. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q2/NOR/13
22 July 2002
(02-4035)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Questions Posed by the UNITED STATES
Regarding the New and Full Notification of NORWAY1
The following communication, dated 17 July 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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Section 2. Assistance to Research and Development Schemes
2.2 Public R&D Contracts
1. Please give examples of the types of industries that have received funding under this
programme during the reporting period.
2.4 Industrial R&D Programmes and Projects (NFR)
1. What are the criteria required for receiving aid under this programme?  (If the criteria varies
based on the sector that the recipient is in, please list criteria for each sector individually.)
Section 3. Assistance to Disadvantaged Regions.
3.1 Regional Development Grant (Ch. 2425)
1. What are “costs eligible under the notion of ‘soft aid’”?
2. Please give examples of the types of industries that have received funding under this
programme during the reporting period.
Section 5.  Assistance to Environmental Improvement.
5.5 Grant Programme for Introduction of New Energy Technology
5.6 Norwegian Environmental Fund5.7 Grant Programme for Energy Efficiency, Information and Education
For the programmes listed above, please answer the following questions:
                                                     
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1. Please give examples of the types of industries that have received funding under this
programme during the reporting period.
2. Are there any restrictions placed on the use of aid under this scheme?  If yes, please describe
them.
Section 7.  Assistance to Specific Industry Sectors
7.1 Interest Rate Subsidies for the Shipbuilding Industry; Long Term Financing
and Construction Loans
1. To what extent have owners or builders of fishing vessels benefited from the programme?
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