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G/SCM/Q2/AUS/48 
18 June 2012 
 (12-3216) 
Committee on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
 
SUBSIDIES 
 
Questions Posed by the EUROPEAN UNION Regarding the  
New and Full Notification of AUSTRALIA1 
  
 The following communication, dated 11 June 2012,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the European Union.    
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SUB-FEDERAL PROGRAMMES 
 
Under section:  AUSTRALIA N CAPITAL TERRITORY, Title of the Subsidy "Investment 
Facilitation Programme" 
 
Question 1 
 
 Please provide details in relation to the policy objective.  
 
Question 2 
 
 What are the criteria on which the treasurer or cabinet make their decisions about the level of 
subsidies? 
 
 
Under section:  NEW SOUTH WALES, Title of the Subsidy "Major Investment Attraction 
Scheme (MIAS)" 
 
Question 3 
  Please provide a detailed list of the eligible industry sectors. 
 
 
Under section:  INDUSTRIES ASSISTANCE FUND, Title of the subsidy "Industries Assistance 
Fund (IAF)" 
 
Question 4  
 Please explain the limited and special circumstances in which financial assistance is 
considered.  
                                                      
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  Under section:  REGIONAL BUSINESS DE VELOPMENT SCHEME, Title of the Subsidy  
"Regional Business Development Scheme"   
 
Question 5 
  Please provide the detailed list of the eligible industry sectors.  
 
Under section:  BIOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE S, Title of the Subsidy "Biotechnology 
Initiatives" 
 
Question 6 
  Please provide details on the criteria and conditi ons governing the eligibility of enterprises. 
 
 
Under section:  QUEENSLAND, Title of th e Subsidy "Queensland Investment Incentives 
Scheme"   
 
Question 7 
 
 Please provide details on the criteria which determine that a project has strategic merit to 
Queensland.  
 
 
Under section:  BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION INCENTIVES, Title of 
the Subsidy "Business and Industry Transformation Incentives"  
 Question 8 
 
 Please provide a list of the key sectors supported by this scheme and the eligible costs.   Under section:  REGIONAL QUEENSLAND INVESTMENT INCENTIVES SCHEME, Title of 
the Grant Scheme "Regional Queensland Investment Incentives Scheme"  
  Question 9 
 
 Please provide details on the criteria which determine that a project has strategic merit to 
Queensland.  
  Under section:  SMART MINING – FUTURE  PROSPERITY PROGRAMME,  Title of the 
Grant Scheme "Smart Mining – Future Pros perity Programme grant initiative"   
 
Question 10 
  Please provide the assessment criteria. 
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  Under Section:  VICTORIA, INVESTMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMME, Title of the subsidy 
Investment "Support Programme" 
 
Question 11 
 
 Please specify the Government's policy obj ectives with which businesses should align in 
order to be eligible.  
Question 12 
 
 Please provide details about the form of the subsidy and the criteria upon which it is 
determined per case.  Question 13  
 Please provide the eligibility criteria. The fact that the main sectors facilitated by the programme over the two reporting years were ICT, Automotive and defence suggests that this scheme 
is limited by definition to these sectors, or is it open to all sectors of economy?  
 
Under section:  VICTORIAN AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING ACTION PLAN 
(VAMAP), Title of the subsidy "Victorian Automotive Manufacturing Action Plan (VAMAP)" 
 Question 14 
 
 Please provide the objective criteria and conditi ons governing the eligibility of enterprises. 
 
 
Under section:  COMMUNITY REGIONAL INDUSTRY SKILLS PROGRAMME (CRISP), 
Title of the subsidy "Community Regi onal Industry Skills Programme (CRISP)" 
 
Question 15 
 
 Please provide the objective criteria and conditi ons governing the eligibility of enterprises. 
  Under section:  LINKING FARMS AND CATCHMENTS WITH IRRIGATION 
MODERNISATION INITIATIVE, Title of the Subs idy "Linking Farms and Catchments with 
Irrigation Modernisation Initiative" 
 
Question16: 
 
 Please provide details about the form of the subs idy (level of grants per project, eligible 
expenses, etc). 
 
 
Under section:  REGIONAL TOWARDS ZERO WASTE SUPPORT PROGRAM, Title of the 
Subsidy "Regional Towards Zero Waste Support Program" 
 Question 17 
  Please provide details about the form of the subs idy (level of grants per project, eligible 
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  Under section:  CLEAN TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT, Title of the subsidy "Clean 
Technology Investment"   
 
Question 18 
  Please provide the list of the target sectors toge ther with the eligibility criteria and automatic 
selection procedure of the scheme. 
 
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