RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/N/2
30January 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-0166)
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TOARTICLE 28.1(A)
OFSUBSIDIES INCONSISTENT WITH THE AGREEMENT
1. Under Article 28.1(a) oftheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures, subsidy
programmes which havebeenestablished within theterritory ofaMember before thedateonwhich
suchaMember signed theWTO Agreement andwhich areinconsistent withtheprovisions ofthe
Agreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures shallbenotified totheCommittee onSubsidies
andCountervailing Measures notlaterthan90daysafterthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO
Agreement forsuchMember.
2. Forcountries andcustoms territories Members oftheWTO Agreement asofitsdateofentry
intoforce, suchnotifications arerequired by2April 1995.
3. ThePreparatory Committee fortheWorld Trade Organization approved (PC/R, paragraph 45)
thestandard format fornotifications pursuant toArticle 28.1(a) recommended bytheInformal Contact
Group onAnti-Dumping, Subsidies andSafeguards (PC/IPL/11, Annex 4).
4. Notifications received pursuant totheabove request willbeissued inaddenda tothisdocument.