RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/BOL/3
8 April 2002
(02-1824)
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 AUSTRALIA Regarding the
Notification of BOLIVIA1
The following communication, dated 4 April 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Australia.
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Australia submits the following as an initial set of questions/comments.  We reserve our right
to ask further questions on this request at a later stage.
1. What industry sectors are eligible and which industry sectors have benefitted under the Free
Zones programme?  Must an enterprise produce products for export in order to be eligible for tax and
import duty exemptions?  What are the criteria for these exemptions?  What are the levels of internal
taxes for which exemption is granted?
2. Similarly, what industry sectors are eligible and which industry sectors have benefitted under
the Temporary Admission Regime for Inward Processing (RITEX)?  What are the criteria for
eligibility under RITEX?
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1 G/SCM/N/74/BOL.