RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/NGA/5
8April 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1434)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies
andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from theEUROPEAN COMMUNITY Regarding the
Updating Notification ofNIGERIA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 3April 1998 hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Commission.
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Nigeria submitted initsupdate notification thatitmaintained nosubsidies which meet the
notification requirements ofArticle 25oftheWTO Subsidies Agreement.
Inthisrespect, theCommunity would liketorefertothereplies toourquestions onNigeria 's
fullnotificationwhichwassubmittedon17July1996(documentG/SCM/Q2/NGA/4).Nigeriaindicated
thatitwasreviewing anumber ofincentive schemes suchastheduty-drawback, manufacture-in-bond
andtheExport Expansion Grant Fund. These programmes seem clearly contingent upon export
performance.
Therefore, theEuropean Community repeats itsrequest tonotify these programmes.
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1G/SCM/N/16/NGA