European Communities - Definitive Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Iron or Steel Fasteners From China - Recourse 1 : Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by China - Report of the Panel

On 31 July 2009, China requested consultations with the European Communities concerning Article 9(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 384/96 (the EC's Basic Anti‑Dumping Regulation) which provides that in case of imports from non-market economy countries, the duty shall be specified for the supplying country concerned and not for each supplier and that an individual duty will only be specified for exporters that demonstrate that they fulfil the criteria listed in that provision.