RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q2/NOR/11
8 June 2001
(01-2817)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Questions from the UNITED STATES
Regarding the Updating Notification of NORWAY1
The following communication, dated 17 May 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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Aid for Development and Diffusion of Cleaner Technologies
1. It is stated that this programme was closed in 1997 and that expenditures in 1999 were from
previous commitments.  Please indicate for what period of time expenditures will continue to be
made.
The Strategy Programme and the Programme for Export Development in SME
1. Please explain the consistency of this programme with Norway’s obligations under Article 3
of the Agreement.
Interest Rate Subsidies for the Shipbuilding Industry:  Long-Term Financing and Construction
Loans
1. How is the subsidized interest rate on the loans determined?Reduced CO
2 Tax on Mineral Oil/Coal and Coke
1. What type of tax concessions are provided under this programme?
Interest Rate Subsidies for Fishing Vessels for Domestic Deliveries:  Long-Term Financing and
Construction Loans
1. How is the subsidized interest rate on the loans determined?
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1 G/SCM/N/60/NOR.