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27 July 2020 
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Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original:  English  
 
  
SUBSIDIES  
QUESTION FROM NEW ZEALAND REGARDING THE NEW AND FULL  
NOTIFICATION OF THE PHILIPPINES1 
The following communication, dated 2 7 July 2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of New Zealand . 
 
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New Zealand welcomes the Philippines' transparency in the notification of its fisheries subsidy 
programmes and poses the following question:  
Fisheries Industry Sup port Programs and Support to Commercial Fisheries (Section 35 of 
RA 8550)  
Question  
Can the Philippines provide further detail on how this programme helps to maintain the sustainability 
of fish stocks?  
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1 G/SCM/N/343/PHL/S uppl.1. 