WORLD TRADE G/SCM/N/30
2July1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2767)
Committee onSubsidies
andCountervailing Measures
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS UNDER ARTICLE 25:11
OFTHE AGREEMENT
1. Under Article 25:11 oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures, Members
shallsubmit,onasemi-annualbasis,reportsofanycountervailingdutyactionstakenwithinthepreceding
sixmonths.
2. Membersarethereforeinvitedtosubmittheirsemi-annualreportscoveringtheperiod1January-
30June1997 notlaterthan29August 1997. Members which havenottaken anyaction within the
reporting period arealsoinvited toinform theCommittee accordingly.
3. Thefirstsemi-annual report submitted byanewWTO Member should cover theperiod July-
December orJanuary-June, whichever ismore recent, priortothedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO
Agreement forthatMember (PC/IPL/11, Annex 7).
4. Members arerequested toutilize theformat adopted bytheCommittee (G/SCM/2, dated
22June1995), when preparing theirreports, andtoinclude inthereports tables regarding definitive
measures inforce, undertakings inforce andrevocations ofcountervailing measures, asrequired by
thatformat.
5. Reports received inreply totheabove request willbeissued inaddenda tothisdocument.