Following requests from Canada to establish a panel, the DSB did so in April 1997.[1] The European Communities, India, Norway, and the United States reserved their third-party rights.[3] The panel was composed in May 1997, and the panel report circulated in June 1998.[3] The panel determined that Australia's important ban was "inconsistent with Articles 2.2, 2.3, 5.1, 5.5, and 5.6 of the SPS Agreement, and also nullified or impaired benefits accruing to Canada under the SPS Agreement."[3]