RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/CMR/1
11October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4202)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Request from theEUROPEAN COMMUNITY
toCAMEROON Pursuant toArticle 25.10 oftheAgreement
Thefollowing communication, dated 4October 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Community.
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TheCommunity notes thatCameroon hasnotprovided anotification ofsubsidies inaccordance
withArticle 25.2oftheSubsidies Agreement. However, theCommunity haslearned thatCameroon
isgranting specific subsidies and,inaccordance withArticle 25.10, would liketobring thismatter
totheattention oftheCommittee.
TheCommunity isaware thatCameroon provides subsidies toproducers infree-trade zones
which areconditional upon export performance. Inparticular, manufacturers insuchzones receive
a10-year exemption from corporate income tax,provided thatproduction isexported.
TheCommunity requests thatthesubsidies described above, plusallother specific subsidies
granted byCameroon, arenotified inaccordance withthestandard WTO questionnaire onsubsidies,
intimeforthemeeting oftheWTO Subsidies Committee of23-24 October 1996.