The Mandate of Compliance Panels: Art. 21.5-法搜-中国法律信息搜索网

　“As we ruled in our Report in Canada - Aircraft (21.5), panel proceedings pursuant to Article 21.5 of the DSU involve, in principle, not the original measure, but a new and different measure that was not before the original panel. Therefore, ‘in carrying out its review under Article 21.5 of the DSU, a panel is not confined to examining the ''measures taken to comply'' from the perspective of the claims, arguments and factual circumstances that related to the measure that was the subject of the original proceedings’.
　When the issue concerns the consistency of a new measure ‘taken to comply’, the task of a panel in a matter referred to it by the DSB for an Article 21.5 proceeding is to consider that new measure in its totality. The fulfilment of this task requires that a panel consider both the measure itself and the measure''s application. As the title of Article 21 makes clear, the task of panels under Article 21.5 forms part of the process of the ‘Surveillance of Implementation of the Recommendations and Rulings’ of the DSB. Toward that end, the task of a panel under Article 21.5 is to examine the ‘consistency with a covered agreement of measures taken to comply with the recommendations and rulings’ of the DSB. That task is circumscribed by the specific claims made by the complainant when the matter is referred by the DSB for an Article 21.5 proceeding. It is not part of the task of a panel under Article 21.5 to address a claim that has not been made.
　Malaysia relies in this appeal on our ruling in Canada - Aircraft (21.5). We understand Malaysia to argue, based in part on our ruling in Canada - Aircraft (21.5), that the Panel in this case had a duty to review the totality of the United States measure, and to assess it for its consistency with the relevant provisions of the GATT 1994. That is indeed a panel''s task under Article 21.5 of the DSU. Yet, as we have said, it is not part of a panel''s task to go beyond the particular claims that have been made with respect to the consistency of a new measure with a covered agreement when a matter is referred to it by the DSB for an Article 21.5 proceeding. Thus, it would not have been appropriate in this case for the Panel to address a claim that was not made by Malaysia when requesting that this matter be referred by the DSB for an Article 21.5 proceeding.