RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/AUS/4
1October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3898)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from JAPAN Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofAUSTRALIA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 20September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
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(1) III. Citric acid
Could Australia explain thefollowing points about theprogramme intheabove-mentioned
field?
- Iftheprogramme hasalready finished asmentioned inthenotification.
- Ifthere areanyother programmes inthefieldafterthisprogramme.
(2) IV. Computers
Could Australia explain thefollowing points about theprogramme intheabove-mentioned
field?
- Iftheprogramme hasalready finished asmentioned inthenotification.
- Ifthere areanyother programmes inthefieldafterthisprogramme.
(3) VI. Machine tools androbots
There isadescription in1(b)ofthenotification thattheActprovides forpayment ofbounties
onlocally manufactured items. Inthisconnection, could Australia explain iftheActconstitutes the
subsidies contingent upon theuseofdomestic overimported goods?
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(4) VII. Printed fabrics
Could Australia explain thefollowing points about theprogramme intheabove-mentioned
field?
- Iftheprogramme hasalready finished asmentioned inthenotification.
- Ifthere areanyother programmes inthefieldafterthisprogramme.
(5) IX. Textile yarns
There isadescription in1(b)ofthenotification thatthebounty waspayable uponproduction
ofcertain yarns, spunfromcertain textile fibres andusedtoproduce, inAustralia, yarns, other textiles,
orproducts made wholly orpartially therefrom. Inthisconnection, could Australia explain iftheAct
constitutes thesubsidies contingent upon theuseofdomestic overimported goods?
(6) Could Australia explain thecontents andthereason ofnonotification about thefollowing
programmes?
(1) Passenger Motor Vehicle Export Facilitation Scheme (PMV EFS)
(2) Textiles, Clothing andFootwear Import Credit Scheme (TCF ICS)
(3) Textiles, Clothing andFootwear: Bounties
(4) Textiles, Clothing andFootwear: Further Wool Processing
(5) 150percentTaxConcession forResearch andDevelopment
Could Australia explain towhich industries andwithwhatcriteria orconditions this
programme hasbeenapplied?
(6) Cooperative Research Centres Programme (CRC)
Could Australia explain towhich industries andwithwhatcriteria orconditions this
programme hasbeenapplied?
(7) National Space Programme (NSP)
Could Australia explain theform ofassistance toenterprises ofthisprogramme?
(8) Industrial Research andDevelopment: Queensland
Could Australia explain towhich industries andwithwhatcriteria orconditions this
programme hasbeenapplied?