Negotiating Group on Rules - Contribution to the Discussion on the Framework for Disciplines on Fisheries Subsidies - Paper from Brazil

World Trade Organization TN/RL/W/176 31 March 2005 (05-1311) Negotiating Group on Rules Original: English CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISCUSSION ON THE FRAMEWORK FOR DISCIPLINES ON FISHERIES SUBSIDIES Paper from Brazil The following communication, dated 31 March 2005, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Brazil. _______________ Introduction At the Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Ministers agreed to "negotiations aimed at clarifying and improving disciplines under the Agreements on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 and on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, while preserving the basic concepts, principles and effectiveness of these Agreements and their instruments and objectives, and taking into account the needs of developing and least-developed participants. In the initial phase of the negotiations, participants will indicate the provisions, including disciplines on trade distorting practices that they se