VI - INTERIM REVIEW

Summary

Introduction

6.1 On 15 September 2010, the Panel submitted its Interim Report to the parties. On 27 October 2010, both parties submitted written requests for review of precise aspects of the Interim Report. On 17 November 2010, the parties submitted comments on each other's requests for review. Neither party requested that the Panel hold an interim review meeting.

6.2 Pursuant to Article 15.3 of the DSU, the findings of the final panel report must include a discussion of the arguments made by the parties at the interim review stage. This section of the Panel Report provides such a discussion. As Article 15.3 makes clear, this section forms part of the Panel's findings.

6.3 The Panel explains below its response to issues of a substantive nature raised by the parties in their comments on the Interim Report. The Panel has also corrected a number of typographical and other non-substantive errors throughout the Report, including those identified by the parties, which are not referred to specifically below.

6.4 Due to changes as a result of our review, the numbering of paragraphs and footnotes in the Final Report has changed from the Interim Report. The text below refers to the paragraph and footnote numbers in the Interim Report regarding which the parties requested review.