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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9003

3 August 2005
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/bananas
Commission notes verdict of WTO dispute settlement panel and calls on all parties to adopt constructive attitude

Brussels, 02/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - WTO arbitrators, who rejected the proposed tariff level of 230 EUR/tonne for customs duties on banana imports from Latin America within the framework of reform of the Community banana regime (EUROPE 9002), have put the European Commission in a difficult situation. The Commission is compelled to comply with the verdict reached by the WTO experts and to satisfy all the parties concerned by reconciling what are for now interests that cannot be reconciled:...