WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/N/71/ARG/Suppl.1 
20 September 2004 
 
 (04-3939) 
Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
SUBSIDIES 
 
Updating Notification Pursuant to Artic le XVI:1 of the GATT 1994 and Article 25  
of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  
 
ARGENTINA 
 
Supplement  
 
 
 The following communication, dated 13 September 2004, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Argentina.  
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 The following notification provides Argentina's 2002 update for the period 1 January to 31 December 2002.   
Contents
 
 
Page  
 MINING ........................................................................................................................ .......  2 
 
FORESTRY ACTIVITY .....................................................................................................  3 
 FREE ZONES..................................................................................................................... ..  4 
 CAPITAL GOODS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGIME......................................................................  5 
 ANNEX I ........................................................................................................................ ......  6 
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 MINING 
 
1. Title of subsidy programme, if relevant, or brief description or identification of the 
subsidy 
 Decree No. 1343/99 (amending Law No. 24,402). 
 
2. Period covered by the notification 
 1 January to 31 December 2002. 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (including identification of the legislation 
under which it is granted) 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
5. Form of the subsidy (i.e. gran t, loan, tax concession, etc.) 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provide d (whether to producers, to exporters or 
others;  through what mechanism;  whether a fixed sum or fluctuating amount per unit;  
if the latter, how determined) 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
7. Subsidy per unit, or in cases where this is not possible, the total amount or the annual 
amount budgeted for that subsidy (indicating, if possible, the average subsidy per unit in 
the previous year).  Where provision of per unit subsidy information (for the year 
covered by the notification, for the previous  year, or both) is not possible, a full 
explanation. 
 The amounts disbursed for the development of mining activity for the period 2000-2002 were 
as follows:  
 2000
 2001  2002  
Act No. 24,196 3.4 12.1 15.5 Tax concessions 11.7 3.4 33.7 Act No. 24,095 6.0 2.8 2.5 
 
NB: in millions of pesos 
Source :  Department of Mining, Ministry of Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services. 
 
8. Duration of the subsidy and/or any other time-limits attached to it, including date of 
inception/commencement 
Pursuant to Decree No. 1343/99, the regime  will come to an end on 31 December 2005. 
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 FORESTRY ACTIVITY 
 
1. Title of subsidy programme, if relevant, or brief description or identification of the 
subsidy 
 Promotion of forestry activity.  Law No. 13,273 (regulatory enactment by 
Decree No. 710/95). 
  Promotion of forest plantations.  Decree No. 711/95.   Tax stability.  Law No. 24,857. 
 
 Promotion of investment for cultivated for ests.  Law No. 25,080 (regulatory enactment by 
Decree No. 133/99) and amendment resolutions Nos. 610/99, 152/00 and 22/01).  
2. Period covered by the notification 
 1 January to 31 December 2002. 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (including identification of the legislation 
under which it is granted) 
 Promotion of investment for cultivated for ests.  Law No. 25,080 (regulatory enactment by 
Decree No. 133/99) and amendment resolutions Nos. 610/99, 152/00 and 22/01.  
5. Form of the subsidy (i.e. gran t, loan, tax concession, etc.) 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provide d (whether to producers, to exporters or 
others;  through what mechanism;  whether a fixed sum or fluctuating amount per unit;  if the latter, how determined) 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
7. Subsidy per unit, or in cases where this is not possible, the total amount or the annual 
amount budgeted for that subsidy (indicating, if possible, the average subsidy per unit in 
the previous year).  Where provision of per unit subsidy information (for the year covered by the notification, for the previous  year, or both) is not possible, a full 
explanation. 
 The total non-refundable amounts assigned for economic support for the period 2000-2002 
were as follows:  
2000 24.2 million pesos 2001 19 million pesos 
2002 7.7 million pesos 
 
Source :  Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food – Ministry of Economy and Production. G/SCM/N/71/ARG/Suppl.1 
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 8. Duration of the subsidy and/or any other time-limits attached to it, including date of 
inception/commencement 
 Law No. 24,857 and Law No. 25,080:  Applicable since their entry into force on 
11 September 1997.  
 Undertakings included in the regime will be nefit from tax stability for a period of up to 
thirty (30) years from the date of approval of the corresponding project.  
FREE ZONES 
 
1. Title of subsidy programme, if relevant, or brief description or identification of the 
subsidy 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
2. Period covered by the notification 
 1 January to 31 December 2002. 
 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (including identification of the legislation 
under which it is granted) 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
5. Form of the subsidy (i.e. gran t, loan, tax concession, etc.) 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provide d (whether to producers, to exporters or 
others;  through what mechanism;  whether a fixed sum or fluctuating amount per unit;  if the latter, how determined) 
 No change since last full notification. 
 7. Subsidy per unit, or in cases where this is not possible, the total amount or the annual 
amount budgeted for that subsidy (indicating, if possible, the average subsidy per unit in 
the previous year).  Where provision of per unit subsidy information (for the year covered by the notification, for the previous  year, or both) is not possible, a full 
explanation. 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
8. Duration of the subsidy and/or any other time-limits attached to it, including date of 
inception/commencement 
 No change since last full notification. 
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 CAPITAL GOODS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
REGIME 
 
1. Title of subsidy programme, if relevant, or brief description or identification of the 
subsidy 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
2. Period covered by the notification 
 1 January to 31 December 2002. 
 3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (including identification of the legislation 
under which it is granted) 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
5. Form of the subsidy (i.e. gran t, loan, tax concession, etc.) 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provide d (whether to producers, to exporters or 
others;  through what mechanism;  whether a fixed sum or fluctuating amount per unit;  
if the latter, how determined) 
 No change since last full notification. 
 
7. Subsidy per unit, or in cases where this is not possible, the total amount or the annual 
amount budgeted for that subsidy (indicating, if possible, the average subsidy per unit in 
the previous year).  Where provision of per unit subsidy information (for the year covered by the notification, for the previous  year, or both) is not possible, a full 
explanation. 
 No change since last full notification. 
 8. Duration of the subsidy and/or any other time-limits attached to it, including date of 
inception/commencement 
 The benefits of this legisla tion will apply until December 2005. 
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 ANNEX I:  FREE ZONES 
 
Resolution No. 898/95 Río Gallegos and Ca leta Olivia, Province of Santa Cruz 
Resolution No. 33/96 Sierra Grande, Province of Río Negro Resolution No. 33/96 Justo Daract, Province of San Luis 
Resolution No. 70/96 Zapala, Province of Neuquén 
Resolution No. 78/96 Frías, Province of Santiago del Estero Resolution No. 79/96 Jachal, Province of San Juan Resolution No. 80/96 Cruz Alta, Province of Tucumán Resolution No. 275/96 Comodoro Rivadavia, Province of Chubut 
Resolution No. 320/96 Comodoro Rivadavia, Province of Chubut 
Resolution No. 286/96 General Pico, Province of La Pampa Resolution No. 549/96 General Güemes, Province of Salta Resolution No. 553/96 Perico and La Puna, Province of Jujuy Resolution No. 767/96 Luján de Cuyo, Province of Mendoza 
Resolution No. 768/96 Villa Cons titución, Province of Santa Fe 
Resolution No. 769/96 Córdoba, Province de Córdoba Resolution No. 3235/96 La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires Resolution No. 165/97 Paso de los Libres, Province of Corrientes Resolution No. 322/97 San Fernando, Province of Chaco Resolution No. 634/97 Clorinda, Province of Formosa 
Resolution No. 964/97 Chamical and Felipe Varela, Province of La Rioja 
Resolution No. 855/98 Tinogasta, Province of Catamarca Resolution No. 678/99 Puerto Iguazú, Province of Misiones   All these resolutions were issued by the Ministry of the Economy, Works and Public 
Services, except for resolutio n No. 3235/96 which was issued by the National Customs 
Administration.  
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