RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/ROM/4
16April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1660)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from JAPAN Regarding theNew
andFullandUpdating Notification ofROMANIA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 11April 1997 hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
ofJapan.
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1. General
- Aretheprogrammes which were notified pursuant toArticle 29.3 oftheSCM
Agreement included inthenotifications pursuant toArticle 25oftheSCM Agreement?
- Thatbeing thecase, could Romania clarify which programmes corresponds towhich
programme?
- Could Romania explain when theprogrammes notified pursuant toArticle 29.3ofthe
SCM Agreement would bephased out?
2. Special Programme onCertain Measures andActions fortheSupport oftheEconomic and
Social Development ofBotosani, Giurgiu andVaslui counties
- Doesthisprogramme constitute anyprohibited subsidy within themeaning ofArticle 3
oftheSCM Agreement?
- Thatbeing thecase, could Romania explain when thesubsidy would bephased out?
- Thatnotbeing thecase,could Romania explain thereason withdetails oftheeligibility?
1G/SCM/N/3/ROM-G/SCM/N/16/ROM &Suppl.1.