 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/Q3/MUS/9 
8 September 2004 
 (04-3773) 
Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
SUBSIDIES  
 
Requests Pursuant to Article 27.4 of the Agreement on Subsidies and  
Countervailing Measures to Extend the Transitional  
Period for Elimination of Export Subsidies  
 
Questions from the EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES  
Regarding the Notification of MAURITIUS1 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 1 September 2004, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the European Commission.  
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Question concerning all four programmes
: 
  Firstly, we note that the notification does not follow the format contained in G/SCM/6/Rev.1. 
 
 Further to the responses given last year in  document G/SCM/Q3/MUS/8, please indicate what 
consideration has been given to the phasing out of these programmes, given that they are not limited 
in time and that the transitional period for the elimination of export subsidies provided for in 
document G/SCM/39 expires at the end of 2007.  Freeport Scheme
 
 
 Please clarify the significance of the correction made in document G/SCM/N/114/MUS/Corr.1.  Does the extension of th e benefits to "Private Freeport Developers" 
represent an extension of the programme with respect to the notification made in 2003 
(G/SCM/N/95/MUS)? 
 
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1 G/SCM/N/114/MUS/Corr.1 