RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/BLZ/3
9 April 2002
(02-1879)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Requests Pursuant to Article 27.4 of the Agreement
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Questions Posed by JAPAN
Regarding the Notification of BELIZE1
The following communication, dated 4 April 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Japan.
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Japan hereby submits the following questions seeking clarification of certain aspects of the
request submitted by Belize under Article 27.4 of the ASCM for extension of the transition period for
export subsidies.  In addition, Japan reserves its right for further questions.  These questions are
without prejudice to whether Japan endorses any conclusions which may be drawn.
Fiscal Incentives Programme
1. What percent or what amount of import duties per company according to the amount of
payment is exempted under this programme.
Commercial Free Zones Programme
2. Could Belize please explain whether certain corporations could receive benefit from both
EPZ and CFZ at the same time if a zone is designated as these two Zone types?
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1 G/SCM/N/74/BLZ + Suppl.1 and G/SCM/N/71/BLZ + Suppl.1