WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q2/ISL/7
17 March 2003
(03-1553)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Questions from the UNITED STATES Regarding the New
and Full and Updating Notifications of ICELAND1
The following communication, dated 14 March 2003, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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AGRICULTURAL
Agricultural Agreements; Payments to Milk Farm and Sheep Farms.
1. Are the benefits under this programme contingent on any local content requirements?  If so,
please explain.
2. Are any of the farmers that receive this benefit required to export?
REGIONAL SUPPORT
Assistance to Development Projects
1. Can you please explain what are the “other types of support” under this programme?
2. What is the criteria that must be fulfilled  in order to receive this subsidy?
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1G/SCM/N/71/ISL, G/SCM/N/60/IS L and G/SCM/N/ 48/ISL/Rev.1