WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/N/71/EEC/Add.10
18 December 2001
(01-6191)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  French
SUBSIDIES
New and Full Notification and Updating Notifications
Pursuant to Article XVI.1 of the GATT 1994 and
Article 25 of the SCM Agreement
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Addendum
The following addendum to the notification of  the European Community relates to subsidy
programmes of Luxembourg .G/SCM/N/71/EEC/Add.10
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. SYSTEM OF AID TO SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES AND
INDUSTRIE S.. .............................................................................................................………3
II. SYSTEM OF RE GIONAL AID ................................................................................………3
III. SYSTEM OF AID FOR R&D ....................................................................................………4IV. SYSTEM OF AID FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
AND RATIONAL USE OF  ENERGY  ......................................................................………5G/SCM/N/71/EEC/Add.10
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I. SYSTEM OF AID TO SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES AND INDUSTRIES
(a) Period covered by the notification
2000 financial year
(b) Policy objective
To promote productive investment by small and medium enterprises and industries.
(c) Background and authority for the subsidy
Law of 27 July 1993 (Article 4), the objectives of which are:
1. Economic development and diversification;
2. improvement of the economy's overall structure and regional balance, as amended by
the Law of 21 February 1997.
(d) Form of the subsidy
Capital subsidy
(e) To whom and how the subsidy is provided
The aid is granted by ministerial decision to small and medium enterprises and industries
which meet the Community definition.
(f) Total amount budgeted
Actual expenditure in 2000:  € 1.2 million
(g) Duration of the subsidy
Indefinite
(h) Trade effects
Not determined
II. SYSTEM OF REGIONAL AID
(a) Period covered by the notification
2000 financial year
(b) Policy objective
Economic development and diversification of disadvantaged regions
(c) Background and authority for the subsidy
Law of 27 July 1993 (Article 5), the objectives of which are:G/SCM/N/71/EEC/Add.10
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1. Economic development and diversification;
2. improvement of the economy's overall structure and regional balance, as amended by
the Law of 21 February 1997.
(d) Form of the subsidy
Capital subsidy
(e) To whom and how the subsidy is provided
The aid is granted by ministerial decision to enterprises meeting the criteria in Article 5 of the
Law.
(f) Total amount budgeted
Actual expenditure in 2000: € 18.5 million
(g) Duration of the subsidy
Indefinite
(h) Trade effects
Not determined.
III. SYSTEM OF AID FOR R&D
(a) Period covered by the notification
2000 financial year
(b) Policy objective
To promote the development of technologies for new products and processes.
(c) Background and authority for the subsidy
Law of 27 July 1993 (Article 6), the objectives of which are:
1. Economic development and diversification;
2. improvement of the economy's overall structure and regional balance, as amended by
the Law of 21 February 1997.
(d) Form of the subsidy
Capital subsidy
(e) To whom and how the subsidy is provided
The aid is granted by ministerial decision to enterprises meeting the criteria in Article 6 of the
Law.G/SCM/N/71/EEC/Add.10
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(f) Total amount budgeted
Actual expenditure in 2000: € 7.4 million
(g) Duration of the subsidy
Indefinite
(h) Trade effects
Not determined
IV. SYSTEM OF AID FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND
RATIONAL USE OF ENERGY
(a) Period covered by the notification
Financial year 2000
(b) Policy objective
To promote investment to protect the environment and implement new techniques for the
rational use of energy and new and renewable sources of energy.
(c) Background and authority for the subsidy
Law of 27 July 1993 (Article 7), the objectives of which are:
1. Economic development and diversification;
2. improvement of the economy's overall structure and regional balance, as amended by
the Law of 21 February 1997.
(d) Form of the subsidy
Capital subsidy
(e) To whom and how the subsidy is provided
The aid is granted by ministerial decision to enterprises meeting the criteria in Article 7 of the
Law.
(f) Total amount budgeted
Actual expenditure in 2000: € 0.8 million
(g) Duration of the subsidy
Indefinite
(h) Trade effects
Not determined
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