RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/JAM/2
8 April 2002
(02-1816)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Requests Pursuant to Article 27.4 of the Agreement
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Questions Posed by AUSTRALIA Regarding the
Notification of JAMAICA1
The following communication, dated 4 April 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Australia.
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Australia submits the following as an initial set of questions/comments.  We reserve our right
to ask further questions on this request at a later stage.
Australia notes that Jamaica notified some of the programmes listed in document
G/SCM/N/74/JAM in its notification under  SCM Article 25 in January 2001.
1. Could Jamaica provide details on the programmes for which it is seeking an extension?2. What are the criteria for qualifying for benefits under each of these programmes?3. Could Jamaica advise when and how it will phase out these programmes?
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1 G/SCM/N/74/JAM, G/SCM/N/71/JAM.