RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/NOR/1
25September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3820)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from KOREA Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofNORWAY1
Thefollowing communication, dated 19September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofKorea.
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3.1 Regional investment grants
Norway 'snotification states thattheregional investment grants areprovided totheenterprises
located inassisted areas which aredivided intothree zones, i.e.zoneA,BandC.
Onwhatbasisweretheassisted areas divided intotheaforementioned zones? What industrial
sectors arethegreatest beneficiaries?
3.3 Scheme forrestructuring inregions dependent onasingle industry
Thisisascheme under which grants areprovided toenterprises inmunicipalities dependent
onasingle industry orasingle enterprise. What industrial sectors arethegreatest beneficiaries?
8.1 Aidtostructural measures andrationalization inthefishprocessing industry
8.4 Marketing funds
Norway 'snotification states thattheaidisgiven inaccordance toannual agreement between
theNorwegian Fisherman 'sAssociation andtheMinistry ofGovernment Administration soasto
strengthen thecompetitiveness ofthefishprocessing industry andtopromote theexport anddomestic
saleoffishandfishproducts. Could Norway provide amore detailed explanation ofthecriteria used
forselecting thefirms ortheproducts tobegranted?
Norway 'snotification alsostates thatfor1995noaidwasgranted. Isitexpected tobegranted
again?
1G/SCM/N/3/NOR.