RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/BRA/2/Suppl.2
24September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3769)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Follow upQuestions from theUNITED STATES Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofBRAZIL1
Supplement
Thefollowing communication wasreceived 13September 1996fromthePermanent Mission
oftheUnited States.
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Questions
1. Regarding PROEX
TheUnited States requests thatBrazil provide information onthebenefits provided under this
programme organized onaproduct-specific basis, andonthechanges totheprogramme
described bytheBrazilian delegation initsoraldescription aswellasanyother recent
information concerning itsoperation andstructure.
2. Regarding FINEP
Could Brazil clarify whether thescientific andtechnological development funds provided under
FINEP (seeUSQuestion 2.L)fallunder thesame programme asthepreferential financing
provided under FINEP andreferenced inUSQuestion 2.F. Could Brazil elaborate onthe
relationship between these measures andtheirrelationship tothenotification requirements of
Article 25oftheAgreement andArticle XVIoftheGATT 1994.
3. Regarding Various Technology Commercialization Programmes
Could Brazil provide information on: TheNational Fund forScientific andTechnical
Development, theProgramme fortheSupport ofTechnical Development (PADCT), andthe
Technical Development Programme (ADTEN) andexplain theirrelationship tothenotification
requirements ofArticle 25oftheAgreement andArticle XVIoftheGATT 1994.
1G/SCM/N/3/BRA.