RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/EEC/11
5May1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1942)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from JAPAN Regarding the
Updating Notification oftheEUROPEAN COMMUNITY1
Thefollowing communication, received 29April 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
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1. Please answer thefollowing questions concerning "Aid totheCoalIndustry" onpage52of
G/SCM/N/16/EEC.
- Could theECprovide information onthetotalamount ofthesubsidy toeachMember State
oftheEEC in1994 and1995 under Decision 3632/93/ECSC?
- CouldECexplainthereasonwhythetotalamountofthesubsidyunderDecision3632/93/ECSC
wasdecreased in1995 compared totheprevious yearbyapproximately ECU 3billion?
- According toourinformation, theGerman Government provided DM10billion assubsidies
in1996 tothecoalmining industry. Inthisconnection, could theECexplain thedetails of
thesubsidy andiftheGerman subsidies havealready beennotified?
2. Japandidnotfindanynotificationconcerningtheprogrammeswhichprovidesubsidiestoprivate
companies intheECfortheexploratory activities (including theexploration ofgeological feature)
orthedevelopment ofmines fornon-ferrous metal resources intheECandforeign countries.
- Inthisconnection, could theECexplain ifithassuchprogrammes?
- Thatbeing thecase,could theECexplain thedetails (including thepolicy objectives andnames
oftheconducting organizations) oftheprogrammes ineachStateoftheECandiftheyhave
already beennotified?
- Thatnotbeing thecase, could theECexplain howitconducts suchexploratory activities and
developments?
3. Could theECexplain thedetails ofthepurpose, theconcrete projects andthebeneficiaries
under the"Development Non-Energy Mining" onpage394ofdocument G/SCM/N/16/EEC?
1G/SCM/N/16/EEC+Suppl.1.