WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/N/192/BLZ 
17 July 2009 
 (09-3523) 
Committee on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
SUBSIDIES 
 
Continuation of Extension under SCM Artic le 27.4 of the Transition Period for  
the Elimination of Export Subsidies Pursuant to the Procedures Contained  
in the General Council Decision in Document WT/L/691  
 
BELIZE 
  
 The following notification, dated 9 July 2009, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Belize.    
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 In accordance with its rights and obligati ons under the procedures for extending programmes 
that comprise subsidies classified as prohibited unde r Article 3.1 of the Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures (SCM) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Belize is submitting for the Committee's consideration the following notification in order to meet its obligations in respect of 
the extension of the transition period for programmes subject to renewal.   
 
 Please be informed that there have been no changes to the following applicable subsidy 
programmes in terms of the provision of any additi onal benefits or modification of the definition or 
requirements of the programmes.  The programmes to which this notification applies are:   
  Programme under the Fiscal Incentives Act 
 Programme under the Export Processing Zone act 
 Programme under the Commercial Free Zone Act   
Information referred to in paragraph 2 (a) of the GC decision of 2007
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 We are pleased to notify the Committee th at Belize has enlisted the assistance of the 
CARICOM Secretariat to render legal and technical s upport as part of its internal plans to eliminate 
export subsidies.  A technical visit is scheduled  in the latter part of July during which time 
beneficiaries of the export subsidies programmes will be verbally informed of the GC decision 
of 2007.   G/SCM/N/192/BLZ 
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  Section A:  The Fiscal Incentives Programme
  
 
1. Description of the programme  
  See paragraph A:1 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.   
 
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  July 2008 – June 2009.    
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of subsidy
 
  See paragraph A:3 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.    4. Background and authority for the subsidy
  
 
 See paragraph A:4 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.    5. Form of the subsidy
 
  See paragraph A:5 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.   
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  See paragraph A:6 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.    
7. Subsidy per unit
 
  See paragraph A:7 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.    8. Duration of the subsidy
 
 
 See paragraph A:8 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.   
 9. Statistical data on impact of the programme 
 
 
Section B:  The Export Processing Zone Programme  
 
1. Description of the programme  
  See paragraph B:1 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.    2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 July 2008 – June 2009.    3. Policy objective and/or purpose of subsidy
 
 
 See paragraph B:3 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.   
 4. Background and authority for the subsidy
 
  See paragraph B:4 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.    G/SCM/N/192/BLZ 
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  5. Form of the subsidy  
  See paragraph B:5 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.    6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 See paragraph B:6 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.    7. Subsidy per unit
 
 
 See paragraph B:7 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.   
 8. Duration of the subsidy
 
  See paragraph B:8 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.   
 
9. Statistical data on impact of the programme 
 
 
Year Exports Total Belize Exports 
2005 243,242,009 413,270,000 
2006 249,032,720 536,404,348 
2007 192,250,667 507,900,000 
2008 170,009,198 585,170,000 
 
Section C: Commercial Free Zone Programme  
 1. Description of the programme
 
  See paragraph C:1 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.    2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 July 2008 – June 2009.   
 3. Policy objective and/or purpose of subsidy
 
  See paragraph C:3 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.   
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy
  
  See paragraph C:4 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.    
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  See paragraph C:5 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.    6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 See paragraph C:6 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.   G/SCM/N/192/BLZ 
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  7. Subsidy per unit
 
  See paragraph C:7 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.    8. Duration of the subsidy
 
 
 See paragraph C:8 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ.    9. Statistical data on impact of the programme 
 
 
 See paragraph C:9 of document G/SCM/N/114/BLZ. 
   
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