RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/SVN/1
11October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4193)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Request from theEUROPEAN COMMUNITY
toSLOVENIA Pursuant toArticle 25.10 oftheAgreement
Thefollowing communication, dated 4October 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Community.
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TheCommunity notes thatSlovenia hasnotprovided anotification ofsubsidies inaccordance
withArticle 25.2oftheSubsidies Agreement. However, theCommunity haslearned thatSlovenia
isgranting specific subsidies and,inaccordance withArticle 25.10, would liketobring thismatter
totheattention oftheCommittee.
TheCommunity requests thatthesubsidies described inthenon-exhaustive listbelow, plus
allother specific subsidies granted bySlovenia, arenotified inaccordance withthestandard WTO
questionnaire onsubsidies, intime forthemeeting oftheWTO Subsidies Committee of23-
24October 1996.
1. Subsidization ofsocial security contributions forexporters.
2. Interest payments onbankrehabilitation.
3. Subsidization oftherestructuring oftheenterprise sector onthebasisofissues ofstatebonds
e.g.RS-1 bonds forthegeneral restructuring ofenterprises andRS-2 bonds fortherehabilitation of
exporters.
4. Government guarantees toenterprises fordomestic andforeign loans.
5. Capital transfers fromthestatebudget forinvestments inenterprises. Thisprogramme aims
toprovide incentives totheagricultural sector andlessdeveloped regions inSlovenia.
6. Deferralsoftaxesandsocialsecuritycontributionsgrantedtoparticularcategoriesofenterprises.
7. ExportPromotionProgrammeoperatedbytheMinistryofEconomicRelationsandDevelopment
andtheSlovenian Export Association.
8. Corporate Income deductions forforeign investors under theForeign Investment Law.