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Consultations
Complaint by Guatemala.
On 22 July 2003, Guatemala requested consultations with
Mexico concerning certain Mexican customs rules, procedures and
administrative practices which impose officially established prices for
customs valuation and other purposes. Guatemala also contested the Mexican
authorities’ practice of requiring a deposit or bond to guarantee the
observance of these officially established prices.
In Guatemala’s view, Mexican customs rules, procedures
and administrative practices at issue are inconsistent with Mexico’s
obligations under the following WTO provisions:
- Articles I, II, VII and X of GATT 1994;
- Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16 and
22 of the Customs Valuation Agreement;
- Article 4 of the Agriculture Agreement;
- Article XVI:4 of the WTO Agreement.
Withdrawal/termination
On 29 August 2005, Guatemala informed the DSB that, as a result of the consultations, Guatemala and Mexico had reached a mutually satisfactory solution concerning footwear and brushes, two areas that were severely affected by the measures imposed by Mexico, and that the request for consultations should be withdrawn. |
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