RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/DMA/3
9 April 2002
(02-1883)
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 DOMINICA1
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 Dominica 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.
Fiscal Incentives Programme
1. This Programme seems to include requirement for local value added.  Could Dominica please
explain its conformity with Article 3.1(b) of the ASCM?
2. While the Fiscal Incentives Programme, which Dominica referred to in G/SCM/N/71/DMA,
seems to have already been effective in 2001, Dominica notified in G/SCM/N/60/DMA on
8 February 2001 that there were no measures whic h require notification under Article 25.  Could
Dominica please explain this contradiction?
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1 G/SCM/N/74/DMA and G/SCM/N/71/DMA