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WT/DS412/AB/RWT/DS426/AB/R

6 May 2013

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Original: English

CANADA - CERTAIN MEASURES AFFECTING THE RENEWABLE ENERGY

GENERATION SECTOR

CANADA - MEASURES RELATING TO THE FEED-IN TARIFF PROGRAM

AB-2013-1

Reports of the Appellate Body

Note by the Secretariat:

The Appellate Body is issuing these Reports in th

e form of a single document constituting two separate Appellate Body Reports: WT/DS412/AB/R and WT/DS426/AB/R. The cover page, preliminary pages, sections 1 through 5 and the annexes are common to both Reports. The page header throughout the document bears the two document symbols WT/DS412/AB/R and WT/DS426/AB/R, with the following exceptions: section 6 on pages JPN-141 and JPN-142, which bears the document symbol for and contains the Appellate Body's findings and conclusions in the Appellate Body Report WT/DS412/AB/R; and section 6 on pages EU-143 and EU-144, which bears the document symbol for and contains the Appellate Body's findings and conclusions in the

Appellate Body Report WT/DS426/AB/R.

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Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 15

2 ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS AND THIRD PARTICIPANTS ..................... 25

2.1 Claims of error by Canada - Appellant .............................................................. 25

2.1.1 Article III:8(a) of the GATT 1994 ........................................................................... 25

2.1.2 Article 11 of the DSU - "Commercial resale" ........................................................... 27

2.2 Arguments of Japan - Appellee ......................................................................... 30

2.2.1 Article III:8(a) of the GATT 1994 ........................................................................... 30

2.2.2 Article 11 of the DSU - "Commercial resale" ........................................................... 31

2.3 Arguments of the European Union - Appellee ................................................... 32

2.3.1 Article III:8(a) of the GATT 1994 ........................................................................... 32

2.3.2 Article 11 of the DSU - "Commercial resale" ........................................................... 34

2.4 Claims of error by Japan - Other appellant ....................................................... 37

2.4.1 The order in which the Panel dealt with Japan's claims under the

SCM Agreement and its claims under the TRIMs Agreement and the GATT 1994 ........... 37

2.4.2 Claims under Article III:8(a) of the GATT 1994 ........................................................ 38

2.4.2.1 The Panel's finding that the FIT Programme and Contracts involve "procurement

by governmental agencies of products purchased" ................................................... 38

2.4.2.2 The Panel's interpretation of the word "for" in term "for governmental purposes" ......... 39

2.4.2.3 The Panel's interpretation and application of the term "with a view to

commercial resale" .............................................................................................. 40

2.4.3 The Panel's decision to exercise judicial economy with respect to Japan's

"stand-alone" claim under Article III:4 of the GATT 1994 .......................................... 41

2.4.4 Claims under the SCM Agreement ......................................................................... 42

2.4.4.1 Article 1.1(a) - "Financial contribution" or "income or price support" .......................... 42

2.4.4.2 Article 1.1(b) - "Benefit" ...................................................................................... 44

2.4.4.3 Article 11 of the DSU - "Benefit" ........................................................................... 47

2.5 Claims of error by the European Union - Other appellant ................................. 48

2.5.1 The relationship between the TRIMs Agreement and Article III:4 of the

GATT 1994 ......................................................................................................... 48

2.5.2 Claims under Article III:8(a) of the GATT 1994 ........................................................ 49

2.5.2.1 The Panel's finding that the domestic content requirements "govern"

procurement of electricity .................................................................................... 50

2.5.2.2 The Panel's interpretation of the term "governmental purposes" ................................ 51

2.5.3 Claims under the SCM Agreement ......................................................................... 52

2.5.3.1 Article 1.1(b) - "Benefit" ...................................................................................... 52

2.5.3.2 Article 11 of the DSU - "Benefit" ........................................................................... 54

2.6 Arguments of Canada - Appellee ...................................................................... 56

2.6.1 The order in which the Panel dealt with Japan's claims under the

SCM Agreement and its claims under the TRIMs Agreement and the GATT 1994 ........... 56

2.6.2 The relationship between the TRIMs Agreement and Article III:4 of the

GATT 1994 ......................................................................................................... 56

2.6.3 Claims under Article III:8(a) of the GATT 1994 ........................................................ 57

2.6.3.1 The Panel's finding that the FIT Programme and Contracts involve "procurement

by governmental agencies of products purchased" ................................................... 57

2.6.3.2 The Panel's finding that the domestic content requirements "govern" the

procurement of electricity .................................................................................... 58

2.6.3.3 The Panel's interpretation of the term "governmental purposes" ................................ 58

2.6.3.4 The Panel's interpretation of the word "for" in the term "for governmental

purposes" .......................................................................................................... 59

2.6.3.5 The Panel's interpretation of the term "with a view to commercial resale" .................... 59

2.6.3.6 Canada's request for completion of the analysis ....................................................... 60

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2.6.4 The Panel's decision to exercise judicial economy with respect to Japan's

"stand-alone" claim under Article III:4 of the GATT 1994 .......................................... 61

2.6.5 Claims under the SCM Agreement ......................................................................... 61

2.6.5.1 Article 1.1(a) - "Financial contribution" or "income or price support" .......................... 61

2.6.5.2 Article 1.1(b) - "Benefit" ...................................................................................... 63

2.6.5.3 Article 11 of the DSU - "Benefit" ........................................................................... 65

2.7 Arguments of the third participants .................................................................. 66

2.7.1 Australia ............................................................................................................ 66

2.7.2 Brazil ................................................................................................................ 67

2.7.3 China ................................................................................................................ 68

2.7.4 India ................................................................................................................. 69

2.7.5 Norway ............................................................................................................. 69

2.7.6 Saudi Arabia ...................................................................................................... 69

2.7.7 Turkey .............................................................................................................. 70

2.7.8 United States ..................................................................................................... 70

3 ISSUES RAISED IN THIS APPEAL ...................................................................... 73

4 BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW OF THE MEASURES AT ISSUE ........................... 74

4.1 Electricity networks .......................................................................................... 74

4.2 Ontario's electricity market .............................................................................. 76

4.3 The FIT Programme .......................................................................................... 81

5 ANALYSIS OF THE APPELLATE BODY ................................................................. 83

5.1 The order in which the Panel dealt with Japan's claims under the

SCM Agreement and its claims under the TRIMs Agreement and the

GATT 1994 ........................................................................................................ 83

5.2 The applicability of Article III:8(a) of the GATT 1994 to measures

falling under Article 2.2 of the TRIMs Agreement and the Illustrative

List annexed thereto ......................................................................................... 85

5.2.1 The Panel's findings ............................................................................................. 86

5.2.2 Claims and arguments on appeal ........................................................................... 87

5.2.3 Is Article III:8(a) of the GATT 1994 applicable to measures falling within the

scope of Article 2.2 of the TRIMs Agreement and the Illustrative List annexed

thereto? ............................................................................................................ 88

5.3 Article III:8(a) of the GATT 1994 ..................................................................... 91

5.3.1 The Panel's findings ............................................................................................. 91

5.3.2 Claims and arguments on appeal ........................................................................... 94

5.3.3 Interpretation of Article III:8(a) of the GATT 1994 ................................................... 96

5.3.4 Application of Article III:8(a) of the GATT 1994 to the facts of these disputes ............ 101

5.4 Did the Panel properly exercise judicial economy when it declined to

make a finding under Japan's "stand-alone" claim under Article III:4 of

the GATT 1994? .............................................................................................. 103

5.5 Claims under the SCM Agreement ................................................................... 108

5.5.1 Article 1.1(a) - "Financial contribution" or "income or price support" ........................ 108

5.5.1.1 The Panel's findings ........................................................................................... 109

5.5.1.2 Whether the Panel erred in finding that the FIT Programme and Contracts are

government "purchases [of] goods" under Article 1.1(a)(1)(iii) of the

SCM Agreement ................................................................................................ 110

5.5.1.3 Did the Panel err in exercising judicial economy with respect to the allegations

that the measures at issue constitute "income or price support"? ............................. 116

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5.5.2 Article 1.1(b) - "Benefit" .................................................................................... 117

5.5.2.1 The Panel's findings ........................................................................................... 119

5.5.2.2 Whether the Panel erred in finding that the European Union and Japan failed to

establish that the challenged measures confer a benefit within the meaning of

Article 1.1(b) of the SCM Agreement .................................................................... 121

5.5.2.3 Whether the Panel acted inconsistently with Article 11 of the DSU in finding that

the European Union and Japan failed to establish that the challenged measures confer a benefit within the meaning of Article 1.1(b) of the SCM Agreement .............. 134

5.5.2.4 Completion of the analysis ................................................................................. 134

6 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN THE APPELLATE BODY REPORT

WT/DS412/AB/R ..................................................................................... JPN-141

6 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS IN THE APPELLATE BODY REPORT

WT/DS426/AB/R ....................................................................................... EU-143

ANNEX 1 NOTIFICATION OF AN APPEAL BY CANADA ................................................... 145 ANNEX 2 NOTIFICATION OF AN OTHER APPEAL BY JAPAN ........................................... 146 ANNEX 3 NOTIFICATION OF AN OTHER APPEAL BY THE EUROPEAN UNION .................... 149 ANNEX 4 PROCEDURAL RULING BY THE APPELLATE BODY ........................................... 152

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CASES CITED IN THESE REPORTS

Short Title Full Case Title and Citation

Australia - Salmon Appellate Body Report, Australia - Measures Affecting Importation of Salmon, WT/DS18/AB/R, adopted 6 November 1998, DSR 1998:VIII, p. 3327 Brazil - Retreaded Tyres Appellate Body Report, Brazil - Measures Affecting Imports of Retreaded Tyres, WT/DS332/AB/R, adopted 17 December 2007,

DSR 2007:IV, 1527

Canada - Aircraft Appellate Body Report, Canada - Measures Affecting the Export of Civilian Aircraft, WT/DS70/AB/R, adopted 20 August 1999,

DSR 1999:III, 1377

Canada - Aircraft

(Article 21.5 - Brazil) Appellate Body Report, Canada - Measures Affecting the Export of Civilian Aircraft - Recourse by Brazil to Article 21.5 of the DSU, WT/DS70/AB/RW, adopted 4 August 2000, DSR 2000:IX, p. 4299 Canada - Autos Appellate Body Report, Canada - Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry, WT/DS139/AB/R, WT/DS142/AB/R, adopted

19 June 2000, DSR 2000:VI, 2985

Canada - Autos Panel Report, Canada - Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry, WT/DS139/R, WT/DS142/R, adopted 19 June 2000, as modified by Appellate Body Report WT/DS139/AB/R,

WT/DS142/AB/R, DSR 2000:VII, 3043

Canada - Dairy Appellate Body Report, Canada - Measures Affecting the Importation of Milk and the Exportation of Dairy Products, WT/DS103/AB/R, WT/DS113/AB/R and Corr.1, adopted 27 October 1999, DSR 1999:V, p. 2057

Canada - Feed-in Tariff

Program

Panel Report, Canada - Measures Relating to the Feed-in Tariff Program, WT/DS426/R and Add.1, circulated to WTO Members

19 December 2012

Canada - Periodicals Appellate Body Report, Canada - Certain Measures Concerning Periodicals, WT/DS31/AB/R, adopted 30 July 1997, DSR 1997:I, 449

Canada - Renewable

Energy

Panel Report, Canada - Certain Measures Affecting the Renewable Energy Generation Sector, WT/DS412/R and Add.1, circulated to

WTO Members 19 December 2012

Canada - Wheat Exports

and Grain Imports Appellate Body Report, Canada - Measures Relating to Exports of Wheat and Treatment of Imported Grain, WT/DS276/AB/R, adopted

27 September 2004, DSR 2004:VI, p. 2739

Canada - Wheat Exports

and Grain Imports Panel Report, Canada - Measures Relating to Exports of Wheat and Treatment of Imported Grain, WT/DS276/R, adopted

27 September 2004, upheld by Appellate Body Report

WT/DS276/AB/R, DSR 2004:VI, 2817

Chile - Price Band System Appellate Body Report, Chile - Price Band System and Safeguard Measures Relating to Certain Agricultural Products, WT/DS207/AB/R, adopted 23 October 2002, DSR 2002:VIII, 3045 (Corr.1,

DSR 2006:XII, 5473)

China - Auto Parts Appellate Body Reports, China - Measures Affecting Imports of

Automobile Parts, WT/DS339/AB/R / WT/DS340/AB/R /

WT/DS342/AB/R, adopted 12 January 2009, DSR 2009:I, p. 3

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Short Title Full Case Title and Citation

China - Intellectual

Property Rights Panel Report, China - Measures Affecting the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, WT/DS362/R, adopted

20 March 2009, DSR 2009:V, 2097

China - Publications and

Audiovisual Products

Panel Report, China - Measures Affecting Trading Rights and Distribution Services for Certain Publications and Audiovisual Entertainment Products, WT/DS363/R and Corr.1, adopted

19 January 2010, as modified by Appellate Body Report

WT/DS363/AB/R, DSR 2010:II, 261

China - Raw Materials Appellate Body Reports, China - Measures Related to the Exportation of Various Raw Materials, WT/DS394/AB/R / WT/DS395/AB/R /

WT/DS398/AB/R, adopted 22 February 2012

EC - Asbestos Appellate Body Report, European Communities - Measures Affecting Asbestos and Asbestos-Containing Products, WT/DS135/AB/R, adopted 5 April 2001, DSR 2001:VII, 3243 EC - Bananas III Appellate Body Report, European Communities - Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas, WT/DS27/AB/R, adopted 25 September 1997, DSR 1997:II, 591 EC - Bananas III Panel Reports, European Communities - Regime for the Importation, Sale and Distribution of Bananas, (Ecuador) WT/DS27/R/ECU, (Guatemala and Honduras) WT/DS27/R/GTM, WT/DS27/R/HND, (Mexico) WT/DS27/R/MEX, (United States) WT/DS27/R/USA, adopted

25 September 1997, as modified by Appellate Body Report

WT/DS27/AB/R, DSR 1997:II, p. 695 to DSR:1997:III, p. 1085

EC - Export Subsidies on

Sugar Appellate Body Report, European Communities - Export Subsidies on Sugar, WT/DS265/AB/R, WT/DS266/AB/R, WT/DS283/AB/R, adopted

19 May 2005, DSR 2005:XIII, p. 6365

EC - Hormones Appellate Body Report, EC Measures Concerning Meat and Meat Products (Hormones), WT/DS26/AB/R, WT/DS48/AB/R, adopted

13 February 1998, DSR 1998:I, p. 135

EC - Sardines Appellate Body Report, European Communities - Trade Description of Sardines, WT/DS231/AB/R, adopted 23 October 2002,

DSR 2002:VIII, 3359

EC - Selected Customs

Matters

Panel Report, European Communities - Selected Customs Matters, WT/DS315/R, adopted 11 December 2006, as modified by Appellate

Body Report WT/DS315/AB/R, DSR 2006:IX-X, p. 3915

EC and certain member

States - Large Civil

Aircraft Appellate Body Report, European Communities and Certain Member States - Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft,

WT/DS316/AB/R, adopted 1 June 2011

India - Autos Panel Report, India - Measures Affecting the Automotive Sector, WT/DS146/R, WT/DS175/R and Corr.1, adopted 5 April 2002,

DSR 2002:V, p. 1827

Indonesia - Autos Panel Report, Indonesia - Certain Measures Affecting the Automobile Industry, WT/DS54/R, WT/DS55/R, WT/DS59/R, WT/DS64/R and Corr.1 and 2, adopted 23 July 1998, and Corr. 3 and 4,

DSR 1998:VI, 2201

Japan - Alcoholic

Beverages II

Appellate Body Report, Japan - Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages, WT/DS8/AB/R, WT/DS10/AB/R, WT/DS11/AB/R, adopted 1 November

1996, DSR 1996:I, p. 97

Japan - DRAMs (Korea) Appellate Body Report, Japan - Countervailing Duties on Dynamic Random Access Memories from Korea, WT/DS336/AB/R and Corr.1, adopted 17 December 2007, DSR 2007:VII, p. 2703

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Short Title Full Case Title and Citation

Korea - Alcoholic

Beverages

Appellate Body Report, Korea - Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages, WT/DS75/AB/R, WT/DS84/AB/R, adopted 17 February 1999,

DSR 1999:I, 3

Korea - Various Measures

on Beef Appellate Body Report, Korea - Measures Affecting Imports of Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Beef, WT/DS161/AB/R, WT/DS169/AB/R, adopted

10 January 2001, DSR 2001:I, 5

Philippines - Distilled

Spirits

Appellate Body Reports, Philippines - Taxes on Distilled Spirits, WT/DS396/AB/R / WT/DS403/AB/R, adopted 20 January 2012 Turkey - Rice Panel Report, Turkey - Measures Affecting the Importation of Rice, WT/DS334/R, adopted 22 October 2007, DSR 2007:VI, 2151

US - Anti-Dumping and

Countervailing Duties

(China) Appellate Body Report, United States - Definitive Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties on Certain Products from China,

WT/DS379/AB/R, adopted 25 March 2011

US - Carbon Steel Appellate Body Report, United States - Countervailing Duties on Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Germany, WT/DS213/AB/R and Corr.1, adopted 19 December 2002,

DSR 2002:IX, 3779

US - Certain EC Products Appellate Body Report, United States - Import Measures on Certain Products from the European Communities, WT/DS165/AB/R, adopted

10 January 2001, DSR 2001:I, p. 373

US - COOL Appellate Body Reports, United States - Certain Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) Requirements, WT/DS384/AB/R / WT/DS386/AB/R, adopted 23 July 2012 US - Gasoline Appellate Body Report, United States - Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline, WT/DS2/AB/R, adopted 20 May 1996,

DSR 1996:I, p. 3

US - Large Civil Aircraft

(2 nd complaint) Appellate Body Report, United States - Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft (Second Complaint), WT/DS353/AB/R, adopted

23 March 2012

US - Section 211

Appropriations Act

Appellate Body Report, United States - Section 211 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1998, WT/DS176/AB/R, adopted 1 February

2002, DSR 2002:II, p. 589

US - Softwood Lumber IV Appellate Body Report, United States - Final Countervailing Duty Determination with Respect to Certain Softwood Lumber from

Canada, WT/DS257/AB/R, adopted 17 February 2004,

DSR 2004:II, 571

US - Softwood Lumber IV Panel Report, United States - Final Countervailing Duty Determination with Respect to Certain Softwood Lumber from Canada, WT/DS257/R and Corr.1, adopted 17 February 2004, as modified by Appellate Body

Report WT/DS257/AB/R, DSR 2004:II, p. 641

US - Tuna II (Mexico) Appellate Body Report, United States - Measures Concerning the Importation, Marketing and Sale of Tuna and Tuna Products,

WT/DS381/AB/R, adopted 13 June 2012

US - Upland Cotton Appellate Body Report, United States - Subsidies on Upland Cotton, WT/DS267/AB/R, adopted 21 March 2005, DSR 2005:I, p. 3 US - Upland Cotton Panel Report, United States - Subsidies on Upland Cotton, WT/DS267/R, Corr.1, and Add.1 to Add.3, adopted 21 March 2005, as modified by Appellate Body Report WT/DS267/AB/R, DSR 2005:II, p. 299

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Short Title Full Case Title and Citation

US - Upland Cotton

(Article 21.5 - Brazil) Appellate Body Report, United States - Subsidies on Upland Cotton - Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by Brazil, WT/DS267/AB/RW, adopted 20 June 2008, DSR 2008:III, 809 US - Wheat Gluten Appellate Body Report, United States - Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports of Wheat Gluten from the European Communities, WT/DS166/AB/R, adopted 19 January 2001, DSR 2001:II, 717

US - Wool Shirts and

Blouses

Appellate Body Report, United States - Measure Affecting Imports of Woven Wool Shirts and Blouses from India, WT/DS33/AB/R, adopted

23 May 1997, and Corr.1, DSR 1997:I, p. 323

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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THESE REPORTS

Abbreviation Description

CES Clean Energy Supply

CHP Combined Heat and Power

complainants Japan and the European Union

DSB Dispute Settlement Body

DSU Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of

Disputes

Electricity Act of 1998 Electricity Act, 1998, Service Ontario 1998, Chapter 15, Schedule A, as amended (Panel Exhibit JPN-5)

Electricity Restructuring

Act of 2004 An Act to amend the Electricity Act, 1998 and the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, Service Ontario 2004, Chapter 23 (Panel Exhibits CDA-18 and

JPN-8)

EU Panel Report Panel Report, Canada - Measures Relating to the Feed-in Tariff

Program (WT/DS426/R)

FIT feed-in tariff

FIT Programme Ontario Power Authority Feed-in Tariff Program

FIT Programme

Interpretations FIT Program Interpretations of the Domestic Content Requirements (Panel Exhibit EU-7) FIT Standard Definitions Ontario Power Authority, Feed-in Tariff Appendix 1 - Standard Definitions (version 1.5.1), 15 July 2011 (Panel Exhibit JPN-135)

GA Global Adjustment

GATT 1994 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994

GPA Agreement on Government Procurement

Green Energy and Green

Economy Act of 2009

An Act to enact the Green Energy Act, 2009 and to build a green economy, to repeal the Energy Conservation Leadership Act, 2006 and the Energy Efficiency Act and to amend other statutes, Service

Ontario 2009, Chapter 12 (Panel Exhibit JPN-101)

HCI Hydroelectric Contract Initiative

HEPCO Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario

HOEP Hourly Ontario Energy Price

Hogan Report Professor William W. Hogan, Harvard University, "Overview of the Electricity System in the Province of Ontario", 21 December 2011 (Panel Exhibit CDA-2)

IESO Independent Electricity System Operator

IESO Market Manual Independent Electricity System Operator, Market Manual IESO Market Rules Independent Electricity System Operator, Market Rules for the Ontario

Market

IPP Independent Power Producer

Japan Panel Report Panel Report, Canada - Certain Measures Affecting the Renewable

Energy Generation Sector (WT/DS412/R)

kW kilowatts kWh kilowatt hour

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Abbreviation Description

LDC Local Distribution Company

MCP market clearing price

Memorandum of

Agreement

Memorandum of Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Ontario as Represented by the Minister of Energy and Hydro One Inc., 27 March 2008 (Panel Exhibit CDA-107)

Minister's 2009 FIT

Direction Direction dated 24 September 2009 from the Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure to the Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Power Authority to develop a feed-in tariff (FIT) programme (Panel Exhibit JPN-102)

MW megawatts

NUG Non-Utility Generator

OEB Ontario Energy Board

OEFC Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation

OPA Ontario Power Authority

OPA Proposed FIT Price

Schedule Presentation OPA, Presentation on "Proposed Feed-in Tariff Price Schedule Stakeholder Engagement - Session 4", 7 April 2009 (Panel Exhibit

CDA-46)

OPG Ontario Power Generation

Panel Reports Panel Report, Canada - Certain Measures Affecting the Renewable Energy Generation Sector (WT/DS412/R) and Panel Report, Canada - Measures Relating to the Feed-in Tariff Program (WT/DS426/R) PJM Interconnection Mid-Atlantic region of the United States

PV photovoltaic

RES Renewable Energy Supply

RESOP Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program

RPP Regulated Price Plan

SCM Agreement Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

SSS Standard Supply Service

TRIM trade-related investment measure

TRIMs Agreement Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures TRIPS Agreement Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Working Procedures Working Procedures for Appellate Review, WT/AB/WP/6, 16 August 2010

WTO World Trade Organization

WTO Agreement Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization

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PANEL EXHIBITS CITED IN THESE REPORTS

Exhibit Description

CDA-2 Professor William W. Hogan, Harvard University, "Overview of the Electricity System in the Province of Ontario", 21 December 2011 CDA-6 Government of Ontario, Ontario's Long-Term Energy Plan (Queen's Printer for

Ontario, 2010)

CDA-16 Ontario Energy Board webpage, "Electricity Prices: ... OEB's Role in Electricity Prices", available at: Chapter 23 CDA-46 Ontario Power Authority, Presentation on "Proposed Feed-in Tariff Price Schedule

Stakeholder Engagement - Session 4", 7 April 2009

CDA-52 Ontario Ministry of Energy, Request for Proposals for 300 MW of Renewable Energy

Supply (RES I), issued 24 June 2004

CDA-53 Ontario Ministry of Energy, Request for Proposals for 1,000 MW of Renewable

Energy Supply (RES II), issued 17 June 2005

CDA-54 Ontario Ministry of Energy, Request for Proposals for approximately 500 MW of Renewable Energy Supply (RES III), issued 22 August 2008 CDA-55 Ontario Power Authority, Joint Report to the Minister of Energy: Recommendations on a Standard Offer Program for Small Generators connected to a Distribution

System, 17 March 2006

CDA-59 Electricity Conservation & Supply Task Force, Tough Choices: Addressing Ontario's Power Needs, Final Report to the Minister of Energy (January 2004) CDA-64 Ontario Energy Board, EB-2009-0084, Report of the Board on the Cost of Capital for Ontario's Regulated Utilities, 11 December 2009 CDA-85 S. Arrowsmith, "Government Procurement in the WTO", Studies in Transnational Economic Law, Vol. 16 (Kluwer Law International, 2002), p. 53 CDA-106 Independent Electricity System Operator, Market Rules for the Ontario Market,

Chapter 11 of the 7 March 2012 issue

CDA-107 Memorandum of Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Ontario as Represented by the Minister of Energy and Hydro One Inc.,

27 March 2008

CDA-128 S. Arrowsmith, "Government Procurement in the WTO", Studies in Transnationalquotesdbs_dbs11.pdfusesText_17

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