- Country or region
- Colombia
- Trade topics
- Dispute settlement
- Context
- WTO - Complaint against the EU
Summary of the case
- Complaint by: Colombia
- Complaint against: EU
- Third parties: No third party
EC Council Regulation 1964/2005 introduced by 1 January 2006 replaced, with effect on 1 January 2006, the existing TRQ banana import regime by a single applied tariff of 176€/t for bananas of MFN origin and a duty-free TRQ of 775.000t for bananas of ACP origin.
Colombia argues that this import regime is inconsistent with EC's commitments under the GATT on the following basis:
(a) the applied MFN tariff of 176€/t is inconsistent with Article II:1 of the GATT as it exceeds the existing EC bound tariff for bananas (pending a rebinding);
(b) the EC duty-free preference granted to bananas of ACP origin is inconsistent with Article I:1 of the GATT, since the Doha waiver on the Cotonou Agreement ceased to apply to bananas from 1 January 2006.
(c) the duty-free TRQ granted to bananas of ACP origin is inconsistent with Article XIII:1 , XIII:2 and XIII:5 of the GATT.
Relevant WTO provision: II:1, I:1, XIII GATT
Status
Request for WTO consultations by Colombia
- Consultations requested: 21 March 2007