. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/Q2/BRB/2 
G/SCM/Q3/BRB/13 10 October 2005 
 
(05-4550) 
Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
SUBSIDIES  
 
New and Full Notifications Pursuant to Article XVI:1  
of the GATT 1994 and Article 25 of the Agreement on  
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  
 
Requests Pursuant to Article 27.4 of the Agreement  
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  
 
Replies to Questions Posed by the UNITED STATES1 
Regarding the Notification of BARBADOS2 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 7 October 2005, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Barbados. 
 
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Fiscal Incentive Programme  
Export Allowance  
Research and Development Allowance  
International Business Incentives  
Societies With Restricted Liability  
  Please explain what steps Barbados has ta ken to meet the phase-out requirements for 
these programmes.   
 
Reply
 
  These programmes continue to be very important  to the economic and financial needs of the 
Barbadian economy.  The programmes continue to be important components of Barbados' 
development strategy and conti nue to enhance the economic viability of the small and micro 
enterprises which benefit from the schemes.   The Government of Barbados continues to r espect the agreed transp arency conditions and 
will, at the appropriate stage, be examining the importance of these programmes with regards to its 
economic, social and development needs within the context of the provisions of the 14 November 2001 Doha Ministerial Decision on pro cedures for Extension under Article 27.4 of the 
ASCM.  
                                                     
 
1 G/SCM/Q2/BRB/1-G/SCM/Q3/BRB/12 
2 G/SCM/N/123/BRB-G/SCM/N/128/BRB G/SCM/Q2/BRB/2 
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Export Grant Incentive Scheme
 
  The transitional period for this programme expires at the end of 2005.  Please indicate 
what steps Barbados has taken to comply wi th the phase-out requirements to meet this 
deadline.    
Reply
 
 
 In April 2003, Barbados applied for and recei ved technical assistance from the Secretariat to 
examine the 'Export Grant and Incentive Scheme' to determine what procedures would be necessary to 
facilitate the eventual phasing out of the export subs idy components of the programme in line with the 
phase-out requirements contained in the decisions granting the extension.  
 To this end the Government of Barbados h as conducted an internal analysis, based on the 
findings of the technical assistance programme and its development priorities, and concluded that the 
'Export Grant and Incentive Scheme' should be abolis hed.  This process was finalized in April 2004 
through an administrative decision on the responsibility  of the Barbados Investment and Development 
Cooperation (BIDC) which administered the schem e.  The 'Export Grant and Incentive Scheme' was 
notified to the Committee on Subsidies and Coun tervailing Duties in document G/SCM/N/128/BRB 
as the period covered by the notification was 2003-2004.  As the 'Export Grant and Incentive Scheme' 
is no longer in existence, the Government of Ba rbados will no longer require  the legal protection of 
Article 27.4 for the remaining period.  
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