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WORLD TRADE G/SCM/W/412
3October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3999)
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTE FROM THE SECRETARIAT
Thefollowing draftAnnual Report iscirculated forconsideration byMembers, inaccordance
withtheCommittee 'sdecision atitsMaymeeting.
Textwhich appears inthedraftinredline indicates portions ofthedraftwhere changes may
berequired inlightofdevelopments before theReport isapproved bytheCommittee atitsOctober
meeting.
DRAFT REPORT (1996) OFTHE COMMITTEE ON
SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES
I. Organization ofthework oftheCommittee
1. TheAgreementonSubsidiesandCountervailingMeasures(hereinafter"theAgreement")entered
intoforce on1January 1995. AllMembers oftheWTO areipsofacto members oftheCommittee
onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures established under theAgreement.
2. Observer governments intheGeneral Council oftheWTO have Observer status inthe
Committee. Inaddition, theCommittee invited, onanadhocbasis, representatives oftheWorld Bank,
OECD, IMFandUNCTAD toattend meetings oftheCommittee inanobserver capacity. Atitsregular
meeting on23-24 October 1996, theCommittee tooknoteofthedecision oftheGeneral Council
regarding thestatus ofinternational organizations asObservers totheWTO and.....
3. ThisReport focuses ontheperiod sincetheCommittee 'slastannual report (G/L/31 andCorr.1),
thatis,November 1995 -October 1996. However, where relevant, information from theprevious
period isreported. During theperiod under review (1November 1995-24October 1996) theCommittee
heldsixmeetings. Regular meetings oftheCommittee were heldon1-2May 1996 and23-
24October 1996 (G/SCM/M/9 andG/SCM/M/12). Special meetings oftheCommittee were held
on6March 1996and22-26 July1996(G/SCM/M/8 andG/SCM/M/11). Additional special meetings
wereheldjointly withtheCommittee onAnti-Dumping Practices on4-7December 1995 and24-26
April 1996 (G/SCM/M/7 andG/SCM/M/10).
4. TheCommittee atitsspecial meeting of22February 1995elected Mr.OleLundby (Norway)
asitsChairman. TheCommittee atitsregular meeting of13June1995 elected Mr.Victor doPrado
(Brazil) asitsVice-Chairman. TheCommittee atitsregular meeting of1-2May 1996 elected
Mr.Victor doPrado (Brazil) asitsChairman andMs.Michelle Slade (New Zealand) asitsVice-
Chairwoman. Pursuant totheCommittee 'sRules ofProcedure, theytookoffice attheendofthat
meeting.G/SCM/W/412
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5. TheCommittee atitsregular meeting of1-2May1996adopted Rules ofProcedure forMeetings
oftheCommittee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures (G/SCM/10). TheCouncil forTrade
inGoods subsequently approved theCommittee 'sRules ofProcedure atitsmeeting of22May1996.
II. Permanent Group ofExperts
6. TheCommittee isrequired byArticle 24.3oftheAgreement toestablish aPermanent Group
ofExperts ("PGE"). Atitsspecial meeting of6March 1996, theCommittee elected asmembers of
thePermanent Group ofExperts thefollowing persons: Mr.Seung-Wha Chang, Mr.Gary Horlick,
Mr.Friedrich Klein, Mr.Akira Kotera andMr.Robert Martin.
7. Pursuant toaDecision adopted bytheCommittee (G/SCM/4), thePGEshalldevelop rules
ofprocedure, taking intoaccount anyguidance provided bytheCommittee, which rulesshallbesubject
toapproval bytheCommittee. Draft Rules ofProcedure were prepared bythePGEandcirculated
totheCommittee on18April 1996(G/SCM/W/365). These draftRules ofProcedure werediscussed
attheCommittee 'sregular meeting of1-2May1996, andrevised draft Rules ofProcedure were
circulated totheCommittee on24June1996 (G/SCM/W/365/Rev.1). However, theCommittee did
notapprove these draftRules ofProcedure atitsspecial meeting of22-26 July1996. Inlightoflikely
requests tothePGEforadvisory opinions fromMembers andofpending disputes regarding prohibited
subsidies, theCommittee tooknotethatthePGEcould workunder thedraftRules ofProcedure pending
theapproval bytheCommittee offinalRules.
III. Informal Group ofExperts
8. Note 62toAnnex IVoftheAgreement provides that"[a]n understanding among Members
should bedeveloped, asnecessary, onmatters which arenotspecified inthisAnnex orwhich need
further clarification forthepurposes ofparagraph 1(a)ofArticle 6."TheCommittee atitsmeeting
of13June1995 created anInformal Group ofExperts toexamine suchmatters andtoreport tothe
Committee suchrecommendations astheGroup considers could assist theCommittee inthedevelopment
ofanunderstanding among Members, asnecessary, regarding suchmatters. TheInformal Group is
composed ofexperts whoserveintheirpersonal capacities rather thanasrepresentatives ofgovernments.
TheGroup began itswork on1November 1995 andhasmetonsixoccasions todate. Ithasnotyet
reported totheCommittee.
IV. Notification ofsubsidies
9. Newandfullnotifications. Transparency iscentral totheeffective operation oftheAgreement.
Pursuant toArticle 25.1oftheAgreement andArticle XVI:1 ofGATT 1994, allMembers ofthe
Committee were required tosubmit anewandfullnotification ofsubsidies totheCommittee by
30June1995. Aformat forsuchnotifications wasapproved bytheCommittee on21July1995
(G/SCM/6). While asubstantial number ofMembers havesubmitted notifications ofsubsidies pursuant
tothese provisions, discussions intheCommittee indicate awidely heldviewthatcompliance isnot
fullyadequate, bothinterms ofthenumber ofnotifications andthecontent ofthenotifications received
(G/SCM/M/8, paras. 21-23, G/SCM/M/11, paras. 29-31).
10. Asof14June2005, 39of123WTO Members1hadnotified subsidies pursuant toArticle 25
oftheAgreement andArticle XVIofGATT 1994. Inaddition, 18Members hadnotified thatthey
maintain nosubsidies notifiable pursuant tothese provisions. These notifications maybefound in
document series G/SCM/N/3/... However, 66Members hadsubmitted nonotification asoftheclose
1TheECiscounted assixteen Members.G/SCM/W/412
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oftheperiod covered bythisReport. Thus, sixteen months aftertheduedatesetforthintheAgreement,
morethanhalfofWTO Members havenotyetsubmitted anotification ofsubsidies. OftheseMembers,
20areleast-developed countries, while theremainder aredeveloping countries, countries intransition
toamarket economy, and(inafewcases) developed countries. Atableindicating thestatus ofsubsidy
notifications isreproduced inAnnex AtothisReport.
11. Special session. Article 26.1oftheAgreement requires thatnewandfullnotifications be
examined bytheCommittee atspecial sessions heldevery thirdyear. Because veryfewnewandfull
notifications were received inatimely manner, thefirstspecial session toreview suchnotifications
wasnothelduntiltheweek of22July1996, while asecond session willbeheldintheweek of28
October 1996. Asoftheclose ofthesecond session, allbutoneofthe1995newandfullnotifications
received todatewillhavebeenreviewed. Pursuant toadecision oftheCommittee, thereview sessions
areconducted onthebasisofwritten questions, withwritten answers provided afterthespecial session.
Written questions havebeenposed byapproximately adozen Members (G/SCM/Q2/...), andwith
respect toalmost allofthenotifications reviewed.
12. Attheendofthefirstspecial session inJuly1996, theChairman noted theprogress thathad
beenmade inthereview process. Thereview hadbeenconducted inaspirit ofcooperation andgood
will. However, written questions anddiscussions revealed concerns bysome Members regarding the
completeness ofmany ofthenotifications reviewed. Inmany cases, questions wereraised regarding
certain programmes ormeasures notnotified totheCommittee. Questions werealsoposed regarding
thefailure ofsome Members tonotify agricultural subsidies, andofallMembers, except certain EC
Member States, tonotify subsidies atasubnational level (G/SCM/Q2/...).
13. Updating notifications. Article 25.1oftheAgreement requires thatanupdating notification
besubmitted by30June1996. 14June2005, sixsuchnotifications hadbeenreceived. Australia,
Brazil, Japan andThailand hadnotified subsidies, while Hong Kong andNewZealand hadnotified
thattheymaintained nonotifiable subsidies. These notifications maybefound indocument series
G/SCM/N/16/.... Theremaining 117Members hadnotyetsubmitted anupdating notification.
V. Notification ofexisting inconsistent subsidies
14. Article 28.1oftheAgreement provides thatsubsidy programmes established before thedate
aMembersignedtheWTOAgreementandwhichareinconsistentwiththeAgreementweretobenotified
notlaterthan90daysafterthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement. Asof14June2005,
Chile, Malaysia andSouth Africa hadnotified programmes pursuant tothisprovision. Canada, Cuba
andHonduras hadnotified theyhadnosuchprogrammes (G/SCM/N/2 andCorr.1 andaddenda).
TheCommittee alsohadreceived anotification fromSingapore pursuant toArticle 27(G/SCM/N/6).
VI. Notification byMembers intransformation intoamarket economy
15. Article29.3providesthatMembersintransformationintoamarketeconomyshallnotifysubsidy
programmes falling within thescope ofArticle 3bytheearliest practicable dateafterthedateofentry
intoforce oftheWTO Agreement. TheCommittee decided atitsregular meeting of13June1995
onanindicative dateof30June1995forthesenotifications. Asof14June2005, Hungary andPoland
hadnotifiedprogrammespursuanttothisprovision(G/SCM/N/9/HUNandG/SCM/N/9/POL.&Corr.1).
TheCzech Republic hadnotified thatithadnosuchsubsidy programmes (G/SCM/N/9/CZE). No
other Member hadsubmitted anotification.G/SCM/W/412
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VII. Non-actionable subsidies
16. Notifications. Article 8.3oftheAgreement provides thatasubsidy programme forwhich non-
actionability isinvoked pursuant toArticle 8.2shallbenotified totheCommittee inadvance ofits
implementation. Arecommendation bytheInformal Contact Group ofaformat forinitial notifications
(PC/IPL/11, Annex 1)wasapproved bytheCommittee atitsmeeting of22February 1995. Asof
24October 1996, nosuchnotifications hadbeenmade. Inaddition, theWorking Party onSubsidies
Notifications wasestablished on22February 1995andhasheld[five] formal meetings todatetodiscuss,
inter alia,aformat forupdates ofnon-actionable subsidies. Adraft format wascirculated tothe
Committee on26April 1996 (G/SCM/W/390). Discussions continue, butnoformat hasyetbeen
adopted.
17. Arbitration. Article 8.5oftheAgreement provides forbinding arbitration incertain cases
relating tonotifications ofnon-actionable subsidies. Apaper onprocedures forarbitration under
Article 8.5(G/SCM/W/5) wascirculated totheCommittee on11May1995. However, noprocedures
haveyetbeenadopted.
18. Review oftheoperation ofArticle 8.2(a). Footnote 25toArticle 8.2(a) oftheAgreement
provides that,"[n]ot laterthan18months afterthedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement,
theCommittee shallreview theoperation oftheprovisions ofparagraph 2(a)withaviewtomaking
allnecessary modifications toimprove theoperation oftheseprovisions. Initsconsideration ofpossible
modifications theCommittee shallcarefully review thedefinitions ofthecategories setforth inthis
subparagraph inthelightoftheexperience ofMembers intheoperation ofresearch programmes and
thework ofother relevant international organizations." Accordingly, theCommittee reviewed the
operation ofthisprovision atitsregular meeting of1-2May1996(G/SCM/M/9, paras. 50-57). Certain
Members observed thatthere hadbeenlimited activity withrespect tosubparagraph 8.2(a) ofthe
Agreement, andinparticular thatnonotifications ofnon-actionable research subsidies hadbeenmade
pursuant toArticle 8.3. Itwasnoted thatabroader review oftheoperation ofArticles 6.1,8and
9oftheAgreement would berequired in1999 under Article 31oftheAgreement. TheCommittee
tooknoteofthestatements made andconsidered thatforthepresent ithadconcluded thereview of
theoperation ofsubparagraph 8.2(a) envisioned byfootnote 25oftheAgreement.
VIII. Notifications ofsubsidies linked toprivatization programmes
19. Article 27.13 oftheAgreement provides thatcertain subsidies thataregranted within andare
directlylinkedtoaprivatizationprogrammeofadevelopingcountryMemberandwhicharedulynotified
totheCommittee arenotsubject totheprovisions ofPartIIIoftheAgreement. Brazil made a
notificationpursuanttothisprovision(G/SCM/N/13/BRA).Thenotificationwasdiscussedattheregular
meeting oftheCommittee on1-2May1996 (G/SCM/M/9, paras. 40-42).
IX. Notification andexamination ofcountervailing dutylawsand/or regulations
20. Intheareaofcountervailing duties, WTO rulesareimplemented through Member 'snational
legislation. Pursuant toArticle 32.6oftheAgreement, asamplified byadecision oftheCommittee,
Members withavailable legislation and/or regulations regarding countervailing dutyinvestigations or
reviews covered bytheAgreement should notify thefullandintegrated textoftherelevant legislation
and/or regulations totheCommittee. Ifsuchlegislation and/or regulations donotexistorarenot
available, theMember should inform theCommittee ofthisfact,andexplain thereasons therefore.
Inaddition, theCommittee decided, atitsspecial meeting of22February 1995, thatObserver
governments should provide theCommittee withanyinformation theObserver government considers
relevant tomatters within thepurview oftheAgreement, including thetextofitslawsandregulationsG/SCM/W/412
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regarding countervailing duties, andinformation regarding anyanti-dumping measures taken bythe
Observer government.
21. Asof14June 2005, 80Members2hadnotified theCommittee regarding their domestic
countervailing dutyanti-dumping legislation. These notifications canbefound indocument series
G/SCM/N/1/.... Forty-three Members hadnot,asyet,made anynotification under Article 32.6of
theAgreement. Annex Bsetsoutthestatus ofnotifications oflegislation under Article 32.6ofthe
Agreement. Ofthe80Members submitting notifications, 18notified thattheyhadnospecific legislation
relating tocountervailing duties, 29notified newlegislation, and35notified pre-WTO legislation still
inforce. Ofthe53Members notifying nocountervailing legislation orpre-WTO legislation stillin
force,36indicatedthatnewlegislationisbeingconsideredordrafted.Inaddition,26Membersindicated
thattheWTO Agreement hasforce oflawintheterritory oftheMember.
22. During theperiod under review, theCommittee continued thework ofreviewing notifications
ofcountervailing dutylawsand/or regulations begun in1995. Intwospecial meetings heldjointly
with theCommittee onAnti-Dumping Practices, theCommittee reviewed thenotifications of
countervailing dutylegislation ofthefollowing Members during theperiod: Barbados, Bolivia,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Iceland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Malawi, Malaysia, Norway,
Philippines, Romania, Saint Lucia, Slovenia, South Africa, Thailand, Trinidad &Tobago, Tunisia,
Turkey, andZambia. TheCommittee alsoreviewed thenotifications without legislative textofthe
following Members: Botswana, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, ElSalvador, Guatemala, Republic of
Guinea, Honduras, Indonesia, Maldives, Malta, Morocco, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland,
SriLanka, Suriname, Turkey, Uganda, andZimbabwe. Thesubstance ofthereview isreflected in
thewritten questions puttoMembers, andtheirwritten answers. References tothese questions and
answers canbefound intheminutes ofthejointspecial meetings toreview legislation, G/SCM/M/6
andG/SCM/M/10.
23. AsoftheendofApril, theCommittee hadconducted aninitial review ofalmost allnotifications
received todate,infourspecial meetings heldjointly withtheCommittee onAnti-Dumping Practices.
TheCommittee therefore decided thatfortheimmediate future, joint special meetings toreview
legislation werenolonger needed, andthecontinued review oflegislation would takeplaceinthecontext
ofregular Committee meetings. TheCommittee adopted procedures forthecontinued review of
legislation(G/SCM/W/293),basedonaprocessofwrittenquestionsandanswers,tofacilitateproductive
discussions during thecontinued review oflegislations. Review ofnewandamended legislations would
follow thesame procedures usedduring thejointspecial meetings toreview legislation.
24. Asoftheendoftheperiod under review, asignificant number ofthewritten questions put
toMembers during thecourse ofthelegislative review meetings remained unanswered. Nonetheless,
theChairman observed theprogress thathadbeenmade inthereview process (G/SCM/M/7, para.
30).Questions puttoMembers ranged fromthose regarding general, policy matters toveryspecific
andhighlytechnicalquestionsofnationaladministrationofanti-dumpingmeasures.Amongtheconcerns
raised byMembers were perceived inconsistencies between theAgreement andbothnewly-enacted
legislation andlegislation enacted priortotheentry intoforceoftheAgreement. Inaddition, Members
expressed concern regarding thepotential foractions inconsistent withtheAgreement ifsuchactions
arebased onlegislation enacted prior totheentry intoforce oftheAgreement. Another concern was
thecomplexity oftheprocedural andsubstantive requirements oftheAgreement, andtheneedfor
significant training andeducation, particularly fornewusersofcountervailing measures anddeveloping
countries, toensure thatactions were taken consistently withtheAgreement.
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X. Semi-annual reports oncountervailing actions
25. Article 25.11 oftheAgreement provides thatMembers shallsubmit, onasemi-annual basis,
reports oncountervailing dutyactions taken within thepreceding sixmonths. Pursuant tothe
recommendation oftheInformal Contact Group (PC/IPL/11, Annex 7),which wasadopted bythe
Committee atits22February 1995meeting (G/SCM/M/1, paras. 19-20), thefirstsemi-annual report
submitted byeachWTO Member would cover theperiod July-December orJanuary-June, whichever
wasmore recent, preceding thedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement forthatMember.
Inaddition, Members taking noaction during agiven period arerequested tosonotify theCommittee.
26. Guidelines forinformation tobeprovided insemi-annual reports submitted pursuant to
Article 25.11 arecontained indocument G/SCM/2. Submission ofsemi-annual reports byMembers
known tobeactive users ofcountervailing measures hasimproved since early 1995. Asignificant
number ofMembers havenever filedasemi-annual report, however. While many ifnotmostofthese
Members arebelieved nottobeactive users ofcountervailing measures, intheabsence ofsemi-annual
reports, thesituation remains uncertain. TheCommittee reviewed thenotifications ofaction forthe
periods 1July-31December 1995 and1January -30June1996 atitsregular meetings inMayand
October 1996. Inaddition tospecific questions raised concerning theactions taken byMembers, concern
wasexpressed overthelackofnotifications, andthefactthatnotifications often didnotfollow the
format setforthintheguidelines. Thecomments ofMembers arereflected intheminutes oftheregular
meeting of1-2May1996 (G/SCM/M/9, para. 33).
27. Notifications for31July-31December 1995. Asof14June2005, semi-annual reports of
countervailingdutyactionsduringtheperiod1July-31December1995werereceivedfromthefollowing
Members: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, EC,Israel, Mexico, NewZealand, Peru, andthe
United States (G/SCM/N/12 andaddenda).
28. Asof14June2005, thefollowing Members hadnotified theCommittee thattheyhadnottaken
anycountervailingdutyactionduringtheperiod1July-31December1995:Barbados,Bolivia,Botswana,
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Honduras,
Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Morocco,
Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Romania, SaintLucia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
South Africa, SriLanka, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad &Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,
Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia andZimbabwe (G/SCM/N/12/Add.1/Rev.1).
29. Asof14June2005, noreports hadbeenreceived fromthefollowing Members: Antigua &
Barbuda, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon,
CentralAfricanRepublic,Côted'Ivoire,Djibouti,Dominica,Ecuador,ElSalvador,Fiji,Gabon,Ghana,
Grenada,Guatemala,GuineaBissau,Guinea,Rep.of,Guyana,Haiti,Jamaica,Kenya,Kuwait,Lesotho,
Liechtenstein, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar,
Namibia,Nicaragua,Nigeria,Pakistan,Qatar,SaintKitts&Nevis,SaintVincent&Grenadines,Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda andtheUnited Arab Emirates.
30. Notifications for1January -30June1996. Asof14June2005, semi-annual reports of
countervailing dutyactions during theperiod 1January -30June1996 hadbeenreceived from the
following Members: Australia, Brazil, Canada, theEC,Mexico, andNewZealand (G/SCM/N/19
andaddenda).
31. Asof14June2005, thefollowing Members hadnotified theCommittee thattheyhadnottaken
anycountervailing dutyaction during theperiod 1January-30 June1996: Botswana, Chile, Cuba, Czech
Republic, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Malta,G/SCM/W/412
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Morocco, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, SriLanka, Switzerland,
Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela andZambia.
32. Asof14June2005, noreports hadbeenreceived from thefollowing Members: Antigua &
Barbuda,Argentina,Bahrain,Bangladesh,Barbados,Belize,Benin,Bolivia,BruneiDarussalam,Burkina
Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côted'Ivoire, Cyprus,
Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, ElSalvador, Fiji,Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea
Bissau, Guinea, Rep.of,Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho,
Liechtenstein, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Papua NewGuinea, Poland,
Qatar, Rwanda, SaintKitts&Nevis, SaintLucia, SaintVincent &Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone,
Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad
andTobago, United Arab Emirates, United States andZimbabwe.
33. Atablesummarising notifications ofcountervailing actions taken byMembers during theperiod
1July1995-30 June1996 isreproduced inAnnex CtothisReport [Notincluded withdraftReport].
XI. Reports onallpreliminary orfinalcountervailing dutyactions
34. Pursuant toArticle 25.11 oftheAgreement, Members aretoreport without delay tothe
Committee allpreliminary andfinalcountervailing actions taken. Guidelines fortheinformation to
becontained inthese reports aresetforth inG/SCM/3. Asof14June2005, reports ofpreliminary
andfinalcountervailing actions during theperiod under consideration werereceived fromArgentina,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, theEC,Mexico, NewZealand, Peru, andtheUnited States. (G/SCM/N/14,
15,17,and20).While suchreports areregularly submitted bythemostactive users ofcountervailing
measures, anumber ofMembers known tohavetaken preliminary andfinalactions havenotreported
those actions without delay totheCommittee. TheCommittee reviewed thenotifications ofpreliminary
andfinalactions atitsregular meetings inMayandOctober 1996. During thesereviews, theChairman
expressed theviewthatcompliance withthisnotification hadnotbeenfullyadequate (G/SCM/M/5,
para.7).
XII. Other matters discussed bytheCommittee
35. Notification ofCompetent Authorities. Atitsregular meeting on1-2May1996, theCommittee
decided torequest members tonotify thename, address, telephone andfaxnumber, andelectronic
mailaddress where available, oftheir authorities competent toinitiate andconduct anti-dumping
investigations. Thisnotification would bemade once, subject toupdating orcorrecting notifications
should therelevant information ofanyMember change. Thelistcontaining theinformation notified
byMembers ismaintained bytheSecretariat andcirculated inaddenda todocument G/SCM/N/18.
36. Procedures forpreparation andadoption ofAnnual Report. Atitsregular meeting on1-
2May1996, theCommittee considered theprocedures forthepreparation andadoption ofitsAnnual
Report adopted atitsfirstmeeting inFebruary 1995, inlightofsuggestions from theChairman of
theGeneral Council. TheCommittee decided thattheSecretariat should prepare adraftReport in
thesame format ashadbeenusedintheprevious year'sReport, incorporating fromthatReport those
aspects ofimplementation thatwould helpexplain theprogress thattheCommittee hadmade. The
draftReport would becirculated toMembers attheendofSeptember orinearly October, atwhich
timetheCommittee would havetodecide whether itshould meetinformally inadvance oftheregular
October meeting todiscuss anyadditional matters forinclusion intheReport.
37. Status ofMembers inAnnex VII.TheChairman informed theCommittee that,according to
datainthe1996 World Bank Atlas, theGNP percapita perannum ofthree Members identified inG/SCM/W/412
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Annex VII(b) oftheAgreement nowexceeded $1000. Inaddition, theCommittee discussed thestatus
ofHonduras, which isnotidentified inAnnex VII.G/SCM/W/412
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ANNEX A
SUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS
(G/SCM/N/3/...)
Country Country Country Country
Antigua &Barbuda EC X Jamaica St.Lucia
Argentina X Austria X Japan X St.Vincent &
Grenadines
Australia X Belgium X Kenya Senegal
Bahrain Denmark X Korea X Sierra Leone
Bangladesh Finland X Kuwait Singapore X
Barbados France X Lesotho Slovak Republic X
Belize Germany X Liechtenstein X Slovenia
Benin Greece X Macau Solomon Islands
Bolivia X Ireland X Madagascar South Africa
Botswana X Italy X Malawi SriLanka
Brazil X Luxembourg X Malaysia X Suriname X
Brunei Darussalam Netherlands X Maldives Swaziland X
Burkina Faso Portugal X Mali Switzerland X
Burundi Spain X Malta Tanzania
Cameroon Sweden X Mauritania Thailand X
Canada X United Kingdom X Mauritius X Togo
Central African R. Ecuador Mexico Trinidad &Tobago X
Chile Egypt Morocco X Tunisia
Colombia X ElSalvador Mozambique Turkey X
Costa Rica X Fiji Myanmar Uganda X
Côted'Ivoire X Gabon Namibia United Arab
Emirates
Cuba Ghana x NewZealand X United States X
Cyprus Grenada Nicaragua X Uruguay
Czech Republic X Guatemala Nigeria X Venezuela X
Djibouti Guinea Bissau Norway X Zambia X
Dominica Guinea, Rep. of Pakistan Zimbabwe
Dominican Rep. X Guyana Papua NewGuinea
Haiti Paraguay
Honduras X Peru X
Hong Kong X Philippines X
Hungary X Poland
Iceland Qatar
India X Romania
Indonesia X Rwanda
Israel St.Kitts&NevisG/SCM/W/412
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ANNEX B
COUNTERVAILING DUTY LEGISLATION NOTIFICATIONS
MEMBER/OBSERVER NOTIFICATION PROVIDED
Antigua andBarbuda
Argentina X
Australia X
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados X
Belize
Benin
Bolivia X
Botswana
Brazil X
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada X
Central African Republic
Chile X
Colombia X
Costa Rica X
Côted'Ivoire
Cuba X
Cyprus X
Czech Republic X
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic X
European Communities X
Ecuador XG/SCM/W/412
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Egypt X
ElSalvador X
Fiji
Gabon
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala X
Guinea Bissau
Guinea, Rep.of X
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras X
Hong Kong X
Hungary X
Iceland X
India X
Indonesia X
Israel X
Jamaica X
Japan X
Kenya X
Korea X
Kuwait
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi X
Malaysia X
Maldives X
Mali
Malta XG/SCM/W/412
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Mauritania
Mauritius X
Mexico X
Morocco X
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
NewZealand X
Nicaragua X
Nigeria
Norway X
Pakistan X
Papua NewGuinea
Paraguay X
Peru X
Philippines X
Poland X
Qatar
Romania X
Rwanda
Saint Kitts&Nevis
Saint Lucia X
Saint Vincent &Grenadines
Senegal X
Sierra Leone
Singapore X
Slovak Republic X
Slovenia X
Solomon Islands
South Africa X
SriLanka X
Suriname XG/SCM/W/412
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Swaziland
Switzerland X
Tanzania
Thailand X
Togo
Trinidad andTobago X
Tunisia X
Turkey X
Uganda X
United Arab Emirates
United States X
Uruguay X
Venezuela X
Zambia X
Zimbabwe