RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q2/ARG/20
6 May 1999
(99-1853)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Follow-Up Questions from the UNITED STATES
Regarding the New and Full Notification of ARGENTINA1
The following communication has been received, on 4 May 1999, from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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Please refer to your response to our original questions 3(b).2  Regarding Free Zones
(Act 24,331), you stated that "it does not fall within  the meaning of Article 3.1 regarding the treatment
of prohibited subsidies …".  Please explain this statement in light of the policy objective of theprogramme, which is to "stimulate trade and industrial exporting activity …".
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1 G/SCM/N/38/ARG
2 G/SCM/Q2/ARG/16