RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/GTM/3
25 February 2002
(02-0942)
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
The following communication, dated 21 February 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
requests submitted by Guatemala 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.
Questions to Guatemala (G/SCM/N/74/GTM)
1. Could Guatemala please provide the number of corporations receiving benefit from these
three programmes notified in G/SCM/N/71/GTM?
2. Could Guatemala please provide the amount of exportation by corporations receiving benefit
from these three programmes?
3. Could Guatemala please provide respective examples of the benefit from these three
programmes?
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