RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/NOR/5
8October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4092)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from theUNITED STATES Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofNORWAY1
Thefollowing communication, dated 30September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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1. Thestated objective ofthe“Export Credit Guarantees ”scheme istopromote Norwegian exports
ofgoods andservices, primarily bycovering theexporter ’scommercial andcredit political risk.Could
Norway provide information withregard totheagricultural products thatbenefit fromthisprogramme?
Also, whataretheeligibility criteria forprogramme participants?
2. Could Norway explain ingreater detail howthe“Export Credit Financing Scheme ”operates?
Inaddition, information ontheeligibility criteria toparticipate intheprogramme would beappreciated.
3. Could Norway provide thespecific amount ofsupport provided foroilseed production in1994
and1995?
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