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14 March  2023 
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Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
 
SUBSIDIES  
NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XVI:1  
OF THE GATT 1994 AND ARTICLE 25 OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES  
MACAO, CHINA 
The following communication , dated 6 March 2023 and rec eived on 9 March  2023, is being circulated 
at the request of the delegation of Macao, China .  
 
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1. Title of the programme  
Fisheries Development and Support Fund.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
Year of 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose  
To provide interest -free loans to fishermen for the following purposes:  
- To carry out ship maintenance and repair;  
- To repair or replace facilities and equipment;  
- To purchase more effective fishing gear and equipment;  
- To install navigation equipment and  freezers or refrigerated chambers;  
- To purchase or construct fishing vessels;  
- To purchase fuel, participate in professional training which helps enhance fishing productivity 
and initiate activities approved by the Marine and Water Bureau which are bene ficial to the fishing 
industry;  
- To overcome difficulties encountered by the fishermen due to natural disasters or epidemics in 
the fishery activities.  
4. Background and authority  
The fund is managed by an Administrative Council with technical and administra tive support provided 
by the Marine and Water Bureau.  
5. Form 
Interest -free Loan.  G/SCM/N/ 401/MAC 
 
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  6. To whom and how the assistance is provided  
Applicants must be a resident of Macao, China and (i)  fishermen working on a Macao registered 
fishing vessel; or (ii)  owners of a Macao registered fishing vessel.  
7. Amount  
A loan amount of MOP3,740,000.00 has been approved in the year of 2022.  
8. Duration  
This is an on -going scheme.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects  
No data available.  
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