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WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/PHL/2/Suppl.1
3October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4006)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Follow upQuestion from theUNITED STATES Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofthePHILIPPINES1
Supplement
Thefollowing communication wasreceived 30September 1996fromthePermanent Mission
oftheUnited States.
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Question
Initsoralreplies,thedelegationofthePhilippinesindicatedthatforanumberoftheprogrammes
about which theUnited States hadraised questions, thePhilippines didnotconsider suchprogrammes
tobewithin thenotification requirements ofArticle 25oftheAgreement either because theywere
programmes aimed atregional development and/or theywerenotprogrammes believed tocause trade
effects. Neither ofthese explanations provides abasis forexcluding asubsidy programme froman
Article 25notification. Could thePhilippines please notify therelevant programmes, orprovide further
explanation astowhyitbelieves suchsubsidies arenotwithin thenotification requirements?
1G/SCM/N/3/PHL.