WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/6/Rev.1
11 November 2003
(03-6007)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
QUESTIONNAIRE FORMAT FOR SUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 25 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SUBSIDIES
AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES AND UNDER
ARTICLE XVI OF GATT 19941
Revision
General Rules
1. The following subsidies are subject to notification under Article 25 of the Agreement on
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and under Article XVI of GATT 1994:
(a) all specific subsidies, as defined in Articles 1 and 2 of the Agreement on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures ("the SCM Agreement"), shall be notified pursuant to Article 25.2 ofthe SCM Agreement;
and(b) all other subsidies (i.e., in addition to those desc ribed in (a)), 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,  shall be notified pursuant to Article XVI:1 of
GATT 1994.
2. It is understood that notifications made in accordance with the following questionnaire format
will satisfy the notification requirements of both Article 25 of the SCM Agreement and
Article XVI of GATT 1994.
3. Any Member considering that there are no measur es in its territory requiring notification under
the SCM Agreement and Article XVI of GATT 1994 shall so inform the Secretariat in writing.
4. The content of notifications should be sufficiently specific to enable other Members to evaluate
the trade effects and to understand the operation of notified subsidies.
5. It is recognized that notification of a meas ure does not prejudge either its legal status under
GATT 1994 and the SCM Agreement, the effects under the SCM Agreement, or the nature of
the measure itself.
6. To the extent that subsidies are provided on the basis of specific products or sectors,
notifications of those subsidies shoul d be organized by product or sector.
                                                     
1 This format replaces G/SCM/6.  This document is prepared solely to assist Members in the
preparation of subsidy notifications under Article 25 of the  Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Duties ,
and is without prejudice to the legal obligations therein.G/SCM/6/Rev.1
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7. To the extent that information called for in any question is not provided, the response to that
question shall explain why not.
8. In accordance with Article 25.1 of the SCM Agreement, subsidy notifications shall be submitted
no later than 30 June of each year.
9. Members shall submit new and full notifications each third year (with 1995 understood to be the
year for the first new and full notifications  under Article 25 of the SCM Agreement and under
Article XVI of GATT 1994), and shall submit updatin g notifications in the intervening years.
Information to be Provided2
1. Title of the subsidy programme, if relevant, or brief description or identification of the subsidy.
2. Period covered by the notification.  The period to  be covered by the notification should be the
most recently completed calendar or fiscal year. In the latter case, the start and end dates of the fiscal
year should be specified.
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy.4. Background and authority for the subsidy (inclu ding identification of the legislation under
which it is granted).
5. Form of the subsidy (i.e., grant, loan, tax concession, etc.).6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided (w hether to producers, to exporters, or others;
through what mechanism; whether a fixed or fluctuating amount per unit; if the latter, how
determined).
7. Subsidy per unit, or in cases where this is not possible, the total amount or the annual amount
budgeted for that subsidy (indicating, if possibl e, the average subsidy per unit in the previous
year).  Where provision of per unit subsidy info rmation (for the year covered by the notification,
for the previous year, or both) is  not possible, a full explanation.
8.   For the information cited in items 3 to 7 above, the notification does not necessarily have to
have an independent heading corresponding to each item, and may provide information on
multiple items in one heading (e.g. provide information on items 3 and 4 under one heading).
In this case, the notification must clearly specify what items are covered by which heading.
9. Duration of the subsidy and/or any other tim e limits attached to it, including date of
inception/commencement.
                                                     
 2The information requested in points 1-9 below must be provided in full:
(a) for all subsidies in the case of full notifications
(b) for subsidies notified for the first time in update notifications.
In the case of subsidies which have previously been notified, the information provided in update
notifications under points 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 may be limited to indicating any modifications (or the absence thereof)
from the previous notification.G/SCM/6/Rev.1
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10. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the tr ade effects of the subsidy.  The specific nature
and scope of such statistics is left to the j udgement of the notifying Member.  To the extent
possible, relevant and/or determinable, however , it is desirable that such information include
statistics of production, consumption, imports a nd exports of the subsidized product(s) or
sector(s):
(a) for the three most recent years for which statistics are available;(b) for a previous representative year, which, where possible and meaningful, should be
the latest year preceding the introduction of the subsidy or preceding the last major
change in the subsidy.
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