RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/ISR/5
26March 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1252)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from TURKEY Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofISRAEL1
Thefollowing communication, dated 18March 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofTurkey.
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1. Could Israel please explain whatregions areeligible under the"Business Tutorial Programme",
onpage6,andthecriteria usedtoselect them, inaccordance withArticle 8.2(b) oftheSCM Agreement?
2. Does Israel consider thatthesubsidies granted under the"Encouragement ofMarketing Fund"
programme, onpage11,arenotexport subsidies? Could youplease clarify?
3. Could Israel please clarify whatismeant bythephrase "infrastructural marketing expenditure",
onpage11,andindicate themarketing expenditures considered tobeinfrastructural?
4. Could Israel provide amore detailed sectoral breakdown ofthesubsidies granted under the
programme titled "The Encouragement ofCapital Investment" onpage14?
5. What arethecriteria usedbyIsrael indetermining thatafirmisastart-up firm? Does Israel
consider anykindoflegal, financial oradministrative relations ofthestart-up firms withthealready
established firms while deciding onwhether afirmisastart-up oneornot?
1G/SCM/N/3/ISR-G/SCM/N/16/ISR &Corr.1.