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27 July 2020 
(20-5186) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Subsidies and  Countervailing Measures  Original:  English  
 
  
SUBSIDIES  
QUESTIONS FROM NEW ZEALAND REGARDING THE NEW AND FULL  
NOTIFICATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION1 
The following communication, dated 27 July 2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of New Zealand . 
 
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New Zealand welcomes the Russian Federation 's transparency in the notification of its fisheries 
subsidy programmes and poses the following questions:  
State Program of the Russian Federation "Development of the Fisheries Industry " 
Question 1  
Does this programme include support for Russia 's vessel building programmes, either through 
national or regional subsidies?  
Question 2 
Has the reported quantum of subsidies notified for 2017 and 2018 materially changed in 2019 and 
2020 in order to accommodate subsidies provided for the construction costs of vessels and 
processing facilities within the Russian government 's programme of "investment quotas ", which has 
resulted in the construction of 3 out of 10 supertrawlers so far?  
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1 G/SCM/N/343/RUS . 