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ORGANIZATION   
G/SCM/64/Add.10 
31 October 2012 
 (12-5963) 
Committee on Subsidies  
and Countervailing Measures  
 
 
 
CONTINUATION FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2013 OF EXTENSION UNDER 
SCM ARTICLE 27.4 OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE  
ELIMINATION OF EXPORT SUBSIDIES PURSUANT TO THE  
GENERAL COUNCIL DECISI ON OF 27 JULY 2007  
(WT/L/691) 
 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
 
Law No. 8-90 to Promote the Establishment of  
New Free Zones and Expand Existing Ones 
 
Decision of 23 October 2012 
 
Addendum 
  
 The Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (the "Committee"),    Having regard to the "Procedures for Continuation of Extens ions Pursuant to Article 27.4 of 
the SCM Agreement  of the Transition Period under Article 27.2(b) of the SCM Agreement  for Certain 
Developing Country Members" (document WT /L/691), adopted by the General Council on 
27 July 2007 ("the Procedures");   
 
 Taking into account the updating notification for calendar year 2011 submitted by the 
Dominican Republic pursuant to paragraph 1(c) of  the Procedures for the Law No. 8-90 to Promote 
the Establishment of New Free Zones and Expand Existing Ones  ("the programme");1   
  Recalling that the Committee considered, for purpo ses of the decision in G/SCM/64 taken by 
the Committee on 22 November 2002, the Dominican Republic to be a deve loping country Member, 
whose share of world merchandise export trade was not greater than 0.10 per cent and whose total 
Gross National Income for the year 2000 as published by the World Bank was at or below 
US$20 billion, and who was otherwise eligible to requ est an extension pursuant to Article 27.4 of the 
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervaili ng Measures ("the SCM Agreement");   
  Taking note that  the Dominican Republic confirms that the programme has not been modified 
since 1 January 2003 so as to make it more favourable  in terms of scope, cove rage and intensity of 
benefits than it was on 1 September 2001;   
 
 On the basis of  the review by the Committee of the information notified pursuant to 
paragraphs 1(c) and 1(d) of the Procedures to ve rify the Dominican Republic's fulfilment, during the 
period reviewed by the Committee in 2012, of its obl igations with respect to the programme under the 
                                                      
1 This notification has been circulated in document G/SCM/N/243/DOM dated 28 June 2012.   G/SCM/64/Add.10 
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  transparency and standstill provisions as contained in paragraphs 2 and 3 of th e Procedures, in relation 
to the programme as in existence on 1 September 2001;     Hereby agrees to continue, until 31 December 2013, pursuant to paragraph 1(c) of the 
Procedures, the extension granted in G/SCM/64, Add.1-9 and Add.9/Corr.1
* of the transition period, 
under Article 27.2(b) of the SCM Agreement , for the elimination of export subsidies which take the 
form of full or partial exemptions from import duti es and internal taxes and which were in existence 
under the programme on 1 Septembe r 2001.  All terms and conditions  and other provisions of the 
Procedures shall apply.    
 
 
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