Six appeals were filed during 2003. The following table provides a list of the Notices of Appeal filed during the year, the WTO document numbers, the dates of filing, and the names of the WTO Members that filed the Notices.
Table 1
Three of the six appeals filed during 2003 included multiple appeals such that, in addition to the WTO Members that filed the Notices of Appeal, other WTO Members participated as other appellants pursuant to Rule 23 of the Working Procedures.6 Statistical information on the number of appeals filed, by year, since 1995 can be found in Annex 2.
Appellate Body Reports
The Appellate Body circulated six Reports during 2003. One of the Reports related to a Notice of Appeal filed in 2002.7 The other five Reports related to Notices filed during 2003.
The following table provides a list of the six Appellate Body Reports circulated during 2003. Annex 3 contains summaries of the Appellate Body's findings and conclusions in these six Reports.
Table 2
Matter
Short Title
WT/DS Number
Circulation Date
DSB Adoption Date
United States – Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000
US – Offset Act (Byrd Amendment)
WT/DS217/AB/R
WT/DS234/AB/R
16 January 2003
27 January 2003
European Communities – Anti-Dumping Duties on Imports of Cotton-Type Bed Linen from India, Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by India
EC – Bed Linen (Article 21.5 – India)
WT/DS141/AB/RW
8 April 2003
24 April 2003
European Communities – Anti-Dumping Duties on Malleable Cast Iron Tube or Pipe Fittings from Brazil
