The World Trade Organization was established in 1995
and the European Community and its Member States became
thereby bound by an overwhelming number of international
obligations in the field of international trade. The
entering into force of the WTO Agreements has been followed
by a flood of cases to the European Court of Justice
where the applicants have attempted to challenge
Community law provisions on the basis of the international
obligations imposed on the Community by virtue of the
provisions of the WTO Agreements and the decisions made
in the framework of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism.
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