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26 January 2022  
(22-0628) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
SUBSIDIES  
QUESTIONS POSED BY THE UNITED STATES REGARDING  
THE NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION  (HUNGARY)1 
The following communication, dated and received on 24 January 2022, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of the United States.  
 
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The United States appreciates the European Union's 2021 subsidy notification regarding subsidy 
programs in Hungary and poses the following questions regarding a program contained in the 
notification.  
Ques tions 
a. For the program entitled " Irinyi Plan for the Development of Hungarian industry", one of the 
program's pillars is  the utilisation of domestic resources. How does this program accomplish 
this goal?  
b. What are the priority sectors in the Irinyi Plan? Does Hungary plan to adjust its priority 
sectors in the near future?  
c. Since the expansion of capacity is an authorized activity, have any steel or aluminum 
companies used this program to expand capacity? What sectors have had capacity expanded 
under this program?  
d. Please explain how this program is consistent with Article 3 of the SCM agreement?  
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1 G/SCM/N/372/EU/Add.13  