Common use of EC refund procedures Clause in Contracts

EC refund procedures. The Panel recalled that the EC had argued that Japan' s allegations regarding the EC' s refund procedure were not within the Panel' s terms of reference. The EC had also argued that these allegations by Japan were not raised in the document requesting conciliation (ADP/79). For the reasons set forth by the Panel in the context of its discussion of the Panel' s terms of reference (see paragraphs 317-318, supra), the Panel considered that it need take no further action on the preliminary objection of the EC on this issue.

EC refund procedures. The Panel recalled that the EC had argued that Japan' s 's allegations regarding the EC' s 's refund procedure were not within the Panel' s 's terms of reference. The EC had also argued that these allegations by Japan were not raised in the document requesting conciliation (ADP/79). For the reasons set forth by the Panel in the context of its discussion of the Panel' s 's terms of reference (see paragraphs 317-318, supra), the Panel considered that it need take no further action on the preliminary objection of the EC on this issue.