GENEVA, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The World Trade Organization (WTO) announced on Monday afternoon that a panel is to be established to probe into the dispute between the European Union(EU) and Russia on anti-dumping duties imposed by the latter on Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) from Germany and Italy.

The EU brought the case before the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body in May this year, having requested consultations with Russia over the levy of anti-dumping duties on goods at issue.

Th EU has alleged that anti-dumping duties of 23 percent to 29.6 percent imposed on European LCVs were significantly hampering access to the Russian market, and the trade restrictions were incompatible with WTO law.

Under the EU's claims, the measures taken by Russia were inconsistent with its obligations under various articles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 and the Anti-Dumping Agreement.

At today's meeting, the EU said that Russia had not signalled any intention of removing the measures.

Russia said there was only one round of consultations on this matter and the country was "deeply disappointed" that there had been no efforts on the part of the EU to find a mutually agreed upon solution during the course of the discussions.

Russia insisted that the measures at issue were in full conformity with the WTO Agreements.

The Eurasian Economic Commission (ECC) imposed anti-dumping duties in May last year on LCV imports from Germany, Italy and Turkey, and the decision covered the territory of the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia.

As Belarus and Kazakhstan are not WTO members, the EU's request for consultations was addressed to Russia only.

EU statistics showed that in 2012 EU LCVs exports to Russia were worth more than 100 million euros (128 million U.S. dollars), but the 28-member bloc said that exports have been decreasing since Russia imposed a "recycling fee" in September 2012 on motor vehicles, and the anti-dumping measures concerned in this dispute have exerted a further negative effect on EU exports of LCVs.

This is the fourth case filed against Russia since it acceded to the WTO on Aug. 22, 2012.

The first two cases, related to the recycling fee on motor vehicles, were filed respectively by the EU and Japan in July 2013, and the third was filed in April 2014 by the EU, concerning Russia's measures on the imports of EU live pigs and their genetic materials and products.

Source: Xinhua