WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SCM/Q2/AUS/44 
22 December 2011 
 (11-6838) 
Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
 
SUBSIDIES 
 
Questions from the EUROPEAN UNION Regarding the  
New and Full Notification of AUSTRALIA1 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 20 December 2011, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the European Union.    
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 Under the section II FORESTRY, B Forest indus tries development fund, Title of subsidy:  
Forest Industries Development Fund.   
 
Question 1 
  Please provide us details about the eligibility crite ria, the eligible costs and the percentage of 
the costs covered by the grant.  
Under the section III INNOVATION, A.  commer cial ready, Title of subsidy:  Commercial 
Ready.    
Question 2 
 
 Please define the eligible industry sectors. 
 Question 3  
 Please provide details about the eligible costs. 
 
Under the section III INNOVATION, B.  Climate ready, Title of subsidy:  Climate Ready.   
 
Question 4 
 
 Please provide the eligibility and merit criteria.    Question 5  
 Please provide information about the eligible costs.   
                                                      
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  Under the section III INNOVATION, C.  renewa ble energy development initiative, Title of 
subsidy:  renewable energy development initiative 
 
Question 6 
 
 Please provide information about the eligibility and merit criteria. 
  
Question 7 
 
 Please provide information about the eligible costs.  
Question 8 
 
 To what extent (units and values) have the products developed under this scheme have 
been/are exported? 
 
Under the section III INNOVATION, D.  commer cialisation Australia, Title of subsidy:  
Commercialisation Australia 
 
Question 9 
  Please provide information about the eligibility and merit criteria.   
 
Question 10 
 
 How many projects have been approved during each of the mentioned periods?  What was the 
average grant amount respectively?   
 
Under the section III I NNOVATION, E.  Industry Cooperative Innovation Program, Title of 
subsidy:  Industry Cooperative  Innovation Program (ICIP) 
 
Question11 
 
 Please provide information about the eligibility and merit criteria.    
Question 12 
 
 Please provide details about eligible costs and percentage of costs covered by funding.   
 
Question 13 
 
 How many projects have been approved during the two above mentioned periods? 
 Under the section III INNOVATION, F.  comm ercialising emerging technologies, Title of 
subsidy:  Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) 
 
Question 14 
 
 Please provide details about the eligible business assistance.    G/SCM/Q2/AUS/44 
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  Under the section IV Passenger Motor Vehicles, a.   automotive competitiveness and investment 
scheme (acis), Title of subsidy:  automotive  competitiveness and investment scheme (acis) 
 
Question 15 
  Please provide details about  eligible production. 
 
Under the section IV Passenger Motor Vehicles, B.   automotive transformation scheme (ats), 
Title of subsidy:  automotive transformation scheme (ats) 
 
Question 16 
 
 Please provide details about eligible production, eligible investments in plant and equipment 
and eligible sales.  Under the section IV Passenger Mo tor Vehicles, C.  green car innovation fund (gcif), Title of 
subsidy:  green car innovation fund (gcif)  Question 17  
 Please quote the eligible costs and provide details on the exceptional basis referred.  
Question 18 
 
 Please provide details about eligibility and merit criteria.    Question 19 
 
 Please provide details about Stream B.  
Under the section IV Passenger Motor Vehicles, D.   automotive industry structural adjustment 
program, Title of subsidy:  Automotive Indus try Structural Adjustment Program (AISAP) 
 
Question 20 
 
 Please give details about the “discretion of the Minister…” and the criteria on the basis of which the grants are awarded. 
 
Question 21 
 
 What are the eligible costs and to what pe rcentage are they covered by the grant?  
 
Under the section IV Passenger Motor Vehicles , E.  automotive supply chain development 
program, Title of subsidy:  Automotive  Supply Chain Development Program (ASCDP) 
 
Question 22 
 
 To what percentage are the eligib le costs covered by the grant?   G/SCM/Q2/AUS/44 
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  Under the section V Passenger Motor Vehicles, A.  pharmaceuticals partnerships program, Title 
of subsidy:  Pharmaceuticals Partnerships Program (P3) 
 
Question 23 
  What are the scheme's merit criteria?   
 
Question 24 
 
 What are the eligible costs?   
 
Question 25 
 
 How many projects have been approved through the overall period of the scheme?    Under the section VI Regional Development, B.  innovation and investment fund for south 
Australia, Title of subsidy:  Innovation and Investment Fund for South Australia (IIFSA) 
 
Question 26 
 
 Please define the eligible industry sectors 
 
Under the section VI Regional Development, C.  Geelong investment and innovation fund, Title 
of subsidy:  Geelong Investment and Innovation Fund (GIIF).    Question 27 
 
 Please define the eligible industry sectors.    
Under the section VI Regional Development, D.  south Australia innovation and investment 
fund, Title of subsidy:  South Australia I nnovation and Investment Fund (SAIIF) – Industry 
Development Program 
 
Question 28 
 
 Please define the eligible industry sectors.    
 
Under the section VII Textiles, Clothing & Footwear , A. textile, clothing and footwear post-
2005 strategic investment program scheme 2005, Title of subsidy: Textile, Clothing and Footwear Post-2005 Strategic Investment Program Scheme 2005 (TCF Post-2005 (SIP) Scheme).   
 
Question 29 
 
 To what extent did the eligible revenue c oncern exports?  What was the respective overall 
revenue and volume of exports?  G/SCM/Q2/AUS/44 
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  Under the section VII Textiles, Clothing & Footwear, B. textile, clothing and footwear 
restructuring initiative grant scheme, Title of subsidy:  Textile, Clothing and Footwear Restructuring Initiative Gran t Scheme (TCF RIG Scheme) 
 
Question 30 
 
 What is the percentage of eligible expenditu re covered by the grant and the maximum grant 
per entity?  
Under the section VII Textiles, Clothing & F ootwear, B. Tcf small business program, Title of 
subsidy:  TCF Small Business Program  
Question 31 
 
Please provide information about the eligibility criteria,  the eligible costs, and the percentage covered 
by the grant.  
 
Under the section VII Textiles, Clothing & Footwe ar, D. product diversification scheme, Title of 
subsidy:  Product Diversification Scheme 
 
Question 32 
 
 Please provide more details about the terms of implementation of the scheme.  
Under the section VII Textiles, Clothing & Foot wear, E. textile, clothing and footwear (tcf) 
strategic capability program (scp), Title of subsidy:  Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) 
Strategic Capability Program (SCP).  
Question 33 
 
 Please provide details about the type of eligib le projects, the eligible costs and the merit 
criteria. 
 
 
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