WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/L/711 
9 November 2004 
 (04-4747) 
  
 
 
 
REPORT (2004) OF THE COMMITTEE ON 
SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES 
 
 
I. ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE 
1. This Report covers the period since the Comm ittee's last annual report (G/L/655), that is, 
30 October 2003 to 4 November 2004 (hereinafter "the  review period").  During the review period, 
the Committee held three regular meetings and two special meetings.  The first regular meeting was 
held on 1 and 8 December 2003 (continuing  the suspended regular meeting begun on 
28 October 2003) (G/SCM/M/48);  the next was held on 29 April 2004 (G/SCM/M/50) and the third 
was held on 4 November 2004 (G/SCM/M/52).  Speci al meetings were held on:  (i) 29 April 2004 
(G/SCM/M/49);  and (ii) 4 November 2004 (G/SCM/M/ 51).  Pursuant to the Committee’s decisions at 
its regular meeting in October 1998, the OE CD and the ACP Group were invited on an ad hoc  basis to 
attend these meetings.  
2. As of the beginning of the review period, Ms. Olga Lozano (Colombia) was Chair and 
Mr. Naoshi Hirose (Japan) was Vice Chair.  At its regular meeting in April 2004, the Committee 
elected Mr. Naoshi Hirose (Japan) as Chair of the Committee and agreed to suspend the item 
concerning election of Vice Chair.  Upon the resumption of the item at its regular meeting on 
4 November 2004, the Committee elected Mr . Mehmet Tan (Turkey) as Vice Chair. 
II. OBSERVERSHIP – INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
ORGANIZATIONS  
3. During the period of review, the requests of Co mesa and the Gulf Organization for Industrial 
Consulting for observership in the Committee remain ed pending.  These requests are the subject of 
ongoing consultations among Members. 
III. PERMANENT GROUP OF EXPERTS  
4. The Committee is required by Article 24.3 of  the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing 
Measures ("SCM Agreement" or "Agreement") to est ablish a Permanent Group of Experts ("PGE").  
The tasks assigned to the PGE by the Agreement are to provide assistance to a Panel, on request, with 
regard to whether a measure is a prohibited subsidy;   to provide Members with confidential advisory 
opinions on the nature of any subsidy proposed to be introduced or currently maintained by that 
Member;  and to provide the Committee with advisory  opinions on the existence and nature of any 
subsidy.  As of the beginning of the period u nder review, the members of the Permanent Group of 
Experts were:  Prof. Okan Aktan;  Dr. Marco Br onckers;  Mr. Yuji Iwasawa;  Mr. Hyung-Jin Kim;  
and Mr. Terence P. Stewart.  Dr. Bronckers' term as a member of the PGE expired in the Spring of 
2004.  Mr. Asger Petersen was elected to replace Dr. Bronckers to the PGE, assuming the term un til the 
Spring of 2009. G/L/711 
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 IV. NOTIFICATION OF SUBSIDIES 
5. 2003 new and full notifications
.  In accordance with Article 25.1 of the Agreement and 
Article XVI:1 of GATT 1994, all Members of the Co mmittee were required to submit a new and full 
notification of subsidies to the Committee by 30 June 2003.  As of 4 November 2004, 421 WTO 
Members had notified subsidies pursuant to Artic le 25 of the Agreement and Article XVI of 
GATT 1994.  In addition, 15 Members had notified that  they maintain no subsidies notifiable pursuant 
to these provisions.  These notifications may be found in document series G/SCM/N/95/.... A table 
indicating the status of 2003 subsidy notificati ons is reproduced in Annex A to this Report. 
6. Pursuant to the procedures agreed at its 8 Ma y 2003 regular meeting, the Committee held two 
special meetings, on 29 April 2004 and 4 Nove mber 2004, to review the 2003 new and full 
notifications of:  Antigua and Barbuda;  Armenia;  Australia;  Barbados;  Belize;  Brazil;  Bulgaria;  
Czech Republic;  Canada;  Chile;  Colombia;  Costa Rica;  Croatia; Cuba;  Dominica;  
Dominican Republic;  El Salvador;  European Commun ities;  Fiji;  Ghana;  Grenada;  Guatemala;  
Honduras;  Hong Kong, China;  Hungary;  Iceland;  Jama ica;  Japan;  Jordan;  Korea;  Liechtenstein;  
Macao, China;  Madagascar;  Mauritius;  Morocco;  Myanmar;  New Zealand;  Norway;  Oman;  
Panama;  Papua New Guinea;  Saint Kitts and Nevis;  Saint Lucia;  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;  
Singapore;  Slovenia;  South Africa;  Suriname;  Thailand;  Turkey;  United States;  Uruguay;  and 
Zambia. 
7. Previous notifications.   Article 25.1 of the Agreement requires that updating notifications 
were to be submitted by 30 June 199 9, and 30 June 2000, and that ne w and full notifications were to 
be submitted by 29 June 2001 and 30 J une 1998.  As of 4 November 2004, 622 WTO Members had 
submitted 2001 new and full notifications pursuan t to Article 25 of the Agreement.  These 
notifications may be found in document series G/SCM/ N/71/….  At its regular meetings in April and 
November 2004, the Committee continued its revi ew of 1999 and 2000 updating notifications, and 
1998 new and full notifications.  See  Annex B to this Report for the status of the 2001 new and full 
notifications.   
8. Other notifications .  The United States presented a request  to China pursuant to Article 25.8 
of the Agreement.  The United States sought informa tion from China on the nature and extent of some 
programmes identified in its request.  The request of the United States was circulated in document 
G/SCM/Q2/CHN/9.  The statements of Members on this issue are reflected in the minutes of the 
meeting held on 4 November 2004 (G/SCM/M/52).    
V. WORKING PARTY ON SUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS 
9. The Working Party on Subsidy Notifications di d not meet during the review period.   
                                                      
1 The European Communities is counted as one Member.  Prior to 1 May 2004, the member-States of 
the EC were the following:  Austria, Belgium, Denmar k, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, 
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.  As of 1 May 2004, the 
member-States of the EC included in addition to the af ore-listed, the following:  Cyprus, the Czech Republic, 
Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia.  This annual report 
includes a period both before and after the accession of these Members to the European Communities.  
Therefore, this report lists those Members' separate no tifications, as well as the EC notifications on its own 
behalf, on behalf of its Membership previous to 1 May 2004 and, depending on the type and period of 
notification, on behalf of its new acceding members. 
2 Ibid.  G/L/711 
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 VI. NOTIFICATION AND EXAMINATION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY LAWS 
AND/OR REGULATIONS   
10. As of 4 November 2004, pursuant to Article 32.6 and in accordance with a decision by the 
Committee, 96 Members3 had notified the Committee of their domestic countervailing duty legislation 
or made communications in this respect to the Committee (G/SCM/N/1 and Addenda).  Thirty seven 
Members had not, as yet, made notifications under Ar ticle 32.6 of the Agreement.  A table indicating 
the status of these notifications is reproduced in Annex C  to this Report. 
11. During the review period, the Committee review ed the notifications regarding countervailing 
duty legislation of the following Members: (at the April 2004 regular meeting) Jordan and South Africa;  and (at the November 2004 regul ar meeting) Argentina;  Canada;  the 
European Communities;  Japan;  and Jordan.  Written questions and answers regarding these 
notifications may be found in documents of the G/SCM/Q1/… series.  
12. During the review period, pursuant to procedures adopted by the Committee at its joint 
special meeting with the Committee on Anti-Dumpi ng Practices in April 1996, the Committee also 
had before it for further review the previously-revi ewed legislative notification of China;  Mexico;  
and Peru.   
VII. SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS ON COUNTERVAILING ACTIONS 
13. Notifications for 1 July-31 December 2003
.  As of 4 November 2004, 11 Members had 
notified countervailing actions take n during the period 1 July-31 December 2003.  Forty one Members 
had notified the Committee that they had not taken an y countervailing duty action during this period.  
The remaining 79 Members had not submitted a notification.  These semi-annual reports were 
circulated in document series G/SCM/N/106.  The stat us of semi-annual reports is set out in Annex D 
to this Report.  
14. Notifications for 1 January-30 June 2004 .  As of 4 November 2004, eight Members had 
notified countervailing actions take n during the period 1 January-30 June 2004.  Forty seven Members 
had notified the Committee that they had not take n any countervailing action during this period.  
Seventy eight Members had not submitted a notificat ion.  These semi-annual reports were circulated 
in document series G/SCM/N/113.  The status of se mi-annual reports is set out  in Annex D to this 
Report. 
15. A table summarizing notifications of new c ountervailing duty actions taken by Members 
during the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 and measures in force as of 30 June 2004 is reproduced in Annex E to this Report. 
VIII.  REPORTS ON ALL PRELIMINARY OR FINAL COUNTERVAILING DUTY 
ACTIONS  
16. Pursuant to Article 25.11 of the Agreement, Members are to report to the Committee without 
delay all preliminary and final c ountervailing actions taken.  Guidelines for the information to be 
contained in these reports are set forth in G/SCM/3.   As of 4 November 2004, reports of preliminary 
and final countervailing actions had been receive d during the review period from:  Argentina, 
Australia, Canada, the European Communities, Jap an, Mexico, New Zealand, the United States and 
Venezuela (G/SCM/N/105, and 107- 112, 115-116 + Corr.1, 117-119).  The Committee reviewed the 
notifications of preliminary and final actions at its regular meetings in April and November 2004. 
                                                     
 
3 Ibid. G/L/711 
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 IX. TRANSITIONAL REVIEW OF CHINA  
17. In accordance with Paragraph 18 of the Protoc ol of Accession of the People's Republic of 
China to the WTO (WT/L/432), the Committee reviewed China's implementation of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (G/SCM/M/52).  The Committee agreed that its report to the Council for Trade in Goods would be prepared  by the Chair on his own responsibility, and would 
take the form of a brief factual report, with refere nces to the documents concerned, and attaching the 
portion of the minutes of the meeting which relate to the transitional review. 
X. CONSTANT DOLLAR METHODOLOGY FOR GRADUATION FROM 
ANNEX VII(B) OF THE AGREEMENT 
18. In paragraph 10.1 of the Doha Ministerial Decision on Implementati on-Related Issues and 
Concerns ("Implementation Decision") (documen t WT/MIN(01)/17, para. 10.1) Ministers: 
"Agree[d] that Annex VII(b) to the Ag reement on Subsidies and Countervailing 
Measures includes the Members that are lis ted therein until their GNP per capita 
reaches US $1,000 in constant 1990 dollars fo r three consecutive years.  This decision 
will enter into effect upon the adop tion by the Committee on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures of an appropriate  methodology for calculating constant 
1990 dollars.  If, however, the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures does not reach a consensus agreement on an  appropriate methodology by 1 January 
2003, the methodology proposed by the Chairman of the Committee set forth in G/SCM/38, Appendix 2 shall be applied.  A Member shall not leave Annex VII(b) so 
long as its GNP per capita in current dollars has not reached US $1000 based upon 
the most recent data from the World Bank." 
19. Pursuant to this paragraph, as of 1 January  2003, the methodology set forth in document 
G/SCM/38, Appendix 2, applies.  As foreseen in paragraph 10.1 of the Implementation Decision and 
in application of the methodology in G/SCM/38, th e Secretariat circulated updated calculations in 
document G/SCM/110/Add. 1.   
XI. 2004 REVISION OF THE ARRANGEMENT  ON GUIDELINES FOR OFFICIALLY 
SUPPORTED EXPORT CREDITS - ITEM REQUESTED BY BRAZIL 
20. At the Committee's regular meeting on 29 April 2004, the delegate of Brazil addressed certain 
changes in the OECD Arrangement on Guidelines for Officially Supported Export Credits  (the 
"Arrangement ").  The following also took the floor under th is item:  Australia;  Canada;  Chile;  
Colombia;  European Communities;  the United Stat es;  and the OECD Secretariat.  The minutes of 
the meeting (G/SCM/M/50) reflect the statements made.  
XII. ARTICLE 27.4 REQUESTS FOR EXTENSION OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD FOR 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES AND RESERVATIONS OF RIGHTS AS MEMBERS LISTED IN ANNEX VII(B) 
A. 
ADOPTION OF DECISIONS GRANTING EXTENSIONS FOR 2004  OF THE TRANSITION PERIODS FOR 
THE ELIMINATION OF EXPORT SUBSIDIES UNDER ARTICLE 27.4  OF THE AGREEMENT  
21. Pursuant to Article 27.4 of the Agreement, developing country Members subject to the  
eight-year transition period in Article 27.2(b) for the elimination of export subsidies (which period 
expired 31 December 2002), had the possibility, not  later than 31 December 2001, to enter into 
consultations with the Committee to seek extensi on of this transition pe riod, if those Members 
deemed it necessary to apply such s ubsidies beyond the eight-year period.  G/L/711 
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 22. Paragraph 10.6 of Implementation Decision states:  
"Having regard to the particular situati on of certain developing-country Members, 
directs the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures to extend the transition period, under the rubric of Artic le 27.4 of the Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures, for certain export subsidies provided by such Members, 
pursuant to the procedures set forth in document G/SCM/39.  Furthermore, when 
considering a request for an extension of the transition period under the rubric of 
Article 27.4 of the Agreement on Subsid ies and Countervailing Measures, and in 
order to avoid that Members at similar st ages of development and having a similar 
order of magnitude of share in world trade ar e treated differently in terms of receiving 
such extensions for the same eligible pr ogrammes and the length of such extensions, 
directs the Committee to extend the transiti on period for those developing countries, 
after taking into account the relative compe titiveness in relation to other developing-
country Members who have requested extens ion of the transition period following the 
procedures set forth in document G/SCM/39." 
23. It is recalled that during the 28 October 200 3 session of its regular meeting, the Committee 
agreed to continue, for calendar year 2004, certain  of the extensions originally granted by the 
Committee for calendar year 2003, but suspended its tr ansparency and standstill review of extensions 
granted pursuant to the procedures in G/SCM/39  of a programme of Fiji (G/SCM/67) and a 
programme of Papua New Guinea (G/SCM/86), a nd its transparency and standstill review of 
extensions granted pursuant to the proce dures in G/SCM/39 and paragraph 10.6 of the 
Implementation Decision of two progr ammes of Colombia (G/SCM/93-94). 
24. It is also recalled that at the 1 and 8 Dece mber 2003 resumed session of the regular meeting, 
the Committee completed the transparency and sta ndstill reviews of extensions granted pursuant to 
the procedures in G/SCM/39 of a programme of Fiji (G/SCM/67) and a programme of  Papua New Guinea (G/SCM/86).  The Committee then ag reed to continue, for calendar year 2004, the 
extensions originally granted to these progr ammes by the Committee for calendar year 2003 
(G/SCM/M/48).  These extensions can be found in the following documents:  Fiji (G/SCM/67/Add.1) 
and Papua New Guinea (G/SCM/86/Add.1).  The Co mmittee also completed the transparency and 
standstill reviews of the decisions pertaining to Colo mbia (G/SCM/93-94), pursuant to the procedures 
in G/SCM/39 and paragraph 10.6 of  the Implementation Decision.  The Committee also agreed to 
continue, for calendar year 2004, the extensions originally granted to these programmes by the 
Committee for calendar year 2003 (G/SCM/M/48).  These extensions can be found in documents: 
Colombia (G/SCM/93/Add.1 and G/SCM/94/Add.1). 
B. C
OMMITTEE 'S REVIEW OF TRANSPARENCY AND STANDS TILL OBLIGATIONS IN THE DECISIONS 
IN G/SCM/50-94  AND ADDS.1 AND G/SCM/95-102  RELATING TO THE ARTICLE 27.4  PROCESS 
(EXTENSION OF THE TRANSITION PERIODS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF EXPORT SUBSIDIES 
UNDER ARTICLE 27.4  OF THE AGREEMENT ) 
25. At its 28 October 2003 regular meeting, th e Committee agreed on the deadlines for the 
submission of notifications (30 June 2004) an d questions (1 September 2004) and answers 
(6 October 2004) for the Committee's 2004 review of  transparency and standstill obligations.  Those 
notifications were circulated in document ser ies G/SCM/N/114.  Questions and answers were 
circulated in document series G/SCM/Q3. 
26. At its November 2004 regular meeting, the Committee conducted a review of the 
transparency and standstill obligations containe d in G/SCM/39 and in decisions in documents 
G/SCM/50-94 and Adds. 1 and G/SCM/95-102.  The Committee completed the transparency and standstill reviews in relation to exte nsions granted on the basis of:  (i) the procedures in G/SCM/39 in G/L/711 
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 respect of the decisions in documents G/SCM/50-92 and Adds. 1;  (ii) the procedures in G/SCM/39 
and paragraph 10.6 of the Implementation Deci sion in respect of decisions in documents  
G/SCM/93-94 and Adds. 1;  and (iii) Article 27.4 al one, in respect to the decisions in documents 
G/SCM/95-102.  
27. At this same meeting, the Committee also agreed on the deadlines for the submission of 
notifications (30 June 2005) and questions (1 September 2005) and an swers (6 October 2005) for the 
Committee's 2005 review of transparency and standstill obligations. 
C. 
COMMITTEE DECISIONS IN RESPECT OF EXTENSIONS FOR 2005  OF TRANSITION PERIODS FOR 
THE ELIMINATION OF EXPORT  SUBSIDIES UNDER ARTICLE 27.4  OF THE AGREEMENT  
28. During its November 2004 regular meeting, the Committee agreed to continue, for calendar 
year 2005, certain of the extensions previously granted by the Committee for calendar years 2003 and 
2004.  These continuations of the extensions were  granted pursuant to the procedures in G/SCM/39 
and can be found in the following documents:  Antigua and Barbuda (G/S CM/50/Add.2-51/Add.2); 
Barbados (G/SCM/52/Add.2-56/Add.2);  Beliz e (G/SCM/57/Add.2-60/Add.2);  Costa Rica 
(G/SCM/61/Add.2-62/Add.2);  Dominica (G/SCM/63/Add.2);  Dominican Republic 
(G/SCM/64/Add.2);  El Salvador (G/SCM/65/Add.2);  Fiji (G/SCM/66/Add.2-68/Add.2);  Grenada 
(G/SCM/69/Add.2-71/Add.2);  Guatemala (G/SCM /72/Add.2-74/Add.2); Jamaica (G/SCM/75/Add.2-
78/Add.2);  Jordan (G/SCM/79/Add.2);  Ma uritius (G/SCM/80/Add.2-83/Add.2);  Panama 
(G/SCM/84/Add.2-85/Add.2);  Papua New Guinea (G/SCM/86/Add.2);  St. Lucia (G/SCM/87/Add.2-89/Add.2);  St. Kitts and Nevis (G/SCM/90/ Add.2);  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 
(G/SCM/91/Add.2);  and Uruguay (G/SCM/92/Add.2).  
XIII.  OTHER BUSINESS 
29. During the period of review, the following items were raised under "Other Business": 
− Article 27.4 extensions of transition periods for the elimination of export subsidies:  
Reminder of agreed deadlines for submissi on of notifications and questions and 
answers for the Committee's revi ew of transparency and standstill obligations in the 
decisions in (documents G/SCM/50-102 and 50/Add.1-94/Add.1) relating to the 
Article 27.4 process – Statement by the Chairperson. 
− 2004 Revision of the Arrangement on Guid elines for Officially Supported Export 
Credits – Statement by the OECD Secretariat. 
− South Africa's Motor Industry Development Programme – Statement by Australia. 
  G/L/711 
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 ANNEX A 
 
2003 NEW AND FULL SUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS 
(G/SCM/N/95/...) 
 
Member  Member  Member  Member  
Albania None EC* X Indonesia None Panama X 
Angola None Austria X Israel None Papua New Guinea X 
Antigua & Barbuda X Belgium X Jamaica X Paraguay None 
Argentina X Denmark X Japan X Peru None 
Armenia N Finland X Jord an X Philippines None 
Australia X France X Kenya None Poland None 
Bahrain None Germany X Korea X Qatar None 
Bangladesh None Greece X Ku wait None Romania None 
Barbados X Ireland X Kyrgyz Republic None Rwanda None 
Belize X Italy X Latvia None St. Kitts & Nevis X 
Benin None Luxembourg X Lesotho None St. Lucia X 
Bolivia None Netherlands X Liechtenstein N St. Vincent & 
Grenadines X 
Botswana None Portugal X Li thuania None Senegal None 
Brazil X Spain X Macao, China N Sierra Leone  None 
Brunei Darussalam None Sweden X Madagascar N Singapore  N 
Bulgaria X United Kingdom X Mala wi None Slovak Republic  None 
Burkina Faso None Ecuador None  Malaysia None Slovenia  X 
Burundi None Egypt None Maldives None Solomon Islands  None 
Cambodia1 n.a. El Salvador X Mali None South Africa  N 
Cameroon None Estonia None Ma lta None Sri Lanka  None 
Canada X Fiji X Mauritania None Suriname  N 
Central African Rep. None Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia None Mauritius X Swaziland  None 
Chad None Gabon None Me xico None Switzerland  X 
Chile X Gambia None Moldova None Chinese Taipei None 
China None Georgia None Mongolia N Tanzania None 
Colombia X Ghana N Morocco X Thailand X 
Congo None Grenada X Mozambique None Togo None 
Congo, Democratic 
Republic of the None Guatemala X Myanmar N Trinidad & Tobago None 
Costa Rica X Guinea Bissau None  Namibia None Tunisia None 
Côte d'Ivoire None Guinea, Rep. of N Nepal2 n.a. Turkey X 
Croatia X Guyana None New Zealand X Uganda None 
Cuba N Haiti None Nicaragua None United Arab Emirates None 
Cyprus None Honduras X Nige r None United States X 
Czech Republic X Hong Kong, Chin a N Nigeria None Uruguay X 
Djibouti None Hungary X Norway X Venezuela None 
Dominica X Iceland X Oman N Zambia N 
Dominican Rep. X India None Pa kistan None Zimbabwe None 
 
"N" means that the Member has indicated that it maintains no notifiable subsidies. "X" means that the Member notified subsidies. 
"None" means that no notification was submitted. 
"n.a." means that, at the time when the notification was due to be submitted, the status of WTO Member had not yet been acquired. 
(*) At the time that the obligati on to notify arose, Cyprus, the Czech  Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Sloveni a were not yet Members of the European Communities.  
Therefore, these Members are not listed  under the EC entry in this Annex.  
 
1 Became a Member on 13 October 2004. 
2 Became a Member on 23 April 2004. 
 G/L/711 
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 ANNEX B 
 
2001 NEW AND FULL SUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS 
(G/SCM/N/71/...) 
 
Member  Member  Member  Member  
Albania None EC* X Indonesia None Panama X 
Angola None Austria X Israel None Papua New Guinea X 
Antigua & Barbuda X Belgium X Jamaica X Paraguay N 
Argentina X Denmark X Japan X Peru None 
Armenia1 n.a. Finland X Jordan X Philippines None 
Australia X France X Kenya None Poland None 
Bahrain None Germany X Korea X Qatar None 
Bangladesh None Greece X Ku wait None Romania None 
Barbados X Ireland X Kyrgyz Republic None Rwanda None 
Belize X Italy X Latvia X St. Kitts & Nevis X 
Benin None Luxembourg X Lesotho None St. Lucia X 
Bolivia X Netherlands X Liechtenstein N St. Vincent & 
Grenadines X 
Botswana N Portugal X Lit huania None Senegal None 
Brazil X Spain X Macao, China N Sierra Leone  None 
Brunei Darussalam None Sweden X Madagascar None Singapore  N 
Bulgaria X United Kingdom X Ma lawi X Slovak Republic  None 
Burkina Faso None Ecuador None  Malaysia None Slovenia  X 
Burundi N Egypt None Maldives None Solomon Islands  None 
Cambodia2 n.a. El Salvador X Mali N South Africa  None 
Cameroon None Estonia X Malta None Sri Lanka  None 
Canada None Fiji X Mauritania None Suriname  N 
Central African Rep. None Former Yugoslav 
Republic of 
Macedonia4 n.a. Mauritius X Swaziland  None 
Chad None Gabon N Mexi co None Switzerland  X 
Chile X Gambia None Moldova5 n.a. Chinese Taipei X 
China3 n.a. Georgia None Mongolia N Tanzania None 
Colombia X Ghana N Morocco None Thailand X 
Congo None Grenada X Mozambique None Togo None 
Congo, Democratic 
Republic of the None Guatemala X Myanmar X Trinidad & Tobago None 
Costa Rica X Guinea Bissau None Namibia N Tunisia X 
Côte d'Ivoire None Guin ea, Rep. of None Nepal6 n.a. Turkey X 
Croatia X Guyana None New Zealand X Uganda None 
Cuba N Haiti None Nicaragua None United Arab Emirates None 
Cyprus None Honduras X Nige r None United States X 
Czech Republic None H ong Kong, China N Nigeria None Uruguay X 
Djibouti None Hungary X Norway X Venezuela None 
Dominica X Iceland X Oman None Zambia N 
Dominican Rep. X India X Pa kistan None Zimbabwe N 
 
"N" means that the Member has indicated that it maintains no notifiable subsidies. 
"X" means that the Member notified subsidies. "None" means that no notification was submitted. 
"n.a." means that, at the time when the notification was due to be submitted, the status of WTO Member had not 
yet been acquired (*) At the time that the obligati on to notify arose, Cyprus, the Czech  Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Sloveni a were not yet Members of the European Communities.  
Therefore, these Members are not listed under the EC entry in this Annex.  
 
1 Became a Member on 5 February 2003. 
2 Became a Member on 13 October 2004. 
3 Became a Member on 11 December 2001. 
4 Became a Member on 4 April 2003. 
5 Became a Member on 26 July 2001. 
6 Became a Member on 23 April 2004.  G/L/711 
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 ANNEX C 
 
COUNTERVAILING DUTY LEGISLATION NOTIFICATIONS 
 
MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
Albania None 
Angola None 
Antigua and Barbuda G/SCM/N/1/ATG/2 
Argentina G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1 + Suppl.1, 2, 3 & Suppl.3/Corr.1 + 
Suppl.4, 5, 6 & 7 
Armenia G/SC M/N/1/ARM/1 
Australia G/SCM/N/1/AUS/2 + Suppl.1 
Bahrain None 
Bangladesh None 
Barbados G/SCM/N/1/BRB/1 
Belize None 
Benin G/SCM/N/1/BEN/1 
Bolivia G/SCM/N/1/BOL/1 + Suppl.1 
Botswana None 
Brazil G/SCM/N/1/BRA/2 + Suppl.1 
Brunei Darussalam G/SCM/N/1/BRN/1 
Bulgaria G/SCM/N/1/BGR/1 
Burkina Faso None 
Burundi G/SCM/N/1/BUR/1 
Cambodia None 
Cameroon None 
Canada G/SCM/N/1/CAN/4 
Central African Republic None 
Chad G/SCM/N/1/TCD/1 
Chile G/SCM/N/1/CHL/2 
China G/SCM/N/1/CHN/1 + Suppl.1, 2 & 3 
Colombia G/SCM/N/1/COL/1 
Congo None 
Congo, Democratic Republic of the None 
Costa Rica G/SCM/N/1/CRI/2 
Côte d'Ivoire None 
Croatia G/SCM/N/1/HRV/1 
Cuba G/SCM/N/1/CUB/1 + Suppl.1 
Cyprus* G/SCM/N/1/CYP/2 
Czech Republic* G/ SCM/N/1/CZE/2 
Djibouti None 
Dominica G/SCM/N/1/DMA/1 
Dominican Republic G/SCM/N/1/DOM/2 
Ecuador  G/SCM/N/1/ECU/2 
European Communities* G/SCM/N/1/EEC/2 + Suppl.1, 2,3, 4, 5 & 6 
Egypt G/SCM/N/1/EGY/2/Rev.1 
El Salvador G/ SCM/N/1/SLV/2 
Estonia* G/SCM/N/1/EST/1 
Fiji G/SCM/N/1/FJI/2 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia None 
Gabon None 
Gambia None 
Georgia G/SCM/N/1/GEO/1 
Ghana G/SCM/N/1/GHA/1 
Grenada G/SCM/N/1/GRD/2 
Guatemala G/SCM/N/1/GTM/2 G/L/711 
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 MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
Guinea Bissau None 
Guinea, Rep. of G/SCM/N/1/GIN/1 
Guyana None 
Haiti G/SCM/N/1/HTI/1 
Honduras G/SCM/N/1/HND/2 
Hong Kong, China G/SCM/N/1/HKG/1 
Hungary* G/SCM/N/1/HUN/1 
Iceland G/SCM/N/1/ISL/1 
India G/SCM/N/1/IND/2 + Corr.1 + Suppl.1, 2 & 3 
Indonesia G/SCM/N/1/IDN/2 + Suppl.1 
Israel G/SCM/N/1/ISR/2 
Jamaica G/SCM/N/1/JAM/2 
Japan G/SCM/N/1/JPN/2 + Corr.1 & 2 + Suppl.1, 2 , 3, 4 & 
Suppl.4/Corr.1   
Jordan G/SCM/N/1/JOR/2 + Corr.1 
Kenya G/SCM/N/1/KEN/1 
Korea G/SCM/N/1/KOR/4 
Kuwait None 
Kyrgyz Rep. G/SCM/N/1/KGZ/1 
Latvia* G/SC M/N/1/LVA/2 
Lesotho None 
Liechtenstein G/SCM/N/1/LIE/1 
Lithuania* G/SCM/N/1/LTU/1 
Macao, China G/SCM/N/1/MAC/1 
Madagascar None 
Malawi G/SCM/N/1/MWI/1 
Malaysia G/SCM/N/1/MYS/1 + Add.1 
Maldives G/SCM/N/1/MDV/2 
Mali None 
Malta* G/SCM/N/1/MLT/1 
Mauritania None 
Mauritius G/SCM/N/1/MUS/2 
Mexico G/SCM/N/1/MEX/1 + Corr.1 + Suppl.1 & 
Suppl.2/Corr.1 
Moldova G/SCM/N/1/MDA/1 
Mongolia G/SCM/N/1/MNG/2 
Morocco G/SCM/N/1/MAR/2 + Rev.1 (French only) 
Mozambique None 
Myanmar G/SCM/N/1/MYN/1 
Namibia G/SCM/N/1/NAM/1 
Nepal None 
New Zealand G/SCM/N/1/NZL/2 + Suppl.1 
Nicaragua G/SCM/N/1/NIC/1 + Corr.1 + Suppl.1 
Niger None 
Nigeria None 
Norway G/SCM/N/1/NOR/3 
Oman  G/SCM/N/1/OMN/1 
Pakistan G/SCM/N/1/PAK/2 + Suppl.1 & 2 
Panama G/SC M/N/1/PAN/1 
Papua New Guinea None 
Paraguay G/SCM/N/1/PRY/2 + Corr.1 
Peru G/SCM/N/1/PER/2  
Philippines G/SCM/N/1/PHL/2 
Poland* G/SCM/N/1/POL/2 
Qatar G/SCM/N/1/QAT/1 
Romania G/SCM/N/1/ROM/1  G/L/711 
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 MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
Rwanda None 
Saint Kitts & Nevis None 
Saint Lucia G/ SCM/N/1/LCA/1 
Saint Vincent & Grenadines None 
Senegal G/SCM/N/1/SEN/1 
Sierra Leone None 
Singapore G/SCM/N/1/SGP/2 + Suppl. 1 
Slovak Republic* G/SCM/N/1/SVK/1 
Slovenia* G/SC M/N/1/SVN/1 
Solomon Islands None 
South Africa G/SCM/N/1/ZAF/2 
Sri Lanka G/SCM/N/1/LKA/1 
Suriname G/SCM/N/1/SUR/1 
Swaziland None 
Switzerland G/SCM/N/1/CHE/1 
Chinese Taipei G/SCM/N/1/TPKM/1 + Corr.1 
Tanzania None 
Thailand G/SCM/N/ 1/THA/4 + Corr.1 
Togo None 
Trinidad and Tobago G/SCM/N/1/TTO/1 + Suppl. 1 
Tunisia G/SC M/N/1/TUN/2 
Turkey G/SCM/N/1/TUR/3 + Suppl.1 
Uganda G/SC M/N/1/UGA/2 
United Arab Emirates G/SCM/N/1/ARE/1 
United States G/SCM/N/1/USA/1 + Corr.1 + Suppl.1,2,3,4,5 & 6 
Uruguay G/SCM/N/1/URY/1 + Suppl.1 
Venezuela G/SCM/N/1/VEN/1 + Suppl.1 & 2 
Zambia G/SCM/N/1/ZMB/1 
Zimbabwe G/SCM/N/1/ZWE/2 + Suppl.1 
 
"None" means that no notification was submitted. 
 
(*) This annual report includes a period when Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hu ngary, Latvia, Lithuania, 
Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia were not member-States of the European Communities (i.e. prior 
to 1 May 2004), as well as a period following the accession of these countries to th e European Communities.  
Therefore,  these Members' separate  notifications are listed herein. See document G/SCM/N/1/EEC/2/Suppl.6 for 
updated information on the current status of laws and regulations of the above-referred countries.  G/L/711 
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 ANNEX D 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS  
 
MEMBER 1 July-31 December 2003 1 January-30 June 2004 
Albania N None 
Angola None None 
Antigua and Barbuda None None 
Argentina X X 
Armenia N N 
Australia X X 
Bahrain N N 
Bangladesh None None 
Barbados N None 
Belize None None 
Benin None None 
Bolivia N N 
Botswana None None 
Brazil X N 
Brunei Darussalam N None 
Bulgaria N N 
Burkina Faso None None 
Burundi None None 
Cambodia1 n.a. n.a. 
Cameroon None None 
Canada X X 
Central African Republic None None 
Chad None None 
Chile N N 
China None None 
Colombia N None 
Congo None None 
Congo, Democratic Republic 
of the None None 
Costa Rica X X 
Côte d'Ivoire None None 
Croatia N N 
Cuba N N 
Cyprus2 None N 
Czech Republic2 N N 
Djibouti None None 
Dominica None None 
Dominican Republic N N 
European Communities3 X X 
Ecuador  None None 
Egypt N N 
El Salvador N N 
Estonia2 N N 
Fiji None None 
Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia None None 
Gabon None None 
Gambia None None 
Georgia N None 
Ghana N None 
Grenada None None 
Guatemala N N  G/L/711 
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 MEMBER 1 July-31 December 2003 1 January-30 June 2004 
Guinea-Bissau None None 
Guinea, Republic of None None 
Guyana None None 
Haiti None None 
Honduras N N 
Hong Kong, China N N 
Hungary2 N N 
Iceland N None 
India N N 
Indonesia N N 
Israel None None 
Jamaica N None 
Japan N None 
Jordan N N 
Kenya None None 
Korea N N 
Kuwait None None 
Kyrgyz Republic None None 
Latvia2 N N 
Lesotho None None 
Liechtenstein N N 
Lithuania2 N N 
Macao, China N None 
Madagascar None N 
Malawi None None 
Malaysia None None 
Maldives None None 
Mali None None 
Malta2 None N 
Mauritania None None 
Mauritius N None 
Mexico X X 
Moldova None None 
Mongolia None N 
Morocco N N 
Mozambique None None 
Myanmar N None 
Namibia None None 
Nepal4 n.a. None 
New Zealand X N 
Nicaragua None None 
Niger None None 
Nigeria None None 
Norway N N 
Oman  N None 
Pakistan N N 
Panama N None 
Papua New Guinea None None 
Paraguay N None 
Peru N N 
Philippines N N 
Poland2  N N 
Qatar None None 
Romania N N 
Rwanda None None G/L/711 
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 MEMBER 1 July-31 December 2003 1 January-30 June 2004 
Saint Kitts & Nevis None None 
Saint Lucia N N 
Saint Vincent & Grenadines None None 
Senegal None None 
Sierra Leone None None 
Singapore N N 
Slovak Republic2 N N 
Slovenia2 N N 
Solomon Islands None None 
South Africa N N 
Sri Lanka None None 
Suriname None None 
Swaziland None None 
Switzerland N N 
Chinese Taipei None None 
Tanzania None None 
Thailand N N 
Togo None None 
Trinidad and Tobago N N 
Tunisia N None 
Turkey N  N 
Uganda None None 
United Arab Emirates None None 
United States X X 
Uruguay None None 
Venezuela X X 
Zambia None None 
Zimbabwe None None 
 
X = Semi-annual report of actions taken submitted. 
N = Report of no actions taken submitted. n.a./not applicable = Obligation did not apply to Member for that period. 
None = No report submitted. 
 
1 Became a Member on 13 October 2004. 
2 This report includes a period when these countries were no t members of the Eu ropean Communities, as well as a 
period following their accession to the EC. Therefore, these Members' separate notifications are listed herein, as 
well as the EC's notifications on their behalf. The EC notif ied, on behalf of these countries, that they had not taken 
any countervailing duty actions during the period 1 January – 30 April 2004  (G/SCM/N/113/EEC/Add.1).  
Between the date of their accession to the EC, i.e. 1 May 2004, and 30 June 2004, the European Communities 
included them in a separate notification on behalf of the European Communities as a whole (G/SCM/N/113/EEC).   
3 The European Communities is counted as one Member.  As of 1 May 2004, the member-States of the EC are the 
following: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, 
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembou rg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the 
Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.  
4 Became a Member on 23 April 2004.  G/L/711 
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 ANNEX E  
 
Summary of Countervailing Duty Action s and Measures as  reported in  
documents G/SCM/N/113/...  and G/SCM/N/106/... 
(1 July 2003 - 30 June 2004) 
as of 1 November 2004 
 
 
Initiation 
 Provisional 
Measures 
(negative 
preliminary 
determinations 
not included) Definitive Duties Undertakings Measures in 
force on 
30 June 2004 
(definitive 
duties and 
undertakings) 
No. Countries involved No. Countries 
involved No. Countries involved No. Countries 
involved  
 ARGENTINA              
0    0    0    0    3 
 AUSTRALIA              
3 ITA 
(1) GRC 
(1) ESP 
(1) 0    0    0    3 
 CANADA              
4 CHN 
(2) IND 
(1) CHT 
(1) 1 IND 
(1)   0    0    10 
 COSTA RICA              
0    0    0    1 COL 
(1)   1 
 EEC              
1 IND 
(1)   1 IND 
(1)   2 IND 
(1) KOR 
(1)  0    18 
 MEXICO              
2 EEC 
(2)   1 EEC 
(1)   0    0    1 
 NEW ZEALAND              
0    0    1 EEC 
(1)   0    1 
 PERU              
0    0    0    0    1 
 SOUTH AFRICA              
0    0    0    0    4 
 UNITED STATES              
5 CAN 
(1) IND 
(3) THA 
(1) 1 IND 
(1)   3 CAN 
(1) IND 
(1) KOR 
(1) 0    57 
 VENEZUELA              
0    0    1 EEC 
(1)   0    3 
 
 G/L/711 
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 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN ANNEX E TO THIS REPORT 
 
AFG AFGHANISTAN 
ALB ALBANIA 
DZA ALGERIA ATG ANTIGUA AND 
  BARBUDA 
ARG ARGENTINA ARM ARMENIA AUS AUSTRALIA 
AUT AUSTRIA 
AZE AZERBAIJAN BHS BAHAMAS 
BHR BAHRAIN 
BGD BANGLADESH BRB BARBADOS 
BLR BELARUS 
BEL BELGIUM BLZ BELIZE 
BEN BENIN 
BMU BERMUDA BOL BOLIVIA 
BIH BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 
BWA BOTSWANA BRA BRAZIL 
BRN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 
BGR BULGARIA BFA  BURKINA FASO 
BUR BURUNDI 
KHM CAMBODIA CMR CAMEROON 
CAN CANADA 
CAF CENTRAL AFRICAN   REPUBLIC TCD  CHAD 
CHL CHILE 
CHN CHINA COG CONGO, REPUBLIC 
COL COLOMBIA 
CRI COSTA RICA CIV COTE D'IVOIRE 
HRV CROATIA 
CUB CUBA CYP CYPRUS 
CZE CZECH REPUBLIC 
DNK DENMARK DJI  DJIBOUTI  
DMA DOMINICA 
DOM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DRC DEMOCRATIC 
REPUBLIC OF THE 
CONGO 
EEC EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES 
ECU ECUADOR EGY EGYPT 
SLV EL SALVADOR 
EST  ESTONIA FJI FIJI FIN FINLAND 
FRA FRANCE MKD FORMER YUGOSLAV  
 REPUBLIC OF  
 MACEDONIA GAB GABON 
GMB GAMBIA 
GEO GEORGIA DEU GERMANY GHA GHANA 
GRC GREECE 
GRD GRENADA GTM GUATEMALA 
GNB GUINEA-BISSAU 
GIN GUINEA, REP. OF GUY  GUYANA 
HTI HAITI 
HND HONDURAS HKG HONG KONG, CHINA 
HUN HUNGARY 
ISL ICELAND IND INDIA 
IDN INDONESIA 
IRN  IRAN IRQ IRAQ 
IRL IRELAND 
ISR ISRAEL ITA ITALY 
JAM JAMAICA 
JPN JAPAN JOR JORDAN 
KAZ KAZAKSTAN 
KEN KENYA KOR KOREA KWT KUWAIT 
KGZ KYRGYZ REPUBLIC 
LVA LATVIA LBN LEBANON 
LSO LESOTHO 
LIE LIECHTENSTEIN LTU LITHUANIA 
LUX  LUXEMBOURG 
MAC MACAO, CHINA MDG MADAGASCAR 
MWI MALAWI 
MYS MALAYSIA MDV MALDIVES 
MLI MALI 
MLT MALTA MRT MAURITANIA 
MUS MAURITIUS 
MEX MEXICO MDA MOLDOVA, REP. OF 
MNG MONGOLIA 
MAR MOROCCO MOZ  MOZAMBIQUE 
NAM NAMIBIA 
NPL NEPAL NLD NETHERLANDS NZL NEW ZEALAND 
NIC NICARAGUA NER NIGER 
NGA NIGERIA 
NOR NORWAY OMN OMAN 
PAK PAKISTAN 
PAN PANAMA PNG PAPUA NEW GUINEA PRY PARAGUAY 
PER PERU 
PHL PHILIPPINES POL POLAND 
PRT PORTUGAL 
PRI PUERTO RICO QUT QATAR 
ROM ROMANIA 
RUS RUSSIAN FEDERATION RWA RWANDA 
KNA SAINT KITTS & NEVIS 
LCA SAINT LUCIA SAU SAUDI ARABIA 
SEN SENEGAL 
SYC SEYCHELLES SLE SIERRA LEONE 
SGP SINGAPORE 
SVK SLOVAK REPUBLIC SVN  SLOVENIA 
ZAF SOUTH AFRICA 
ESP SPAIN  LKA SRI LANKA 
VCT SAINT VINCENT &    
 GRENADINES SDN SUDAN SUR SURINAME 
SWE SWEDEN 
CHE SWITZERLAND 
CHT CHINESE TAIPEI 
TJK TAJIKISTAN 
TZA TANZANIA THA THAILAND 
TGO TOGO 
TTO TRINIDAD & TOBAGO TUN TUNISIA 
TUR TURKEY 
TKM TURKMENISTAN UGA UGANDA 
UKR UKRAINE 
ARE UNITED ARAB   EMIRATES 
GBR UNITED KINGDOM 
USA UNITED STATES URY URUGUAY 
UZB UZBEKISTAN 
VUT VANUATU VEN VENEZUELA 
VNM VIET NAM 
ZMB ZAMBIA ZWE ZIMBABWE 
 
   
  
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