G/SCM/Q2/KOR/51  
 
2 April 2014  
(14-2005)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
SUBSIDIES 
QUESTIONS POSED BY NEW ZEALAND REGARDING THE NEW 
AND FULL NOTIFICATION OF KOREA1 
The following communication, dated 1 April 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of New Zealand.  
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  We welcome the reporting of Korea’s programmes affecting fisheries, which we see as operating in 
the context of the 2012 Rio+20 commitment to furthe r improve the transparency and reporting of 
existing fisheries subsidies programmes through the WTO.  Heads of State/Rio+20 also encouraged States to eliminate subsidies that cont ribute to overcapacity and overfishing, and to 
refrain from introducing new such subsidies or from extending or enhancing existing ones. We also 
view this as an important contribution to the Doha mandate “to clarify and improve WTO disciplines on fisheries subsidies”. 
 
Support for Development of Deep-Sea Fishery  With regard to this programme, can Korea:  
 Identify the fisheries affected by the programme , by geographical area (e.g. territorial sea, 
EEZ, high seas), and the species affected by the programme (e.g. both target and bycatch 
species) 
 Clarify the current status of the programme, how long it is anticipated that the programme 
will be in place, and how the budget will  change over the life of the programme? 
 Provide information on the following: 
 Catch data for the species affected by the programme 
 Status of the fish stocks target ed or affected by the programme 
 Fleet capacity in the fishery affected by the programme 
Support for Fishery Products Processing Development 
With regard to this programme, can Korea: 
  Identify the fisheries affected by the programme , by geographical area (e.g. territorial sea, 
EEZ, high seas), and the species affected by the programme (e.g. both target and bycatch 
species) 
 Clarify the current status of the programme, how long it is anticipated that the programme 
will be in place, and how the budget will  change over the life of the programme? 
                                               
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   Provide information on the following: 
 Catch data for the species affected by the programme 
 Status of the fish stocks target ed or affected by the programme 
 Fleet capacity in the fishery affected by the programme 
Support For Fishing Activities  
With regard to this programme, can Korea:  
 Identify the fisheries affected by the programme , by geographical area (e.g. territorial sea, 
EEZ, high seas), and the species affected by the programme (e.g. both target and bycatch 
species) 
 Clarify the current status of the programme, how long it is anticipated that the programme 
will be in place, and how the budget will  change over the life of the programme? 
 Provide information on the following: 
 Catch data for the species affected by the programme 
 Status of the fish stocks target ed or affected by the programme 
 Fleet capacity in the fishery affected by the programme 
Support for Old Fishing Vessels and Equipment Replacement and Support for Vessel 
Decommissioning 
With regard to these programmes, can Korea:   Identify the fisheries affected by the programme , by geographical area (e.g. territorial sea, 
EEZ, high seas), and the species affected by the programme (e.g. both target and bycatch 
species) 
 Clarify the current status of the programme, how long it is anticipated that the programme 
will be in place, and how the budget will  change over the life of the programme? 
 Comment on the extent to which the programme provides support for the reduction of over-
capacity and overfishing.  
 
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