RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/ISL/4
3April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1343)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from theUNITED STATES Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofICELAND1
Thefollowing communication, dated 25March 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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1. Iceland ’sIndustrial Research programme supports upto30%ofthe“costofnewproducts,
process andsystems forindustrial production ”(inaddition toprimary R&D costsandinnovation costs).
Doesthisprogramme cover thecostofproducing thenewproducts, process andsystems, orisitlimited
tothecosts of“pre-competitive development activity ”asdefined intheAgreement?
2. Iceland ’sIndustry Development andMarketing programme provides support for“product and
marketing costs”ofsmall andmedium-sized manufacturers. What kinds ofcostsdoesthisencompass?
Doestheprogramme cover production costsorisitlimited tothecostsof“pre-competitive development
activity ”asdefined intheAgreement?
3. Please provide further clarification regarding theamount ofsubsidies provided (e.g.themeaning
of“[f]igures reported refertomanufacturing ”)under thefollowing programmes: Industrial Research,
Development andMarketing intheFishing Industry, Small Companies inRural Areas, andIndustry
Development andMarketing.
1G/SCM/N/3/ISL-G/SCM/N/16/ISL.