RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/BRA/6
16September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3618)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from theEUROPEAN COMMUNITY Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofBRAZIL1
Thefollowing communication, dated 4September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Community.
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1. Withregard totheSudam/Sudene andFinam/Finor programmes, whatistheGDP percapita
ofeacheligible region asapercentage ofthenational average?
2. What isthejustification forthelocal content requirement inthePROEX scheme?
3. What doesthe"balance" column inthetables onpages 6-8oftheoriginal notification stand
for?
4. Howmany privatized companies inBrazil havehadtheirdebts rescheduled bytheGovernment?
Towhatextent dosuchdeferred repayments involve asubsidy?
Howmany state-owned companies inBrazil havehadallorpartoftheirdebts forgiven before
privatization?
5. When willBrazil beinaposition tonotify subsidies granted bysub-federal entities?
1G/SCM/N/3/BRA.