Traduction de «Panels for disputes on prudential issues » (Anglais → Français) :

2. When a dispute has been referred to the Council under paragraph 1 of this Article and has been discussed, members holding not less than one third of the total votes, or any five members, may require the Council, before giving its decision, to seek the opinion on the issues in dispute of an ad hoc advisory panel to be constituted as described in p ...[+++]aragraph 3 of this Article.

Bilateral discussions and WTO consultations have failed to resolve the issue and the EU has therefore requested a panel under the WTO dispute settlement procedure.

All the parties involved approved and signed the agreement, which provides that, if there is a trade dispute, a panel with non-binding authority will be set up to hear the aggrieved party (1815) That party will submit the issue to the five-member panel. These five people hear the aggrieved party and decide that, if there is no redress of the injury, the aggrieved party can take retaliatory measures.

' Motion No. 5 That Bill C-57, be amended by adding after line 20, on page 4, the following new Clause: ``12.1 Not later than March 1 of each year beginning in 1996, the Minister shall table in the House of Commons a report describing, in respect of the preceding fiscal year of the World Trade Organization (``WTO''), (a) the major activities and work programs of WTO, including the functions and activities of committees established under Article IV of the Agreement and the expenditures made by WTO in connection with those activities and programs; (b) the percentage of budgetary assessments by WTO that were accounted for by each WTO Membe ...[+++]r including Canada; (c) the total number of personnel employed or retained by the Secretariat at WTO and the number of professional, administrative and support staff at WTO; (d) for each personnel category described in paragraph (c), the number of citizens of each WTO Member and the average salary of the personnel in each category; (e) any report issued by a panel or the Appellate Body in a dispute settlement proceeding regarding any law of Canada or of any province or territory in Canada and the efforts of the Minister to provide for implementation of recommendations contained in the report that are adverse to Canada or any province or territory in Canada; (f) details on proceedings before a panel or the Appellate Body that were initiated during the fiscal year regarding any law of Canada or of any province or territory in Canada, the status of the proceeding and the matters at issue in the proceeding; (g) the status of consultations with any State whose law was the subject of a report adverse to Canada that was issued by a panel or the Appellate Body; and (h) any progress achieved in increasing the transparency of proceedings of the Ministerial Conference and the General Council and of dispute settlement proceedings conducted pursuant to the Dispute Settlement Understanding.

(6) each proceeding before the panel or the Appellate Body that was initiated during the fiscal year regarding Federal or State law, the status of the proceeding, and the matter at issue; (7) the status of consultations with any State whose law was the subject of a report adverse to the United States and was issued by a panel or the Appellant Body; and, (8) any progress achieved in increasing the transparency of proceedings of the Ministerial Conference and the General Council, and of dispute ...[+++] settlement proceedings conducted pursuant to the Dispute Settlement Understanding.

IN ANY CASE WHERE A DISPUTE HAS BEEN REFERRED TO THE COUNCIL UNDER PARAGRAPH 1 OF THIS ARTICLE , A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS HOLDING AT LEAST ONE-THIRD OF THE TOTAL VOTES MAY REQUIRE THE COUNCIL , AFTER DISCUSSION , TO SEEK THE OPINION OF AN ADVISORY PANEL CONSTITUTED UNDER PARAGRAPH 3 OF THIS ARTICLE ON THE ISSUE IN DISPUTE BEFORE GIVING ITS DECISION .