Brazil Retreaded Tyres Case

In the News

Environmental Groups Submit Amicus Brief in Brazil-Tyres Case (Bridges Trade BioRes, 19 October 2007)
EU Appeals WTO Ruling in Retreaded Tyre Dispute with Brazil; NGOs Protest (Bridges Trade BioRes Review, 7 September 2007)
Brazil Calls WTO Ruling in Tyres Dispute 'Favourable' (Bridges Trade BioRes, 11 May 2007)
WTO Interim Panel Ruling Favours EU in Retreaded Tyres Dispute with Brazil (Bridges Trade BioRes, 16 March 2007)
Tyres Dispute Continues; Brazil Files Second Written Submission (Bridges Trade BioRes, 22 September 2006)
EU Releases First Submission In Tyres Dispute, Civil Society Weighs In (Bridges Trade BioRes, 14 July 2006)
Brazil Files First Submission In WTO Retreaded Tyres Case (Bridges Trade BioRes, 16 June)
WTO Appoints Panel Members In Retreaded Tyre Dispute (Bridges Trade BioRes, 17 March 2006)
WTO Panel Created On EU-Brazil Retreaded Tyre Dispute (Bridges Trade BioRes, 3 February 2006)
EU Requests Dispute Panel On Brazilian Retreaded Tyre Ban (Bridges Trade BioRes, 9 December 2005)
Used Tyres: Trash Or Trade? (Bridges Trade BioRes, 8 July 2005)
O Caso dos Pneumaticos: preferencias regionais e questoes ambientais (Portuguese) (Pontes, October-December 2005)

Additional Resources

WTO Documents

Report of the Dispute Settlement Panel, 12 June 2007
Communication from the Chairman of the Panel, 22 December 2006
Communication from the Chairman of the Panel, 18 September 2006
Constitution of the Panel Established at the Request of the European Communities, 17 March 2006

Submissions to the WTO by the EC and Brazil

EC - Comments of the European Communities on the Replies by Brazil to the Questions of the Panel after the second substantive meeting, 26 September 2006
EC - Replies of the European Communities to the Questions of the Panel after the second substantive meeting, 19 September 2006
EC - Oral Statement of the European Communities at the second substantive meeting with the Panel, 4 September 2006
EC - Closing Statement of the European Communities at the second substantive meeting with the Panel, 4 September 2006
Brazil - Measures Affecting Imports of Retreaded Tyres - Second Written Submission from Brazil, 11 August 2006 in English and Portuguese. (executive summary)
Brazil - Measures Affecting Imports of Retreaded Tyres - First Written Submission from Brazil, 8 June 2006 in English and Portuguese.
Brazil – Measures affecting Imports of Retreaded Tyres - First Written Submission from the EC, 27 April 2006 (WT/DS332)
Brazil - Measures Affecting Imports of Retreaded Tyres - Request for the Establishment of a Panel by the European Communities, 18 November 2005 (WT/DS332/4)
Brazil - Measures Affecting Imports of Retreaded Tyres - Request to Join Consultations from Argentina, 6 July 2005 (WT/DS332/2)
Brazil - Measures Affecting Imports of Retreaded Tyres - Request to Join Consultations from Argentina - Acceptance by Brazil, 20 July 2005 (WT/DS332/3)
Brazil - Measures Affecting Imports of Retreaded Tyres - Request for Consultations by the European Communities, 23 June 2005 (WT/DS332/1)

For a full listing of all submissions and a brief history of the case (WT/DS332), visit the WTO website.

Brazil's submissions are also available on the website of the Ministry of External Relations (in English and Portuguese)

Amicus curiae briefs

The Brazil - Retreaded Tires Case: Amicus Curiae Brief, submitted by Associação de Combate aos Poluentes (ACPO), Associação de Proteção ao
Meio Ambiente de Cianorte (APROMAC), Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Centro de Derechos Humanos y Ambiente (CEDHA), Conectas Direitos Humanos, Justiça Global, and Instituto O Direito por Um Planeta Verde Planeta Verde, July 2006.

The Brazil - Retreaded Tires Case: Amicus Curiae Brief, submitted by the Humane Society International, June 2006.
Other documents from the EC

Fact Sheet: Brazil – Measures Affecting Imports of Retreaded Tyres, April 2007
Brazil - Trade Barriers Complaint against import ban on retreaded tyres, continuation of WTO dispute, 15 November 2005
Commission Decision of 2 May 2005 concerning the measures necessary as regards an obstacle to trade constituted by trade practices maintained by Brazil affecting trade in retreaded tyres, 2 May 2005
Notice of initiation of an examination procedure concerning obstacles to trade within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94, consisting of trade practices maintained by Brazil in relation to imports of retreaded tyres, 1 July 2004

Other documents from Brazil

Brazil - Measures affecting imports of retreaded tyres: Fact Sheet, 9 June 2006
Brazil - Measures affecting imports of retreaded tyres: Request for the establishment of a panel by the European Communities: Statement by Brazil, 20 January 2006
Brazil - Measures affecting imports of retreaded tyres (DS 332): Information from Brazil, 20 January 2006
Brazil - Measures affecting imports of retreaded tyres: Request for the establishment of a panel by the European Communities: Statement by Brazil, 28 November 2006
EC request for the establishment of a WTO Panel against Brazilian measures affecting imports of retreaded tyres: Factsheet from Brazil, 28 November 2005
WTO Committee on Trade and Environment: Statement of Brazil, 6 July 2005

Background documents and Media Coverage

Civil society statement (Portuguese and English)
The Brazil - Retreaded Tires Case: Background paper, Center for International Environmental Law, March 2006
Brazil - Retreaded Tires Case: Background Paper, Center for International Economic Law, March 2006.
Request for Third Party Status: Argentina, Australia, Korea, Japan, US: Deadline for submission of requests for third party status: Monday 30 January 2006.
Mercosur Arbitration Tribunal decision on the case brought by Uruguay against Brazil's import prohibition on remolded tyres, 9 January 2002
Mercosur Arbitration Tribunal decision, and the appeal and counter-appeal, on the case brought by Uruguay against Argentina's import measures on remolded tyres (2005 and 2006)