Common use of In EC Clause in Contracts

In EC. Commercial Vessels, the Panel examined a bilateral agreement between the European Communities and Korea, referred to as the "Agreed Minutes". The Panel noted the Agreed Minutes are not a "covered agreement" within the meaning of Articles 1 and 2 of the DSU. Citing the passage from the Appellate Body Report in EC – Poultry reproduced above, the Panel emphasized that: "[I]ts review of the text of the Agreed Minutes only serves the purpose of enabling it to decide a factual issue on which the parties disagree and that it is not interpreting the Agreed Minutes in order to determine the rights and obligations of the parties under that bilateral agreement."6