RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/ARG/8
3December 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-5086)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Follow-up Questions from theEUROPEAN COMMUNITY Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofARGENTINA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 26November 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Commission.
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1. Refund scheme forexports through Patagonian ports
CanArgentinaconfirmthatthisschemeisconditionaluponexportperformance?Weunderstand
thatpayment ismade toexporters onthebasis off.o.b. export value. Ifso,whydoesArgentina not
plantophase outthisscheme within eight years oftheentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement?
2. Itisunderstood thatArgentina hasnowestablished theRiver Plate FreeZone, inwhich
companies willreceive taxanddutybenefits. Willthesubsidies involved benotified totheWTO?
3. Argentina stated thatthespecial fundfortobacco isasubsidy which wasalready notified to
theCommittee onAgriculture. Asthisnotification doesnotexempt Argentina fromnotifying under
Article 25,could Argentina submit anotification?
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