RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/ARG/3
1October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3905)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from JAPAN Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofARGENTINA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 20September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
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Refund scheme forexports through Patagonian Ports
Could Argentina explain thefollowing points about theabove-mentioned scheme?
- Ifthescheme includes thesubsidies contingent upon export performance orupon the
useofdomestic overimported goods.
- IfArgentina willphase outthesubsidies contingent upon export performance within
eightyears andthesubsidies contingent upontheuseofdomestic overimported goods
within fiveyears.
- IfArgentina hasalready notified thisscheme under Article 28.1oftheSCM Agreement.
1G/SCM/N/3/ARG.