RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/W/40
14July1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2004)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
WORKING PARTY ONSUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS
Draft Questionnaire Format forSubsidy Notifications Under Article 25
oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
andUnder Article XVIofGATT 1994
Communication from theEuropean Community
Thefollowing communication, dated 30June1995, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Community.
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IrefertodocumentG/SCM/W/8containingdraftquestionnaireformatforArticle25notifications.
Itistheopinion oftheCommunity asitwasexpressed atthemeeting oftheWorking Group thatit
might behelpful tomake adistinction between theinformation tobeprovided infullnotifications and
inupdates. Webelieve thatthiscould beachieved bymeans ofafootnote totheheading "Information
tobeprovided" onpage3.Thefootnote would readasfollows:
"The information requested inpoints 1-9below must beprovided infull:
(a) forallsubsidies inthecaseoffullnotifications
(b) forsubsidies notified forthefirsttimeinupdate notifications.
Inthecaseofsubsidies which havepreviously beennotified, theinformation
provided inupdate notifications under points 3,4,5,6and8maybelimited to
indicating anymodifications from theprevious notification."