RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/HUN/5
8October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4086)
Original: Spanish Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from ARGENTINA Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofHUNGARY1
Thefollowing communication, dated 20September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofArgentina.
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QUESTIONS TOHUNGARY
1. Inthecaseoftheprogramme ofcorporate taxconcessions forcompanies with foreign
participation, could Hungary specify whether theobtention ofthese concessions depends onexports,
within themeaning ofAnnex I,paragraph (f),oftheSubsidies Agreement?
2. Inthecaseoftheprogrammes oftaxconcessions topromote export-oriented product
development,couldHungarystatewhetheritwillcomplywiththetime-limitprovidedforinArticle29.2
oftheSubsidies Agreement forthephasing outoftheprogrammes?
3. InthecaseoftheCentral Fund forTechnical Development, could Hungary specify theresearch
anddevelopment costscovered bythesubsidies programme, aswellasthepercentage ofthetotalcosts
oftheproject covered bythesubsidy, asprovided forinArticle 8.2(a) oftheSubsidies Agreement?
4. InthecaseoftheTerritorial Development Fund, could Hungary identify theregions benefitting
fromtheprogramme, aswellasthecriteria usedtoselect them, inaccordance withArticle 8.2(b) of
theSubsidies Agreement?
5. Agricultural promotion programme:
What willbetheduration oftheprogramme?
Whenwillstatisticaldatabeavailableinordertobeabletoevaluatethetradeeffectsandcalculate
themargin ofsubsidy?
6. Price support programme:
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When willitbepossible toprovide sufficient datatobeabletocalculate thetrade effects and
subsidy margin perproduct?
7. Agricultural funds:
(a) Stock-BreedingFund.Thereisnoinformationonthetime-periodsordataforcalculating
theeffects. Itisstated thatitcovers 50percentofthecost,without specifying.
(b) Fishery. Thetime-period andtrade effects arenotindicated.
8. Agricultural subsidies. Asubsidy of10percentage points oftheinterest rateonloans is
mentioned: butwhatarethetrade effects andthemargin ofsubsidy?