RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q2/NOR/9
7 August 2000
(00-3236)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Questions from the UNITED STATES
Regarding the New and Full Notification of NORWAY1
The following communication, dated 2 August 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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The following are questions regarding the notification of Norway made pursuant to
Article XVI:1 of the GATT 1994 and Article 25 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing
Measures, in document G/SCM/N/38/NOR/Suppl.1.
2.4 Industrial R&D Programme
1. Could you elaborate in greater detail as to whom is eligible for or participates in this
programme?  What are the eligibility criteria and are there sub-programmes which may be focused on
R&D in particular sectors and/or regions?
2. Are recipients eligible to receive aid every year under this programme or is there a limit to the
amount of aid a single entity is allowed to receive?
3. When was this programme first put into effect?
7.2 Contract and construction loan subsidies to the shipbuilding industry
3. Can you please explain why such a large adjustment was made in the amount of subsidy  for
1997 from the notification G/SCM/ N/38/NOR (25 August 1998)?
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1 G/SCM/N/38/NOR/Suppl.1