WORLD TRADE G/SCM/N/16/CIV
G/SCM/N/25/CIV
24June1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2601)
Original: French Committee onSubsidies
andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Updating Notifications Pursuant toArticle XVI.1 oftheGATT 1994 andArticle 25
oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
CÔTED'IVOIRE
Thefollowingcommunication,dated3June1997,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
oftheCôted'Ivoire.
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TheGovernment oftheCôted'Ivoire reiterates itscommitments within theWTO andwould
begrateful ifyouwould notify WTO Member States ofthefollowing inregard tosubsidies granted
toexport companies.
Aspartofitspolicy ofsupporting companies indifficulty andmore specifically ofproviding
assistance inrestructuring andpromoting companies inthetextiles sector, theGovernment hastaken
measures designed toreduce thefactor costs borne byproduction entities inthatsector.
UnderInterministerialDecreeNo.0059of18June1996,thetextilesectorhasthusbeenaccorded
apreferentialrateforelectricitysuppliesfromtheCompagnieIvoirienned'Electricité(IvorianElectricity
Company) ofCôted'Ivoire.
Thisdirect subsidy comes withintheframework ofmeasures thatmaybeadopted bytheleast
developed countries, including Côte d'Ivoire, andwhich areconsistent withtheprovisions ofthe
Agreement onSubsidies.
TheGovernment oftheCôted'Ivoire continues touphold thefundamental principles ofWTO
andstands ready toprovide anyadditional information thatmayberequired byMember States.