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24 March 2022  
(22-2502) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
SUBSIDIES  
QUESTIONS POSED BY AUSTRALIA REGARDING THE NEW AND FULL  
NOTIFICATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (CYPRUS)1 
The following communication, dated and received on 22 March 2022, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of Australia.  
 
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Australia thanks the European Union for its subsidy notification in relation to Cyprus and welcomes 
its efforts on contributing to the transparency of subsidy programs.  Australia poses the following 
questions re garding programs contained in its notification:  
 
16. SCHEME FOR MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF FISHING 
VESSELS - MEASURE 1.20 (ARTICLE 41.1 REG. 508/2014 - EMFF 2014 - 2020)  
 
This grant scheme is to modernize fishing vessels and impr ove the energy efficiency of fishing 
vessels.  
 
Question 1  
 
Are there prerequisites or conditionalities for receipt of these grants, in particular relating to 
increasing the fishing capacity of fishing vessels? For example, are grants approved subject to a 
fishing vessel increasing its capacity and length of period at sea?  
 
17. SCHEME FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND MODERNISATION OF MAIN OR ANCILLARY 
ENGINES OF FISHING VESSELS – MEASURE 1.21 (ARTICLE 41.2 REG. 508/2014 – EMF 
2014 -2020) NEW)  
 
Australia notes that this program expired in 2020.  
 
Question 2 
 
Grateful if Cyprus could clarify how Programs 16 and 17 relate to each other, that is, did these 
operate simultaneously or did Program 16 replace Program 17?  
 
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1 G/SCM/N/37 2/EU/Add.5. 