 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/Q2/ISL/9 
23 February 2004 
 (04-0754) 
Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
SUBSIDIES  
 
Question Posed by the UNITED STATES  
Regarding the New and Full Notification of ICELAND1 
 
  The following communication, dated 19 February 2004, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States  
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I. Assistance to Development Projects 
 
 In document G/SCM/Q2/ISL/8, the United States asked Iceland to explain, "what are the 
other types of support" under the Assistance to De velopment Projects progr amme.  Iceland responded 
that the above wording was outdated and with th e new Act No. 106/1999 on the Institute of Regional 
Development, there are no legal provisions, which ex ist for "other types of support".  However, in 
Iceland’s latest New and Full subsidy notification (G/SCM/N/95/ISL), the Assistance to Development 
Projects programme again states, "The institute has legal provisions for other types of support".  It 
was our understanding, based on your previous res ponse, that these other types of support no longer 
exist.  Can you please explain if  "other types of support" under this programme are currently 
available, and if so, what they may be?  
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1 G/SCM/N/95/ISL 