RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/SGP/6
G/SCM/Q1/SGP/6
ORGANIZATION 25April 1997
(97-1817)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from CANADA
toSINGAPORE1
Thefollowing communication, dated 24April 1997, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofCanada.
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1. Regarding subsection 2(a),doestheterm“public body”encompass aprivate body, asprovided
intheArticle 1oftheWTO Subsidies Agreement, thatisentrusted ordirected bygovernment tocarry
outoneormore ofthefunctions setoutinSubsection 2(1)(2)(a)(i-v) ofthelaw?
2. Subsection 2(3)(a) indicates thatasubsidy shallbecountervailable ifthereceipt ofthebenefit
isfound tobespecific inlaworinfact. What factors willbeconsidered indetermining whether a
subsidy isspecific inlaworinfact?Willfactors beelaborated uponinregulations toTheCountervailing
andAnti-Dumping Duties Act1996?
3. Subsections2(4)(a)and(b)refertoconditionsunderwhichtheMinisterwoulddeterminesubsidies
nottobecountervailable, including notification ofsubsidies under Article 8.3oftheWTO Subsidies
Agreement. InlightofFootnote 35oftheWTO Subsidies Agreement, howwould theMinister treat
subsidies thatwere notnotified pursuant toArticle 8.3oftheWTO Subsidies Agreement, yetsuch
subsidies were otherwise found toconform tothestandards setoutinArticle 8.2oftheSubsidies
Agreement?
1G/ADP/N/1/SGP/2-G/SCM/N/1/SGP/2.