 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/Q3/DOM/10 
8 September 2004 
 (04-3768) 
Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
SUBSIDIES  
 
Requests Pursuant to Article 27.4 of the Agreement on  
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  
 
Questions from the EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Regarding  
the Notification of the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC1 
  
 The following communication, dated 1 September 2004, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the European Commission.  
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Law 8-90 to Promote the Establishment of Free Zones and Expand Existing Ones
 
  Further to the responses given last year in document G/SCM/Q3/DOM/9, please indicate what consideration has been given to the phasing out of this programme, given that the benefits of the 
programme are granted for 15 or 20 years and that the transitional period for the elimination of export 
subsidies provided for in document G/SCM/39 expires at the end of 2007. 
 
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1 G/SCM/N/114/DOM 