WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/N/60
1 March 2000
(00-0774)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Updating Notifications Pursuant to Article XVI:1 of the GATT 1994
and Article 25 of the Agreement on Subsidies
and Countervailing Measures
1. Pursuant to Article XVI:1 of the GATT 1994 and Article 25.2 of the Agreement on Subsidies
and Countervailing Measures ("SCM Agreement"), Members shall notify (a) all specific subsidies as
defined in Articles 1 and 2 of the SCM Agreement a nd (2) all other subsidies which operate directly or
indirectly to increase exports of any product from, or  to reduce imports of any product into, the territory
of the Member granting or maintaining the subsidies.
2. In accordance with the decision of the Committee on 21 July 1995 (G/SCM/6), Members shall
submit new and full notifications each third year (b eginning in 1995) and updating notifications in the
intervening years.  Members are therefore requested to submit updating notifications by
30 June 2000 .
3. The questionnaire format for these not ifications is contained in G/SCM/6.
4. Notifications received in reply to the above request will be issued as Member-coded documents
in the G/SCM/N/60 series.
5. Members are reminded that new and full notific ations were due in 30 June 1998 (G/SCM/N/38).
Members which have not yet submitted the new and full notification are requested to do so without
further delay.
6. As provided by Article 25.7 of the SCM Agr eement, the notification of a measure does not
prejudge either its legal status under GATT 1994 or the SCM Agreement, the effects under the
SCM Agreement, or the nature of the measure itself
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