RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q2/KOR/19
6 May 1999
(99-1854)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Follow-Up Questions from the UNITED STATES
Regarding the New and Full Notification of KOREA1
The following communication has been received, on 4 May 1999, from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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1. Please refer to your response to our original question 4.B.2  Concerning the programmes listed
in your response under replies 1, 7, 8 and 11, please explain whether receipt of the subsidy under any
of these programmes is contingent upon location in a certain geographic region of Korea.
2. Please refer to your response to our original question 4.B.  Concerning the programmes listed
in your responses under replies 2, 4, 5 and 6, please explain whether the subsidy under any of these
programmes is limited to a specific industry, or specific group of enterprises or industries.
3. In your responses to our original question under 4.B, you state that programmes were not
notified because they were not limited to a specific industry, and in other instances you state thatprogrammes are not limited to specific enterprises.  Could you please clarify your interpretation of the
ASCM with respect to the criteria for finding a programme specific.
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1 G/SCM/N/38/KOR
2 G/SCM/Q2/JPN/17