WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/29
27 October 2000
(00-4491)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing Measures
BACKGROUND AND TECHNICAL EXPLANATION
Note by the Secretariat
This paper is an update of G/SCM/26, the factual report on compliance with the annual
notification obligations under Article 25 of the Agreement that was discussed at the Committee's
May 2000 regular meeting.
The attached table shows, by notifying Member, the dates of submission1 of each notification
due (two new and full notifications and four updates) since the entry into force of the WTO
Agreements.  Nil notifications are identified as such.
Where a single notification covers more than one period, and thus carries multiple document
symbols, the date of submission appears in the table only once, and a range of symbols is used to
indicate all of the periods covered by that notification.  These symbols are explained in a series of
notes at the end of the table.  The symbol “NS” indicates that no notification has been submitted by
the Member for the relevant period.  Only those Members that have made at least one subsidy
notification to date are included in the table.
The following Members have not made any subsidy notifications:  Albania (08.09.00),
Angola, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, El Salvador, Estonia (13.11.99), Gabon,
Georgia (14.06.00), Grenada (22.02.96), Guinea Bissau, Republic of Guinea, Guyana, Haiti,
Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic (20.12.98), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives,
Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mongolia (29.01.97), Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, PapuaNew Guinea (09.06.96), Rwanda, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Sierra Leone, Solomon
Islands (26.07.96), Tanzania, Togo .  For those Members that are not original WTO Members, the
dates of entry into force are indicated in parentheses.
Analysis
New and full notifications
• Compliance with the triennial obligation to provide a new and full subsidy notification remains
low, in terms of both the number of Members submitting notifications and the timeliness of those
notifications.
• For 1995, only 71 of 123 Members (counting the EC as a single Member) have submitted a new
and full notification.
                                                     
1 In the few cases where the date of submission does not appear in the notification, the date of
circulation is shown instead.G/SCM/29
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• Of these 71 notifications, 59 were submitted after the 30 June 1995 due date.2  The tardiness of
these notifications ranged from two weeks to 48 months, with an average tardiness of 14 months.
• For the 1998 new and full notifications, the submission rate was considerably lower, with just 43
notifications submitted.
• 40 of these notifications were submitted after the 30 June 1998 due date.3  The tardiness of these
notifications ranged from a few days to 27 months, with an average tardiness of 8 months.
Updating notifications
• Compliance for updating notifications is considerably lower than for the new and full
notifications.  The number of Members submitting such notifications has consistently been far
less than the number submitting new and full notifications, and has declined significantly in each
update period.  The vast majority of such notifications have been submitted after the due date.
• In addition, updating notifications very frequently are in combined notifications covering more
than one period.  Thus, in practice these notifications do not provide up-to-date information, on an
annual basis, regarding changes since the most recent new and full notification, as envisioned in
the Agreement.
• Only 50 updating notifications for 1996 were received, only two of which were submitted by
30 June 1996.4
• Only 40 updating notifications for 1997 were received, only five of which were submitted by
30 June 1997.
• Only 31 updating notifications for 1999 have been received to date, only eight of which were
submitted by 30 June 1999.
• Only 20 updating notifications for 2000 have been received to date, only seven of which were
submitted by 30 June 2000.
• Thus, only 141 of the nearly 500 updating notifications5 due to date have been submitted, i.e., less
than a one-third compliance rate.  Of these, only 22 were submitted by the respective 30 June
deadlines.
                                                     
2 One Member submitting a 1995 new and full notification became a Member after 30 June 1995.  This
notification has not been included in  the calculation of average tardiness.
3 One Member submitting a 1998 new and full notification became a Member after 30 June 1998.  This
notification has not been included in  the calculation of average tardiness.
4 One Member submitting a 1996 updating notification became a Member after 30 June 1996.
5 Based on an assumed constant WTO membership of 123 (counting the EC as a single Member) since
30 June 1996, when the first updating notification was due.G/SCM/29
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• Of the 141 updating notifications, 69 have been in combined notifications covering more than one
period, and thus have been submitted much less frequently than the required annual basis.G/SCM/29
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Annual Notifications
Under Article 25 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
30 June 1995 - 26 October 2000
(by notifying Member and date submitted)
Notifying Member
(dates of entry into
force for non-
original Members1)1995 New and Full
(due 30 June 1995)
G/SCM/N/3/…1996 Updating
(due 30 June 1996)
G/SCM/N/16/…1997 Updating
(due 30 June 1997)
G/SCM/N/25/…1998 New and Full
(due 30 June 1998)
G/SCM/N/38/…1999 Updating
(due 30 June
1999)
G/SCM/N/48/…2000 Updating
(due 30 June 2000)
G/SCM/N/60/…
Antigua
and Barbuda09.05.97
Nil
NF(95)+U(96)*N S N S N S NS
Argentina 26.02.96
Suppl.1: 16.07.97NS NS 27.10.98 25.06.99 NS
Australia 07.08.95 10.07.96 02.07.97 10.05.00
NF(98)+U(99)** NS
Bahrain 07.07.97
NF(95)+U(96)+U(97)* * 20.07.00
NF(98)+U(99)+U(00)** **
Benin NS NS NS 09.09.98
Nil09.05.00
NilNS
Bolivia 09.11.95
Nil*** 23.03.98
Nil
U(96)+U(97)12.01.00
NilNS NSG/SCM/29
Page 5Notifying Member
(dates of entry into
force for non-
original Members1)1995 New and Full
(due 30 June 1995)
G/SCM/N/3/…1996 Updating
(due 30 June 1996)
G/SCM/N/16/…1997 Updating
(due 30 June 1997)
G/SCM/N/25/…1998 New and Full
(due 30 June 1998)
G/SCM/N/38/…1999 Updating
(due 30 June
1999)
G/SCM/N/48/…2000 Updating
(due 30 June 2000)
G/SCM/N/60/…
Botswana 20.11.95
NilNS NS NS NS NS
Brazil 22.02.96 30.06.96
Suppl.1: 17.01.97NS NS NS NS
14.11.96
Nil
NF(95)+U(96)*N S N S N S N S
Bulgaria
(01.12.96)20.03.97
NF(95)+U(96)*N S N S N S N S
Burkina Faso 08.09.97
Nil
NF(95)+U(96)+U(97)* * NS NS NS
Cameroon 18.11.96
NF(95)+U(96)*N S N S N S N S
Canada 02.05.95
Rev.1: 23.01.9618.04.97 22.10.97 30.04.99 27.04.00 NS
Chile 21.10.96
Corr.1: 22.11.96
NF(95)+U(96)* 05.09.97 29.07.98 01.10.99 21.06.00G/SCM/29
Page 6 Notifying Member
(dates of entry into
force for non-
original Members1)1995 New and Full
(due 30 June 1995)
G/SCM/N/3/…1996 Updating
(due 30 June 1996)
G/SCM/N/16/…1997 Updating
(due 30 June 1997)
G/SCM/N/25/…1998 New and Full
(due 30 June 1998)
G/SCM/N/38/…1999 Updating
(due 30 June
1999)
G/SCM/N/48/…2000 Updating
(due 30 June 2000)
G/SCM/N/60/…
Colombia 30.06.95
Suppl.1: 09.08.95Suppl.2: 10.07.97
Corr.1: 10.07.9710.07.97
Suppl.1: 10.07.9710.07.97
Suppl.1: 10.07.97NS NS NS
Costa Rica 18.08.95 17.03.98 17.03.98 25.02.99 *** 17.07.00
U(99)+U(00)
Côte d'Ivoire 23.07.96
Nil*** 03.06.97
U(96)+U(97)NS NS NS
Cuba 05.05.97
Nil
NF(95)+U(96)* 24.09.97
NilNS NS NS
Cyprus 01.11. 96
NF(95)+U(96)* 04.08.99 04.08.99 NS NS
Czech Republic 28.11.95 22.07.97 03.12.99 NS NS NS
Dominica NS NS NS 28.10.98
NilNS NS
Dominican Republic 08.03.96
NilNS NS NS NS NSG/SCM/29
Page 7Notifying Member
(dates of entry into
force for non-
original Members1)1995 New and Full
(due 30 June 1995)
G/SCM/N/3/…1996 Updating
(due 30 June 1996)
G/SCM/N/16/…1997 Updating
(due 30 June 1997)
G/SCM/N/25/…1998 New and Full
(due 30 June 1998)
G/SCM/N/38/…1999 Updating
(due 30 June
1999)
G/SCM/N/48/…2000 Updating
(due 30 June 2000)
G/SCM/N/60/…
Ecuador
(21.01.96)NS NS NS 29.03.99
NilNS NS
Egypt NS NS NS 29.04.99 NS NS
European
Communities18.11.95 23.10.96
Suppl.1:  23.10.96Suppl.2:  05.05.9718.09.97
Corr.1:  20.03.98
Suppl.1:  22.10.9808.07.98
Adds.1 to 15:  28.12.98
Add.12/Rev.1:
08.01.9910.11.99
Add. 1: 03.11.99Add. 2: 14.03.00
Add. 3: 11.01.00
Add. 4: 02.11.99Add. 5: 07.01.00Add. 6: 20.12.99
Add. 8: 02.11.99
Add. 9: 06.12.99
Add. 10: 09.11.99Add. 11: 02.11.99
Add. 12: 17.12.99
Add. 13: 06.01.00
Add. 13/Suppl.1:
01.03.00
Add. 14: 04.11.99
Add. 15: 04.01.00Add. 2: 23.08.00
Add. 3: 15.06.00
Add.4: 14.06.00
Add. 14.06.00
Add. 8: 24.08.00
Add. 10: 14.06.00
Add. 11: 05.07.00
Add. 12: 05.07.00Add. 13: 10.10.00Add. 14: 04.07.00
Fiji 14.02.97
NF(95)+U(96)*N S N S N S N S
Gambia 31.10.97
NF(95)+U(96)+U(97)* * 24.02.99
NF(98)+U(99)** NS
Ghana 16.09.96
NilNS NS 28.04.99
Nil*** 13.09.00
U(99)+U(00)G/SCM/29
Page 8 Notifying Member
(dates of entry into
force for non-
original Members1)1995 New and Full
(due 30 June 1995)
G/SCM/N/3/…1996 Updating
(due 30 June 1996)
G/SCM/N/16/…1997 Updating
(due 30 June 1997)
G/SCM/N/25/…1998 New and Full
(due 30 June 1998)
G/SCM/N/38/…1999 Updating
(due 30 June
1999)
G/SCM/N/48/…2000 Updating
(due 30 June 2000)
G/SCM/N/60/…
Guatemala21.12.98
Nil
NF(95)+U(96)+U(97)+
NF(98)* * * 30.06.99
NilNS
Honduras 20.12.95
NilNS NS NS NS NS
Hong Kong, China 09.10.95
Nil05.06.96
Nil30.06.97
Nil26.05.98
Nil22.03.99
Nil13.03.2000
Nil
Hungary 30.06.95
Suppl.1:  07.06.96NS NS NS NS NS
Iceland 22.10.96
NF(95)+U(96)* ** 19.11.98
NF(98)+U(97)14.06.99 NS
India 30.06.95
Suppl.1:  14.09.95
Suppl.2:  19.11.96NS NS 06.05.99 NS NS
Indonesia 30.06.95 28.10.96
Suppl.1:  25.02.98NS NS NS NS
Israel 26.10.96
Corr.1:  11.02.97
NF(95)+U(96)* ** 05.10.00
U(97)+NF(98)+
U(99)+U(00)** **G/SCM/29
Page 9Notifying Member
(dates of entry into
force for non-
original Members1)1995 New and Full
(due 30 June 1995)
G/SCM/N/3/…1996 Updating
(due 30 June 1996)
G/SCM/N/16/…1997 Updating
(due 30 June 1997)
G/SCM/N/25/…1998 New and Full
(due 30 June 1998)
G/SCM/N/38/…1999 Updating
(due 30 June
1999)
G/SCM/N/48/…2000 Updating
(due 30 June 2000)
G/SCM/N/60/…
Japan 17.07.95
Rev.1:  11.08.95
Rev.1/Corr.1:  23.08.95
Rev.1/Suppl.1:
09.04.9628.08.96
Suppl.1:  30.04.9707.10.97
Suppl.1:  24.11.9729.07.98
Suppl.1:  09.09.9820.08.99 19.10.00
Jordan
(11.04.00)NS NS NS 27.04.00
NF(98)+U(99)+U(00)
Nil** **
Korea 30.06.95
Rev.1:  25.04.9612.11.96 10.06.97 30.06.98 12.07.99 30.06.00
Latvia
(10.02.99)NS NS NS 04.03.99 04.02.00 NS
Liechtenstein 05.12.95
Nil01.11.96
Nil11.07.97
Nil02.07.98
Nil26.07.99
Nil12.07.00
Nil
Macau, China 16.06.98
Nil
NF(95)+U(96)+U(97)* * 24.08.99
Nil24.08.99
Nil02.03.2000
Nil
Malaysia 30.06.95 NS NS NS NS NS
Mauritius 20.03.95
NilNS NS NS NS NSG/SCM/29
Page 10 Notifying Member
(dates of entry into
force for non-
original Members1)1995 New and Full
(due 30 June 1995)
G/SCM/N/3/…1996 Updating
(due 30 June 1996)
G/SCM/N/16/…1997 Updating
(due 30 June 1997)
G/SCM/N/25/…1998 New and Full
(due 30 June 1998)
G/SCM/N/38/…1999 Updating
(due 30 June
1999)
G/SCM/N/48/…2000 Updating
(due 30 June 2000)
G/SCM/N/60/…
Mexico 18.10.96 ** ** 19.10.98
NF(98)+U(96)+U(97)*** 20.10.00
Morocco 01.05.96
NilNS NS NS NS NS
Namibia 11.06.99
NF(95)+U(96)+U(97)
+ NF(98)+U(99)** ** N S
New Zealand 30.06.95
Nil27.08.96
Nil30.06.97
Nil20.10.98
Nil12.10.00
U(99)+U(00)
Nil**
Nicaragua 30.06.95
NilNS NS NS NS NS
Nigeria 17.07.96 16.02.98 NS NS NS NS
Norway 11.07.95
Corr.1:  25.09.9515.10.96 17.10.97 10.08.98
Suppl. 1
14.10.9914.10.99 12.07.00
Pakistan 14.10.96 NS NS NS NS NS
Panama
(06.09.97)NS NS NS 29.10.98 NS NSG/SCM/29
Page 11Notifying Member
(dates of entry into
force for non-
original Members1)1995 New and Full
(due 30 June 1995)
G/SCM/N/3/…1996 Updating
(due 30 June 1996)
G/SCM/N/16/…1997 Updating
(due 30 June 1997)
G/SCM/N/25/…1998 New and Full
(due 30 June 1998)
G/SCM/N/38/…1999 Updating
(due 30 June
1999)
G/SCM/N/48/…2000 Updating
(due 30 June 2000)
G/SCM/N/60/…
Paraguay NS NS NS 26.05.98
NilNS NS
Peru 28.06.96
NilNS NS NS NS NS
Philippines 04.04.96 *** 09.09.97
Nil
U(96)+U(97)NS NS NS
Poland 26.11.96
NF(95)+U(96)* 26.02.98 30.04.99 31.01.00 NS
Qatar
(13.01.96)NS NS NS 11.03.99
NilNS NS
Romania 14.10.96 14.10.96
Suppl.1:  23.12.96NS NS NS NS
St. Kitts and Nevis
(21.02.96)NS NS NS 17.07.98
NilNS NS
Senegal 20.01.97
Suppl.1:  22.10.97
NF(95)+U(96)* 22.10.97 NS NS NS
Singapore 01.12.95
Rev.1:  26.01.96
Nil28.10.96
Nil03.07.97
Nil09.11.98
Nil29.06.99
Nil28.06.00
NilG/SCM/29
Page 12 Notifying Member
(dates of entry into
force for non-
original Members1)1995 New and Full
(due 30 June 1995)
G/SCM/N/3/…1996 Updating
(due 30 June 1996)
G/SCM/N/16/…1997 Updating
(due 30 June 1997)
G/SCM/N/25/…1998 New and Full
(due 30 June 1998)
G/SCM/N/38/…1999 Updating
(due 30 June
1999)
G/SCM/N/48/…2000 Updating
(due 30 June 2000)
G/SCM/N/60/…
Slovak Republic 18.12.95
Suppl.1:  04.06.96NS NS NS NS NS
Slovenia 14.10.96 *** 18.07.97
U(96)+U(97)18.12.98 04.08.00
U(99)+U(00)**
South Africa 18.06.97
NF(95)+U(96)+U(97)* * NS NS NS
Sri Lanka 22.10.96
Corr.1:  18.02.97NS NS NS NS NS
Suriname 19.09.95
NilNS NS NS NS NS
Swaziland 19.01.96
NilNS NS NS NS NS
Switzerland 25.09.95
Suppl.1:  09.09.96*** 16.09.97
U(96)+U(97)02.07.98
Corr.1:  01.09.9830.06.99 26.07.00
Thailand 30.06.95 15.07.96 17.03.98 13.04.99 NS NS
Trinidad and Tobago 23.11.95
NilNS NS NS NS NSG/SCM/29
Page 13Notifying Member
(dates of entry into
force for non-
original Members1)1995 New and Full
(due 30 June 1995)
G/SCM/N/3/…1996 Updating
(due 30 June 1996)
G/SCM/N/16/…1997 Updating
(due 30 June 1997)
G/SCM/N/25/…1998 New and Full
(due 30 June 1998)
G/SCM/N/38/…1999 Updating
(due 30 June
1999)
G/SCM/N/48/…2000 Updating
(due 30 June 2000)
G/SCM/N/60/…
Tunisia 20.10.97
NF(95)+U(96)+U(97)* * NS NS NS
Turkey 12.07.95
Corr.1:  06.11.95
Corr.2:  18.12.95*** 09.07.98
U(96)+U(97)09.07.98
Suppl.1:  26.08.98
Suppl.1/Rev.1:
24.02.9920.11.99 NS
Uganda 16.08.96
NilNS NS NS NS NS
United Arab
Emirates
(10.04.96)11.08.97
Nil
NF(95)+U(96)+U(97)* * 11.04.00
Nil
NF(98)+U(99)+U(00)** **
United States 07.03.96
Corr.1:  07.06.96
Suppl.1:  02.11.9817.09.97
Suppl.1:  02.11.9829.04.98
Suppl.1:  02.11.9802.11.98 NS NS
Uruguay 03.12.96
Suppl.1:  24.02.97
NF(95)+U(96)* 24.02.98 30.12.99
NF(98)+U(99)+U(00)** **
Venezuela 20.03.95
Suppl.1:  30.10.96NS NS NS NS NS
Zambia 21.03.96
Nil21.11.96
NilNS NS NS NSG/SCM/29
Page 14 Notifying Member
(dates of entry into
force for non-
original Members1)1995 New and Full
(due 30 June 1995)
G/SCM/N/3/…1996 Updating
(due 30 June 1996)
G/SCM/N/16/…1997 Updating
(due 30 June 1997)
G/SCM/N/25/…1998 New and Full
(due 30 June 1998)
G/SCM/N/38/…1999 Updating
(due 30 June
1999)
G/SCM/N/48/…2000 Updating
(due 30 June 2000)
G/SCM/N/60/…
Zimbabwe 08.04.98
Nil
NF(95)+U(96)+U(97)* * 21.09.98
NilNS NS
NS – Not submitted.
NF(year)+U(year), U(year)+U(year), etc.:  Notification consists of a single, multiple-symbolled document covering the new and f ull notification(s) for the
year(s) indicated and/or update(s) for the year(s) indicated.  Where the same date is indicated for more than one notification by a Member (see, e.g.,
Costa Rica’s 1996 and 1997 updating notifications), this means that those notifications were submitted as separate documents, o n the same date.
*     Included in the 1995 new and full notification (G/SCM/N/3/…)
**   Included in the 1998 new and full notification (G/SCM/N/38/…)*** Included in the following year’s updating notification.
Note:  No notifications have been received from the following Me mbers (date of entry into force is indicated in parentheses for  new WTO Members that
joined through the accession process and for GATT 1947 contracting parties that became WTO Members through accession protocols) :  Albania (08.09.00),
Angola, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, E l Salvador,
Estonia (13.11.99), Gabon, Georgia (14.06.00), Grenada (22.02.96), Guinea Bissau, Republic of Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, K enya, Kuwait, Kyrgyz
Republic (20.12.98), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mongolia (29.01.97), Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Papua New
Guinea (09.06.96), Rwanda, St. Lucia, St. Vi ncent and Grenadines, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands (26.07.96), Tanzania, Togo.
__________
                                                     
1 New WTO Members that joined through the accession process, and GATT 1947 contracting parties that became WTO Members through a ccession protocols.