Keywords

• Non-contractual liability of the Community
• Incompatibility of the Community regime governing the import of bananas with the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
• Imposition by the United States of America of retaliatory measures in the form of increased customs duty levied on imports from the Community, pursuant to a WTO authorisation
• Decision of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body
• Legal effects
• Community liability in the absence of unlawful conduct of its institutions
• Causal link
• Unusual and special damage.