RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/NOR/4
8October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4065)
Original: Spanish Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from ARGENTINA Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofNORWAY1
Thefollowing communication, dated 20September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofArgentina.
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Questions toNorway
1. Withregard tothesubsidies programme forassistance todisadvantaged regions, could Norway
specify theregions benefiting under theprogramme andthecriteria usedtogrant thesubsidies, in
accordance withArticle 8.2(b) oftheSubsidies Agreement?
2. Inthecaseoftheprogrammes forregional development andsupport forresearch and
development indisadvantaged regions, could Norway specify:
2.1 What research anddevelopment costs arecovered bytheprogramme andthepercentage of
totalprogramme costs thatarecovered bysuchsubsidies, inaccordance withArticle 8.2(a) ofthe
Subsidies Agreement?
2.2 Whatregionsareeligibleundertheprogrammeandthecriteriausedtoselectthem,inaccordance
withArticle 8.2(b) oftheSubsidies Agreement?
1G/SCM/N/3/NOR +Corr.1.