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25 April 2019  
(19-2841) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Subsidies and  
Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
SUBSIDIES  
REPLIES TO QUESTIONS F ROM CANADA1 REGARDING  THE NEW 
AND FULL NOTIFICATIO N OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATI ON2 
The following communication, dated 25 April 2019, is being ci rculated at the request of the 
delegation of  the Russian Federation . 
 
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Support of Timber Industry  
 
Question 1  
 
Could the Russian Federation clarify who are the beneficiaries of that subsidy, what are 
the requirements to be eligible for the  subsidy and what is the nature of the activities 
supported by the subsidy?  
 
Reply  
 
The beneficiaries of this program are the o rganizations of the timber industry , including timber 
harvesting and timber processing enterprises . 
 
The requirements for the enterprises to be eligible for the subsidy  are specific for each legal act and 
cannot be generalised. Detailed information could be fou nd in the legal acts listed  under  the title 
"Support of Timber Industry " of the relevant notification (G/SCM/N/31 5/RUS).  
 
The supported activities are the following : 
 
• creation of off -season stocks of wood, raw materials and fuel;  
• creation of seasonal stocks of raw materials and fuel;  
• implementation of investment projects for the creation of new high -tech manufacturin g 
facilities, including for complex processing of wood raw materials;  
• implementation of priority investment projects in forest development in the Far Eastern 
Federal Area  of the Russian Federation . 
                                                
1 G/SCM/Q2/RUS/17.  
2 G/SCM/N/315/ RUS. G/SCM/Q2/RUS/18  
 
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  Support of Transport Machine Building  
 
Question 2  
 
Could t he Russian Federation clarify what types of transport machines this program 
covers?  
 
Reply  
  
This program covers the following products : 
• rolling stock of railway and urban rail transport, components for rolling stock, mechanical and 
electromechanical track equipment and equipment for traffic control (according to the Russian 
classifier of economic activities in respect of transport machine building ); 
• urban overland electric transport;  
• innovative wagons with increased axial load.  
 
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