RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/ARG/3/Rev.1*
9October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4131)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from JAPAN Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofARGENTINA1
Revision
Thefollowing communication, dated 2October 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
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Refund scheme forexports through Patagonian Ports
- Does thisscheme correspond to"subsidies contingent upon export performance" or
"upon theuseofdomestic overimported goods" within themeaning ofArticle 3of
theSCM Agreement?
- WillArgentina phase outthisprogramme inthefollowing timeframe?
- Subsidies contingent upon export performance: within eight years.
- Subsidies contingent upon theuseofdomestic overimported goods: within
fiveyears.
- HasArgentina already notified thisprogramme under Article 28.1 oftheSCM
Agreement? Ifnot,whatisthereason?
*English only.
1G/SCM/N/3/ARG.