RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q2/ARG/18
25 January 1999
(99-0263)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Questions from JAPAN
Regarding the New and Full Notification of ARGENTINA1
The following communication, dated 18 January 1999, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Japan.
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"Free Zones (Act No. 24,331)"
Does Argentina consider that exemption from the taxes on the export of consumer goods under
the programme constitutes export subsidies within the meaning of Article 3.1(a) of the SCMAgreement?
- That being the case, could Argentina provide the time schedule for phasing out the
export tax exemption under the programme?
- If that is not the case, could Argentina explain why the export tax exemption under the
programme does not constitute an export subsidy within the meaning of Article 3.1(a)of the SCM Agreement?
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1 G/SCM/N/38/ARG.