RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/PNG/2
8 April 2002
(02-1814)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Requests Pursuant to Article 27.4 of the Agreement
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Questions Posed by AUSTRALIA Regarding the
Notification of PAPUA NEW GUINEA1
The following communication, dated 4 April 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Australia.
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Australia submits the following as an initial set of questions/comments.  We reserve our right
to ask further questions on this request at a later stage.
Australia notes Papua New Guinea's earlier notification under the normal Article 27.4
procedures of its export subsidies granted under Section 45 of the Income Tax Act.  Could Papua New
Guinea clarify whether it is seeking an exemption under the normal Article 27.4 procedures as well as
under the procedures outlined in G/SCM/39?
1. Could Papua New Guinea provide further details in the required format on the export subsidy
programmes for which it is seeking an extension of the phase-out under the fast-track procedures.
2. Is the request in document G/SCM/N/74/PNG/Suppl.1 a separate  export subsidy provided by
Papua New Guinea?
3. Could Papua New Guinea explain and elaborate on the export subsidy provided to the Ramu
Nickel/Cobalt project and whether the export subsidy is provided through Section 45 of the Income
Tax Act?
4. Could Papua New Guinea advise when and how it intends to phase out these programmes?
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1 G/SCM/N/74/PNG & Supp.1, G/SCM/N/71/PNG.