. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/64/Add.4 
13 November 2006 
 
 (06-5425) 
Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures  
 
 
 
CONTINUATION OF EXTENSION UNDER SCM ARTICLE 27.4  
OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE ELIMINATION  
OF EXPORT SUBSIDIES PURSUANT TO  
THE PROCEDURES IN G/SCM/39 
 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
 
Law No. 8-90 to "Promote the establishment of  
New Free Zones and Expand Existing Ones " 
 
Decision of 27 October 2006 
 
Addendum  
  
 The Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (the “Committee”),  
  As directed by the Fourth Ministerial Conference, in  its Decision on Implementation-Related 
Issues and Concerns, (WT/MIN(01)/17, 20 November 2001); 
 
 In following the “Procedures for Extensions Under Article 27.4 for Certain Developing 
Country Members” (G/SCM/39, 20 November 2001) ("the Procedures"), including paragraphs 1(d) 
and 1(e) thereof; 
 
 Taking into account the request and other notified information provided by the Dominican 
Republic to the Committee,1 pursuant to the Procedures, for Law No. 8-90 to "Promote the 
establishment of New Free Zones and Expand Existing Ones" (“the programme”);   Recalling that it considered, for purposes of the decision in G/SCM/64 taken by the 
Committee on 22 November 2002, the Dominican Republic to be a developing country Member, 
whose share of world merchandise export trade was not greater than 0.10 per cent and whose total 
Gross National Income for the year 2000 as published by the World Bank was at or below US$20 billion, and who was otherwise elig ible to request an extension pursuant to Article 27.4 of the 
Agreement on Subsidies and Counterva iling Measures ("the SCM Agreement"); 
 
 Taking note that  the Dominican Republic confirms that the programme has not been modified 
since 1 January 2003 so as to make it more favourable  in terms of scope, cove rage and intensity of 
benefits than it was on 1 September 2001; 
                                                     
 
1 The notified information on the basis of which this decision is taken is found in documents 
G/SCM/N/74/DOM (8 January 2002), G/SCM/N/71/DOM (6 March 2002), G/SCM/N/99/DOM (17 July 2003), 
G/SCM/N/114/DOM (7 July 2004), G/SCM/N/128/DOM (7 June 2005), G/SCM/N/146/DOM (5 July 2006) G/SCM/Q3/DOM/1 (8 April 2002) to G/SCM/Q3/DOM/14 (14 September 2006), and G/SCM/Q4/DOM/6 (10 
October 2006). G/SCM/64/Add.4 
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   On the basis of  the review of the notified information by the Committee pursuant to 
paragraphs 1(d) and 1(e) of the Procedures to ve rify the Dominican Republic's fulfilment, during the 
period reviewed by the Committee in 2006, of its obl igations with respect to the programme under the 
transparency and standstill provisions as contained in paragraphs 3 and 4 of th e Procedures, in relation 
to the programme as in existence on 1 September 2001; 
 
 Hereby agrees to continue, until 31 December 2007, pur suant to the Procedures, the extension 
and continuation thereof granted in G/SCM/64 and Add.1-3 of the transition period, under 
Article 27.2(b) of the SCM Agreement, for the elimin ation of export subsidies which take the form of 
full or partial exemptions from import duties and inte rnal taxes and which were in existence under the 
programme on 1 September 2001.  All terms and c onditions and other provisions of the decision in 
G/SCM/64 and Add.1-3 shall apply.  
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