WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q2/PNG/1
G/SCM/Q3/PNG/6
6 November 2003
(03-5925)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
New and Full Notification Pursuant to Article XVI:1
of the GATT 1994 and Article 25 of the Agreement
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Extension Under SCM Article 27.4 of the Transition Period for the
Elimination of Export Subsidies Pursuant to the Procedures
in Document G/SCM/39
Questions from the UNITED STATES
Regarding the Notifications of PAPUA NEW GUINEA1
The following communication, dated 5 November 2003, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of the United States.
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The United States appreciates the information provided in the notification from Papua New
Guinea.  However, paragraph 1(d) of G/SCM/39 provides that the extensions granted by the SCM
Committee pursuant to its procedures shall be subjec t to annual review in the form of consultations
between the Committee and Members receiving the extensions.  The annual reviews shall be
conducted on the basis of updating notifications from the Members in question.  Paragraph 3(a) of
G/SCM/39 provides that the updating notifications referred to in 1(d) shall follow the agreed format
for subsidy notifications under SCM Article 25 (found in G/SCM/6) .  (Italics added.)
It does not appear that the Committee can undertake its annual review of the extension,
pursuant to the procedures, until a properly formatted notification is received from Papua New
Guinea.  We note that the SCM Committee, at its October 2003 meeting, approved some
modifications to the agreed format for subsidy notifications under SCM Article 25, which may
facilitate preparation of this document.
• Please provide an Article 25 notification in the appropriate format for consideration
pursuant to the procedures set out in G/SCM/39.
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1 G/SCM/N/95/PNG-G/SCM/N/99/PNG.