WORLD TRADE G/SCM/N/16/EEC/Suppl.1 *
4April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1405)
Original: Spanish Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Updating Notification Pursuant toArticle XVI:1 oftheGATT 1994
andArticle 25oftheAgreement onSubsidies and
Countervailing Measures
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Supplement
Thefollowing communication, dated 23October 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Commission.
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The following page should beinserted between pages 556and557ofdocument
G/SCM/N/16/EEC.
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9.Titleofthesubsidy programme
AidfortheImprovement ofAgricultural Structures
Period covered bythenotification
1994/95.
Policy objective and/or purpose ofthesubsidy
Improve theefficiency ofagricultural structures.
Authority
Order concerning aidsof8November 1994 oftheRegional Ministry of
Agriculture andtheEnvironment.
Form ofthesubsidy
Direct and/or interest-rate subsidization.
Beneficiaries
Young farmers andfarmers 'groups
Number ofbeneficiaries
1994 1995
868 1,151
1994
Amount ofsubsidy paid 682,558,147
Amount ofsubsidy/unit6786,357
1995
Amount ofsubsidy budgeted 881,871,268
Amount ofsubsidy/unit 766,178
Duration
Indefinite.
Statistical data
Noincidence onoutput, consumption orforeign trade.
__________________________6Aidco-financed asfollows: EAGGF 70percent, Ministry ofAgriculture, Fisheries andFood 15per
cent, Autonomous Community 15percent.