On December 9, 2019, Indonesia requested consultations with the European Union regarding certain measures imposed by the European Union and its member States concerning palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels from Indonesia.
Indonesia claimed that the measures imposed by the European Union appear to be inconsistent with:
• Articles 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.8, 2.9, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.2, 5.6, 5.8, 12.1 and 12.3 of the TBT Agreement; and
• Articles I:1, III:4, X:3(a) and XI:1 of the GATT 1994.