RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/CMR/4
16April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1658)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from JAPAN Regarding theNew
andFullandUpdating Notification ofCAMEROON1
Thefollowing communication, dated 11April 1997, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
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Industrial FreeZone (ZFI) Programme
Onpage2ofthenotification,Cameroonmentionsthefollowing:"Industrialfreezoneenterprise
status isgranted preferably toenterprises which, among other requirements, userawmaterials from
Cameroonian territory, areinstalled close tothesource ofsupply forthese materials or,inthecase
ofexisting enterprises, guarantee theexport oftheirentire production notlaterthanoneyearafter
theyaregranted suchstatus".
- DoesCameroon consider thisprogramme toconstitute anyprohibited subsidies within
themeaning ofArticle 3oftheSCM Agreement?
- Thatbeing thecase, could Cameroon explain when theprogramme would bephased
out?
- Thatnotbeing thecase, could Cameroon explain thereason andprovide thedetails
ofeligibility?
1G/SCM/N/3/CMR-G/SCM/N/16/CMR.