WORLD TRADE G/SCM/N/25/EEC/Corr.1
20March 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1129)
Committee onSubsidies
andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Updating Notifications Pursuant toArticle XVI:1 oftheGATT 1994
andArticle 25oftheAgreement onSubsidies and
Countervailing Measures
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Corrigendum
- Pages 786-801 should bedeleted from thetextofG/SCM/N/25/EEC and
- Pages 593and594should bereplaced, inEnglish only, bytheattached pages. G/SCM/N/25/EEC
Page593
RESEARCH GRANTS ININNOVATION AND SERVICES CENTRES
1. Titleofthesubsidy programme
Research grants ininnovation andservices centres.
2. Period covered bythenotification
1996
3. Purpose ofthesubsidy
Aspartofitsactivities insupport oftechnological innovation, IGAPE hastechnological centres
specializing intechnology applicable toGalician businesses. Thegrants areawarded fortheseprojects.
4. Authority
Decree 309/1995 of23November onincentives fortheeconomic development andpromotion
ofbusiness activities intheAutonomous Community ofGalicia, officially authorized pursuant toan
Agreement withtheEuropean Commission (State AidNo.21/95, SG(95) 10-433 of31July1995).
Order of30October 1996announcing IGAPE grants forcarrying outresearch anddevelopment
projects inwhich thetechnological research andservices centres (CIS) areinvolved.
5. Towhom andhowthesubsidy isprovided
Thegrant isforaperiod ofsixmonths, which maybeextended forupto18months. The
amount ofeachgrant isPtas750,000 andifthegrant isextended thisamount isincreased inproportion
totheperiod oftheextension.
6. Towhom andhowthesubsidy isprovided
Thequalificationsrequiredforthistypeofgrantmustbeintechnicalsubjects,bothforuniversity
graduates andforsecond-level professional training.
7. Amount ofthesubsidy
Ptas25million
8. Duration ofthesubsidy
Applications maybemade within 15daysfollowing publication oftheOrder intheOfficial
Gazette ofGalicia.
9. Statistical dateonthetrade effects ofthesubsidy
Inviewofthenature ofthisaidprogramme, there isnoeffect ontrade.G/SCM/N/25/EEC
Page594
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
1. Titleofthesubsidy programme
Research anddevelopment grants
2. Period covered bythenotification
1996
3. Purpose ofthesubsidy
Thepurpose istoprovide support forR&D projects carried outbyfirms andtofacilitate the
technical training ofyoung university graduates bygiving themdirect contact withtheworld ofwork.
4. Authority
Decree 309/1995 of23November onincentives fortheeconomic development andpromotion
ofbusiness activities intheAutonomous Community ofGalicia, officially authorized pursuant toan
Agreement withtheEuropean Commission (State AidNo.21/95, SG(95) 10-433 of31July1995).
Order of30October 1996announcing IGAPE grants forcarrying outresearch anddevelopment
projects.
5. Towhom andhowthesubsidy isprovided
Thegrant isforaperiod of12months, which maybeextended forafurther sixmonths.
6. Towhom andhowthesubsidy isprovided
IGAPE awards tengrants amounting toPtas1.5million andifthegrant isextended thisamount
isincreased inproportion totheperiod oftheextension.
7. Amount ofthesubsidy
Ptas25million
8. Duration ofthesubsidy
Applications maybemade within 15daysfollowing publication oftheOrder intheOfficial
Gazette ofGalicia.
9. Statistical dateonthetrade effects ofthesubsidy
Inviewofthenature ofthisaidprogramme, there isnoeffect ontrade.