RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/BOL/5
9 April 2002
(02-1880)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Requests Pursuant to Article 27.4 of the Agreement
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Questions Posed by JAPAN
Regarding the Notification of BOLIVIA1
The following communication, dated 4 April 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Japan.
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Japan hereby submits the following questions seeking clarification of certain aspects of the
request submitted by Bolivia under Article 27.4 of the ASCM for extension of the transition period for
export subsidies.  In addition, Japan reserves its right for further questions.  These questions are
without prejudice to whether Japan endorses any conclusions which may be drawn.
Free Zones
1. While the Law on Free Zones seems to have already been effective in 2000, Bolivia notified
in G/SCM/N/48/BOL on 9 May 2000 that there were no measures which require notification under
Article 25.  Could Bolivia please explain this contradiction?
2. Could Bolivia please explain the conformity of establishment of this regime in March 2000
with the standstill requirement referr ed to in Article 27.4 of the ASCM?
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1 G/SCM/N/74/BOL