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Page 3 D. The Panel's Findings and Conclusions on "Likeness" under Article III =4 of the GATT 1994 1. Overview 2. Chrysotile and PCG fibres 3. Cement-based products containing chrysotile and PCG fibres E. Completing the "Like Product" Analysis under Article III:4 of the GATT 1994 1. Chrysotile and PCG fibres 2. Cement-based products containing chrysotile and PCG fibres VII. Article XX(b) of the GATT 1994 and Article 11 of the DSU A. "To Protect Human Life or Health" B. "Necessary" C. Article 11 of the DSU VIII. Article XXIII:1(b) of the GATT 199-4 IX. Findings and Conclusions WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION APPELLATE BODY European Communities - Measures Affecting Asbestos and Asbestos-Containing Products AB-2000-11 Present: Canada, Appellant/Appellee European Communities, Appellant/Appellee Brazil, Third Participant United States, Third Participant Feliciano, Presiding Member Bacchus, Member Ehlermann, Member I. Introduction 1. Canada appeals certain issues of lawr and legal interpretations developed in the Panel Report in European Communities - Measures Affecting Asbestos and Asbestos-Containing Products (the "Panel Report"). [FN1] The Panel was established to consider claims made by Canada regarding French Decree No. 96- 1133 concerning asbestos and products containing asbestos (decret no. 96-1133 relatif a 1' interdiction de l'amiante, pris en appl ication du code de travail et du code de la consommation ) ("the Decree"), which entered into force on 1 January 1997. [FN2] 2. Articles 1 and 2 of the Decree set forth prohibitions on asbestos and on products containing asbestos fibres, followed by certainlimited and temporary exceptions from those prohibitions: