Brazil claimed that, by providing export subsidies for sugar in excess of its reduction commitment levels the EC is acting inconsistently with at least the requirements of:
Articles 3.3, 8, 9.1(a) and (c), and 10.1 of the Agreement on Agriculture;
Articles 3.1(a) and 3.2 of the SCM Agreement; and
Articles III:4 and XVI of GATT 1994.