RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/N/16
10May1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1840)
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Updating Notifications Pursuant toArticle XVI:1 oftheGATT 1994
andArticle 25oftheAgreement onSubsidies
andCountervailing Measures
1. Pursuant toArticle XVI:1 oftheGATT 1994andArticle 25.2oftheAgreement onSubsidies
andCountervailing Measures ("SCM Agreement"), Members shallnotify (a)allspecific subsidies as
defined inArticles 1and2oftheSCM Agreement and(2)allother subsidies which operate directly
orindirectly toincrease exports ofanyproduct from, ortoreduce imports ofanyproduct into,the
territory oftheMember granting ormaintaining thesubsidies.
2. Inaccordance withthedecision oftheCommittee on21July1995(G/SCM/6), Members shall
submit newandfullnotifications eachthirdyear(beginning in1995) andupdating notifications inthe
intervening years. Members aretherefore requested tosubmit updating notifications by
30June 1996.
3. Thequestionnaire format forthese notifications iscontained inG/SCM/6.
4. Notifications received inreply totheabove request willbeissued asMember-coded documents
intheG/SCM/N/16 series.
5. Members arereminded thatnewandfullnotifications wereduein30June1995(G/SCM/N/3).
Members which havenotyetsubmitted thenewandfullnotification arerequested todosowithout
further delay.
6. Asprovided byArticle 25.7oftheSCM Agreement, thenotification ofameasure doesnot
prejudge either itslegal status under GATT 1994 ortheSCM Agreement, theeffects under the
SCM Agreement, orthenature ofthemeasure itself.