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ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q2/POL/10
7 June 2001
(01-2823)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Questions from the UNITED STATES
Regarding the Updating Notification of POLAND1
The following communication, dated 17 May 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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Loans from EFSAL Funds
1. Please explain the meaning of the term “EFSAL.”
2. Are interest rates subsidized?  If so, what portion is subsidized?  For what amount of time?
Investment Tax Reductions
1. Please indicate the eligibility criteria you use to determine which areas qualify for this
programme.
Credit Warrants from Funds of “Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego”
1. Is the “Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego”a government-owned and controlled bank?
Restructuring Programme for Steel and Iron Industry
1. Were the costs that were paid, such as for retirement, costs that would normally be incurred
by the steel and iron companies?
2. Do individuals or companies pay a premium in order to receive these payments?  If so, what
is the amount of that premium?  How often is the premium paid?
Insurance System Supporting Export Contracts, Guaranteed by the Treasury
1. Is the Export Credits Insurance Corporation headed, owned, or controlled by the government?
On what terms are these programmes offered?
                                                     
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Investment Related Tax Rebate Connected with Results of Export Activities
1. How is the amount of ‘relief’ or rebate determined?
Financial Support for Sugar Export
1. Under what criteria was support under this programme offered?
2. What types of ‘financial support’ were offered?
Subsidizing of Interests on Banking Loans for Agricultural Purposes
1. Were all agricultural sectors eligible for aid under this programme?
2. What sectors received aid under this programme?3. Does the amount of subsidization vary by sector?4. Under what criteria is the interest on bank loans subsidized?
Working Capital Loans
1. Under what criteria is aid under this programme provided?
2. On what terms are the loans granted?  That is, for what period of time, with what repayment
terms?
3. Are loans under this programme available to agricultural enterprises which produce and sell
for both domestic and export markets?
Investment Loans
1. Can you please describe on what basis you determine the amount of interest subsidies you
will provide on each loan?
Intervention Purchase of Food and Agricultural  Products by the Agricultural Market Agency
(AMA)
1. Please indicate, for each sector, below which price the market must fall before an intervention
will take place.
2. How long does the market price have to be below the set price before the intervention will
take place?
3. Are the sectors mentioned in the notification the only sectors which are eligible for
intervention?
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