RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/SVK/5
8October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4093)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from theUNITED STATES Regarding theNew
andFullNotification oftheSLOVAK REPUBLIC1
Thefollowing communication, dated 30September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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Please provide information concerning thefollowing programmes which didnotappear tobe
included within theSlovak Republic ’snotification, yetmaymeetthenotification requirements ofGATT
1994 and/or theSCM Agreement. Ifthese programmes areencompassed elsewhere intheSlovak
Republic ’snotification, please explain. Ifnot,please include information relevant totheelements
requested inthenotification format, orexplain thebasis onwhich theSlovak Republic determined
thateachprogramme didnotmeetthenotification requirements referenced above:
A. Waste Minimization demonstration project sponsored bytheWorld Environment Centre (WEC)
B. Subsidies totheState Fund onMarket Regulation forhoney andcanned meat
C. Export Insurance provided bytheGovernment oftheSlovak Republic against long-term
commercial risks
D. Export financing atbelow-market interest rates provided bytheGovernment oftheSlovak
Republic
E. Taxpolicies topromote exports
F. Slovak Republic Export Promotion Programme withthefollowing aims:
- develop thefinancial infrastructure forexport promotion
- grant long-term credit, provided onterms tocompete onthirdmarkets
- develop theservices connected withexport insurance
- assist small- andmedium-sized entrepreneurs inimplementing newproduction andin
penetrating foreign markets
- setupaninformation, consultation andmarketing centre supporting public andprivate
foreign trade activities
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- introduce anaward forSlovakia ’sbestexporters
G. State subsidies tothefollowing sectors through state-owned entities:
energy
gas
telecommunications
railtransport
H. State subsidies tobrown coalmining enterprises
I. Statesubsidies fortherestructuring oforemining, tosettle coalmining issues andforpublic
construction projects aimed atenvironmental improvements
J. Concessionary loans andcredit guarantees offered through theState Support Fund