Article 2.12 of the TBT Agreement because the United States failed to allow for a reasonable interval of time between the date of publication of the measure and the date that the measure went into effect; and
Article 12.3 of the TBT Agreement because the ban on cigarettes with characterizing flavours created an unnecessary barrier to exports from Indonesia, a developing country.
The United States requests that the Panel reject Indonesia's claims in their entirety.[6]