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WT/DS426 - Canada — Measures Relating to the Feed-in Tariff Program
Last update: 02/05/2013
- Complaint by: EU
- Complaint against: Canada -
- Third parties:
Australia - Brazil - China - El Salvador - India - Japan - Korea, Republic Of - Mexico - Norway - Saudi Arabia - Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) - Turkey - United States -
Summary of case:
The Canadian Province of Ontario implements a Feed-In-Tariff (FIT) Programme aimed at promoting the installation of electricity generation capacity from renewable energy sources. For wind and solar energy electricity generators, Ontario imposes a domestic content requirement that conditions the benefit of the FIT Programme on the use of generation equipment sourced in Ontario.
Relevant WTO provision:
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures: Art. 3.1(b), 3.2, 1.1,
Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs): Art. 2.1,
GATT 1994: Art. III:4
Current situation:
Dispute is at the appeal stage.
Consultation:
Date of request: 11/08/2011
Panel:
Date of request: 09/01/2012
Date of establishment: 20/01/2012
Date of circulation of report: 19/12/2012
WTO documents
- 16/08/2011 - Request for consultations by the European Union
- 24/08/2011 - Request for consultations by the European Union
- 29/08/2011 - Request to join consultations - Communication from Japan
- 29/08/2011 - Request to join consultations - Communication from the United States
- 02/09/2011 - Acceptance by Canada of the requests to join consultations
- 10/01/2012 - Request for the establishment of a Panel by the European Union
- 24/01/2012 - Constitution of the Panel established at the request of the European Union - Note by the Secretariat
- 03/02/2012 - Constitution of the Panel established at the request of the European Union - Note by the Secretariat - Revision
- 25/05/2012 - Communication from the Panels
- 14/06/2012 - Communication from the Chairman of the Panel
- 19/12/2012 - Reports of the Panels - Addendum
- 19/12/2012 - Reports of the panels
- 06/02/2013 - Measures Relating to the Feed-in Tariff Program - Notification of an Ap[...]Procedures for Appellate Review
- 15/02/2013 - Notification of an other Appeal by the European Union under article 16.4 and article 17 of the Und[...]rocedures for Appellate Review
- 08/04/2013 - Communication from the Appellate Body
- 06/05/2013 - Reports of the Appellate Body
- 07/05/2013 - Communication from the Appellate Body
EU submissions
- 14/02/2012 - First Written Submission by the European Union
- 27/03/2012 - European Union's Opening Oral Statement at the First Meeting with the Panel
- 28/03/2012 - EU Closing Statement – First Meeting With the Panel
- 26/04/2012 - Second Written Submission by the European Union
- 15/05/2012 - European Union's Opening Oral Statement at the Second Meeting with the Panel
- 16/05/2012 - European Union's Closing Oral Statement at the Second Meeting with the Panel
- 11/02/2013 - Other Appellant Submission by the European Union
- 14/03/2013 - Opening Oral Statement by the European Union