RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/ARG/11
8October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4285)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies
andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from JAPAN Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofARGENTINA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 6October 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
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Industrial Specialization Regime
Onpage2ofthenotification, Argentina describes theeligibility asfollows: "Thebenefit was
granted onthebasisoftheannual increment inexports withrespect tothebaseyearoftheprogramme,
...".
- Does thisprogramme constitute anexport subsidy?
- Thatbeing thecase, could Argentina explain when theprogramme would bephased
out?
- Thatnotbeing thecase, could Argentina explain thereason?
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