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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11283

27 March 2015
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) trade
WTO to examine EU complaint on excessive Russian duties

Brussels, 26/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 25 March, the WTO agreed to set up a dispute settlement panel to examine the EU's complaint on the tariff treatment used by Russia for certain EU goods in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors (DS 485).

In this new dispute taken to the WTO against Russia, the EU criticises Moscow for applying customs duties to certain products that are above the bound rates which Russia committed not to exceed when it joined the WTO in 2012. The EU is...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU