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WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/EEC/3
1stJuly1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2494)
Original: Spanish Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from ARGENTINA Regarding theNewandFullNotification
oftheEUROPEAN COMMUNITY1
Thefollowing communication, dated 10June1996, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofArgentina.
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1. Structural funds
(a) Could theEuropean Union provide information onwhich regions arebenefited bytheEuropean
Regional Development Fund? Please givedetails asto:
- income percapita, household income percapita, orGDP percapita ofsuchregions,
inrelation totheEuropean Union average (inaccordance withArticle 8.2(b)(iii) of
theAgreement);
- theunemployment rateofsuchregions inrelation totheEuropean Union average (in
accordance withArticle 8.2(b)(iii) oftheAgreement).
2. Research anddevelopment programmes
(a) TheEuropean Union 'snotification ofresearch anddevelopment programmes doesnotprovide
information onthetotalpercentage ofthecosts oftheproject concerned covered bysuch
subsidies, noronthetypes ofcostscovered bytheprogrammes. Could theEuropean Union
provide information soastobeabletodetermine whether suchprogrammes comply withthe
requirements ofArticle 8.2(a) oftheAgreement?
3. Thenotification onexport refunds doesnotprovide sufficient information foranalysing the
incidence ofthesubsidies perunitofproduct exported. Could theEUprovide moredetailed information
onexport quantities andcountries ofdestination byproduct orgroup ofproducts soastomake iteasier
toanalyse theeffects ofthese subsidies andtheimplementation oftheprovisions ofArticle 13(b) of
theAgreement onAgriculture andtheAgreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures?
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4. Withregard toPartII,Measures ontheInternal Market, wehaveanumber ofconcerns relating
totheeffects ofthese measures onproduction andtrade, aswellastheprice support component they
include. Could theEUprovide information astowhether allthese measures arecovered byAnnex 2
oftheAgreement onAgriculture andhence considered non-actionable subsidies inaccordance with
Article 8oftheSCM Agreement? Inthatcase,would theprovisions ofArticle 13(a) oftheAgreement
onAgriculture apply?
5. Could theEUprovide details astowhether themeasures ontheinternal market arecovered
bytheprovisions ofArticle 6oftheAgreement onAgriculture andhence subject totheprovisions
ofArticle 13(b) oftheAgreement onAgriculture inrelation totheapplication oftheSCM Agreement?
6. Doestheintegration ofthePortuguese cereal sector intotheOrganization oftheMarket involve
asubsidy pertonofproduct thatmayhaveaneffect onproduction andtradeinthesegoods, andtherefore
would notbecovered byAnnex 2oftheAgreement onAgriculture?
7. Theprogrammes ofassistance toSweden 'sagricultural sector have been modified since
1January 1995. Could theEUprovide information onthese changes andtheirimpact since thatdate
onproduction andtrade?
8. Italy'sLawNo.394/81ontheexportofagriculturalproductsdoesnotprovidethedetailrequired
tobeabletoassess itsimpact andhowitfallswithin theframework oftheSCM Agreement. Could
theEUprovide clarification astoitsfeatures, theamounts allocated andtheeligible exports, aswell
asthefuture ofthisexport assistance?