RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/URY/4
8 April 2002
(02-1864)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Requests Pursuant to Article 27.4 of the Agreement
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Question Posed by the UNITED STATES
Regarding the Notification of URUGUAY1
The following communication, dated 5 April 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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The following question is submitted with respect to the request for extension of the transition
period for export subsidies under Article 27.4 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing
Measures Agreement (ASCM).  This question is preliminary in nature and is submitted without
prejudice to our final position.  We reserve the right to ask further questions.
Automotive Industry Export Promotion Regime
Could Uruguay please provide sufficient details regarding these programmes to determine
whether the programmes qualify for the special procedures of G/SCM/39 and Article 27.4?
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1 G/SCM/N/74/URY, G/SCM/N/71/URY.