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8 April 2022  
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Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  
SUBSIDIES  
REPLY TO QUESTIONS POSED BY THE UNITED STATES1 REGARDING THE NEW AND FULL 
NOTIFICATIONS OF EL SALVADOR2 
The following communication, dated 29 March 2022 and received on 8 April 2022, is being circulated 
at the request of the delegation of El Salvador.  
 
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Question  
 
a. Based on the State Department's Investment Climate Statement, we understand 
that El  Salvador passed The Renewable Energy Incentives Law to promote 
investment projects that use renewable energy sources . In 2015, the Legislative 
Assembly approved amendments to encourage the use of renewable energy 
sources and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Why has El Salvador not notified 
this program?  
 
b. We encourage El Salvador to notify this program, if appropriate.  
Reply  
The Law on tax incentives for the promotion of renewable energies in electricity generation  seeks to 
promote investment in projects based on the use of renewable energ y sources, which  harness 
hydraulic, geotherm al, wind and solar resources, as well as biomass, to produce  electricity . The 
purpose of this is  to encourage the use of renewable energy sources and contribute to protect ing 
the environment.  
El Salvador is in the process of revising its environmental regula tory framework and will undertake 
to comply with transparency obligations where  appropriate.  
 
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1 G/SCM/Q2/SLV/3  
2 G/SCM/N/372/SLV  