.2.2.3 Analysis

7.6.2.2.4 Conclusions

7.6.3 Remaining claims under the GATT 1994 and Russia'sAccession Protocol

7.6.3.1 Introduction

7.6.3.2 Article V:3

7.6.3.2.1 Main arguments of the parties

7.6.3.2.2 Main arguments of third parties

7.6.3.3 Article V:4

7.6.3.3.1 Main arguments of the parties

7.6.3.4 Article V:5

7.6.3.4.1 Main arguments of the parties

7.6.3.5 Article X of the GATT 1994

7.6.3.5.1 Main arguments of the parties

7.6.3.5.2 Main arguments of third parties

7.6.3.6 Russia's Accession Protocol

7.6.3.6.1 Paragraph 1161 of Russia's Working Party Report

7.6.3.6.1.1 Main arguments of the parties

7.6.3.6.2 Paragraph 1426 of Russia's Working Party Report.

7.6.3.6.2.1 Main arguments ofthe parties

7.6.3.6.3 Paragraph 1427 of Russia's Working Party Report

7.6.3.6.3.1 Main arguments of the parties

7.6.3.6.4 Paragraph 1428 of Russia's Working Party Report

7.6.3.6.4.1 Main arguments of the parties

7.6.4 Applicability of Article XXI(b)(iii) of the GATT 1994 to commitments in Russia's Accession Protocol

7.6.4.1 Introduction

7.6.4.2 Paragraph 1161 of Russia's Working Party Report

7.6.4.2.1 Paragraph 1161 of Russia's Working Party Report and Article XXI(b)(iii) of the GATT 1994

7.6.4.2.2 Paragraph 1161 of Russia's Working Party Report and Article V:2 of the GATT 1994

7.6.4.3 Paragraph 1426 of Russia's Working Party Report and Article XXI(b)(iii) of the GATT 1994

7.6.4.4 Paragraph 1427 of Russia's Working Party Report and Article XXI(b)(iii) of the GATT 1994

7.6.4.5 Paragraph 1428 of Russia's Working Party Report and Article XXI(b)(iii) of the GATT 1994

7.6.4.6 Conclusion

7.7 Panel's Terms of Reference and the Existence of the Measures

7.7.1 Identification of the measures and claims, and their relationship to each other

7.7.1.1 Presentation of the measures and claims in Ukraine's panel request

7.7.1.2 Presentation of the measures and claims in Ukraine's first written submission

7.7.2 Whether Ukraine's panel request satisfies the requirements of Article 6.2 of the DSU

7.7.2.1 First group of measures - identification of the specific measures at issue and the legal basis of the complaint

7.7.2.2 Second group of measures - identification of the specific measures at issue and the legal basis of the complaint

7.7.2.2.1 First sub-category of measures

7.7.2.2.2 Second sub-category of measures

7.7.2.2.2.1 Arguments of Russia

7.7.2.2.2.2 Arguments of Ukraine

7.7.2.2.2.3 Analysis

7.7.2.2.3 Third sub-category of measures.

7.7.2.2.4 Identification of the legal basis of the complaint

7.7.2.3 Conclusions on whether Ukraine's panel request satisfies the requirements of Article 6.2 of the DSU

7.7.3 Whether the 2014 Belarus-Russia Border Bans on Transit of Resolution No. 778 Goods are within the Panel's terms of reference

7.7.3.1 Whether the existence of the 2014 Belarus-Russia Border Bans goes to the Panel's terms of reference

7.7.3.2 Whether Ukraine has established the existence of the 2014 Belarus-Russia Border Bans in its panel request

7.7.4 Summary of the Panel's findings on the measures that are within its terms of reference

8. CONCLUSIONS

ANNEX A

ANNEX A-1 WORKING PROCEDURES OF THE PANEL

ANNEX A-2 ADDITIONAL WORKING PROCEDURES CONCERNING BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

ANNEX B

ANNEX B-1 ENHANCED THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS RULING

ANNEX B-2 CONFIDENTIALITY RULING

ANNEX B-3 ADMISSIBILITY RULING

ANNEX C

ANNEX C-1 FIRST EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF UKRAINE

ANNEX C-2 SECOND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF UKRAINE

ANNEX C-3 FIRST EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

ANNEX C-4 SECOND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

ANNEX D

ANNEX D-1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF AUSTRALIA

ANNEX D-2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF BRAZIL

ANNEX D-3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF CANADA

ANNEX D-4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF CHINA

ANNEX D-5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

ANNEX D-6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF JAPAN

ANNEX D-7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF MOLDOVA

ANNEX D-8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF SINGAPORE

ANNEX D-9 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF TURKEY∗

ANNEX D-10 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES

ANNEX E.

ANNEX E-1 INTERIM REVIEW

Cumulative List of Published Disputes.

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ISBN:

1-108-99884-4

1-108-99273-0

OCLC:

1293260212