. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/Q2/KOR/35 
15 October 2010 
 (10-5300) 
Committee on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
SUBSIDIES  
 
Replies to Questions from CANADA1 Regarding the New and Full  
Notification of the REPUBLIC OF KOREA2 
 
  The following communication, dated 13 October 2010, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Korea.  
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Question re Support for Fishing Activities
 
  The stated purpose of the subsidy is to re lieve financial burden and support stable 
fishing business operations by providing lower ra te loans.  Canada would like to have more 
information on the specific types of fishing activities and business operations that this 
programme supports.  
Reply
 
 
 The loan is given to the fishermen regardl ess of fishing gear type as long as the fishermen 
have the rights to fish in accordance with relate d laws and regulations.  This includes fishermen 
engaged in aquaculture and inland and marine capture fishing activities. 
 
Question re Support for Aquaculture Fishery Development  
 
 The policy objective of this programme is to have a stable supply of fishery products by 
supporting the development of aquaculture fishery under the changing circumstances of domestic and overseas fisheries production enviro nment.  Could the Republic of Korea please 
explain the meaning of "changing circumstances of domestic and overseas fisheries production 
environment"?  
 
Reply
 
  That may include, for example, changes in demand for fishery products, changes in annual 
catches in the coastal and off-shore waters, consum ers' concern for sanitary condition of fishery 
products, and environmentally frien dly and responsible aquaculture. 
 
                                                     
 
1 G/SCM/Q2/KOR/32. 
2 G/SCM/N/186/KOR. G/SCM/Q2/KOR/35 
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  Question re Support for Old Fishing V essel and Equipments Replacement
 
  According to the description of the po licy objectives, this programme ensures 
navigational safety through replacement of old vessels and vessel equipments.  Could you 
provide more details as to what type of vessel equipment is supported by this programme?  How 
many and which types of vessels have  benefitted from this programme? 
 
Reply
 
  Under this programme, two old pelagic fishi ng vessels were replaced during 2007-2008 with 
imported used fishing vessels. 
 
Question re Support for R&D of Environm ental Technology Development Projects
 
  Could Korea elaborate on the types of "cu tting-edge environmental technologies" that 
have received support?    
Reply
 
  There have been 271 R&D programmes ( i.e. "cutting-edge environmental technologies") that 
have received support under Devel opment of and Support for Envi ronmental Technology Act during 
2007-2008, and they are categorized into five sectors as following: 
 
• Core post-processing technologies which ar e the basis for pollution reduction in 
various environmental factors 
• Preventive anti-pollution technologies such  as those used for development of 
sustainable eco-friendly materials, products and manufacturing process 
• Environmental technologies to actively cope with international environmental issues 
• Original technologies for environmental fusion area 
• Technologies used for combining relevant  effective environmental technologies 
 
 
 
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