RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/KNA/3
9 April 2002
(02-1896)
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 JAPAN
Regarding the Notification of ST. KITTS AND NEVIS1
The following communication, dated 4 April 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Japan.
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Japan hereby submits the following questions seeking clarification of certain aspects of the
request submitted by St. Kitts and Nevis under Article 27.4 of the ASCM for extension of the
transition period for export subsidies.  In addition, Japan reserves its right for further questions.  These
questions are without prejudice to whether Japan endorses any conclusions which may be drawn.
Fiscal Act No. 17 of 1974
This Act seems to include a requirement for local value.  Could St. Kitts and Nevis please
explain its conformity with Article 3.1(b) of the ASCM?
While this Act seems to have already been effective in 1998, St. Kitts and Nevis notified in
G/SCM/N/38/KNA on 17 July 1998 that there were no measures which require notification under
Article 25.  Could St. Kitts and Nevis please explain this contradiction.
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1 G/SCM/N/74/KNA and G/SCM/N/71/KNA