RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/HND/5
9 April 2002
(02-1899)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Requests Pursuant to Article 27.4 of the Agreement
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Question Posed by JAPAN
Regarding the Notification of HONDURAS1
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 question seeking clarification of certain aspects of the
request submitted by Honduras 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.  This question is
without prejudice to whether Japan endorses any conclusions which may be drawn.
Could Honduras please provide the years when ZORI, ZIP and RIT were established?
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1 G/SCM/N/74/HND