WTO Appellate Body finds against EU customs law administration
14 Nov '06
3 min read
“We would have preferred the original panel to have made a broader finding about the EU's system as a whole. In that regard, we are pleased that in today's report, the Appellate Body reversed the panel's decision to limit its findings to particular instances of administration of EU customs law."
The EU's administration of its rules on LCD monitors is indicative of how the system as a whole operates. Had the panel considered the EU system as a whole, it should have reached that conclusion.
“The United States welcomes the Appellate Body's report and looks forward to the EU's compliance with its findings.”
The lack of uniform administration of EU customs law poses a significant barrier to trade, especially to the small- and medium-sized exporters that lack the resources to navigate a system that the original panel found to be “complicated and, at times, opaque and confusing.”
That barrier became more daunting when the EU grew from 15 to 25 members and will become even more so when it grows to 27 members.
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