RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/SVN/4
3April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1351)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from theUNITED STATES Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofSLOVENIA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 25March 1997 hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
oftheUnited States.
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TheDevelopment Fund (SKLAD) oftheRepublic ofSlovenia
1. Please describe howtheFund isadministered -inparticular, theroleoftheGovernment of
Slovenia andhowtheFund interacts withthecompanies "under itsmanagement".
2. Please provide alistoftheindustrial sectors thatinclude thecompanies serviced bytheFund.
3. What wastheamount provided bytheFund tothecompanies in1995either incapital infusions,
grants, loans, debtrelief, ortaxreductions/exemptions? Please provide further information onthe
types ofassistance provided tocompanies through theFund (including, forexample, anindication
ofthetime-frame forwhich loans andtax-reductions/exemptions areprovided).
4. Would itbepossible toprovide anystatistical information thatwould allow anestimation of
thepotential trade effects ofthisFund?
Restructuring oftheSteel Industry
5. Please clarify whatismeant by"higher grade products more suited tomarket demand" and
provide alistofsteelproducts produced bythecompanies associated withtheSlovene SteelCorporation.
AidtothePaper Industry
6. Please explain inmore detail thepolicy implemented bythisprogramme. What ismeant by
"special papers"?
7. Please explain inmoredetail yourresponse ontheduration ofthesubsidy. Howdoesthemarket
position ofthecompany affect theamount ofassistance received? Isthemarket position thesame
asmarket share?
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Restructuring ofMines
8. Isthere more thanoneprogramme under thisheading? Ifso,please explain andprovide all
information requested under Article 25foreachprogramme.
Restructuring oftheManufacturing Sector andTechnological Development ofIndustry
9. Please indicate theindustrial sectors thatreceived assistance from thisprogramme in1995.
10. Please describe theapplication andselection process forcompanies receiving assistance under
thisprogramme.
11. Explain howresearch grants areprovided. What isthepercentage ofthecosts oftheproject
thattheGovernment underwrites? What isthetypeofresearch conducted? What types ofcostsdoes
theGovernment underwrite? Whoaretherecipients ofresearch grants?
AidtoSmall- andMedium-Business andPostPrivatization Assistance
12. Please describe theapplication andselection process forcompanies receiving assistance under
thisprogramme.
13. Please explain howresearch grants areprovided. What isthepercentage ofthecosts ofthe
project thattheGovernment underwrites? What isthetypeofresearch conducted? What types of
costs doestheGovernment underwrite? Whoaretherecipients ofresearch grants?
14. Please elaborate onhowtheless-developed regions andthedemographically-depressed areas
were selected. Describe criteria usedinthisprocess.
Slovene Export Corporation (SID)
15. Please explain howSIDoperates andhowtheassistance isprovided. Indicate whether revenues
aresufficient tocover theoperating costsofthisactivity inthelongrun,specifying theperiod inwhich
thiswould bemeasured. Iftherevenues arenotsufficient, please indicate whatother sources ofincome
maybeusedtofinance thisprogramme.
16. Please describe theprocess thatcompanies must follow toreceive assistance under this
programme.
Transport Service Subsidies
17. Please indicate theindustrial sectors which benefit from thistypeofassistance in1995.