G/SCM/Q2/PER/9  
 
26 September 2013  
(13-5160)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  SUBSIDIES 
REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONS POSED BY AUSTRALIA REGARDING 
THE NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION OF PERU1 
The following communication, dated 24 September 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Peru.  
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  The following questions are also relevant to notifications 
G/SCM/N/60/PER-G/SCM/N/71/PER, G/SCM/N/95/PER-G/SCM/N/123/PER, 
G/SCM/N/155/PER-G/SCM/N/186/PER and G/SCM/N/220/PER.  
Page 3, National Fish eries Development Fund 
 
 Could Peru provide more informatio n on the eligibility criteria under 
this programme?  
Reply 
 
The National Fisheries Development Fund (FONDE PES) seeks to foster, implement and provide 
technical, economic and financial support for the development of small-scale maritime and inland 
fishing activities and fishing and aquaculture activities, particularly in terms of the provision of basic infrastructure for the development an d distribution of hydrobiological resources 
and the strengthening of the capacities of region al and local governments, small-scale fishermen 
and fish farmers.   
Pursuant to the Regulations on Organization and Functions, FONDEPES also manages 
and implements aquaculture-related training and technical assistance programmes and activities and assists and supports regional and local governments and the productive sector in the promotion of small-scale aquaculture activities. In addition, it promotes and encourages 
the development of aquaculture through the generation, transfer and promotion of aquaculture 
technology packages.  
In this respect, pursuant to Peru's General Law on Fisheries (Decree Law No. 25977), 
"aquaculture" is defined as an activity that consists of the farming and production of aquatic species in selected and controlled natural or artificial water environments for a period covering all 
or part of their life cycle, in either  marine or inland waters. In addition, 
Supreme Decree No. 030-2001-PE, "Regulations implementing the Law on the Promotion and Development of Aquaculture", defines small-scale aquaculture as an activity in which production amounts to between 2 and 50 MT a year. 
 
Pursuant to Peru's General Law on Fisheries, "small-scale fishing" is fishing that is conducted: 
 
(a) without a vessel; 
(b) with vessels of a maximum hold capacity  of 32.6 m³ and a maximum length of 15 m, 
using predominantly manual labour. 
                                               
1 G/SCM/N/16/PER-G/SCM/N/25/PER-G/SCM/N/38/PER-G/SCM/N/48/PER. G/SCM/Q2/PER/9 
 
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   Is the financial support discretionary?  
Reply 
 
Through FONDEPES credit and financial support  programmes, the Fund develops products 
to promote small-scale fishing and aquaculture in accordance with results-based budget 
programmes, and mainly provides credit lines and other products that promote the development, identity and sustainability of these activities. To access these products, natural or legal persons 
must be covered by the above-mentioned definitions of small-scale fishing or aquaculture 
and meet a number of other documentary requirements, which are described at:  http://www.fondepes.gob.pe/index.php/joomla rt/2013-04-18-21-14-9/2013-04-18-21-18-48  
 
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