US-COOL oral hearing appeal opens for public viewing

The Appellate Body Division of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced that they will open the oral hearing of the US-COOL appellate proceedings to public observation. The oral hearing is scheduled for February 16 and 17, 2015.

Due to limited seating capacity, public observation will take place via simultaneous closed-circuit broadcast in a separate viewing room in the WTO headquarters in Geneva.

Places reserved for the public will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. In order to participate, interested parties must send a completed registration form via e-mail. The deadline for submissions is 5:00 p.m. Geneva time on February 4, 2015.

The registration form can be found on the WTO website. More information regarding the WTO’s announcement can also be found on the WTO site.
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news15_e/hear_ds384_386_21jan15_e.htm