SUBSIDIES
NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XVI:1 OF THE GATT 1994
AND ARTICLE 25 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SUBSIDIES
AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES
Israel
The
following communication, dated 4 July 2018, is being circulated at the request
of the delegation of Israel.
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Index
I. INTRODUCTION.. 4
II. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 4
A. THE INNOVATION AUTHORITY – THE START-UP DIVISION.. 4
1 Tnufa programme. 4
2 Incubators programme. 5
3 Early stage program.. 6
4 Renewable Energy. 7
B. THE INNOVATION AUTHORITY – GROWTH DIVISION.. 8
1 Research and Development Fund.. 9
2 Generic R&D Arrangement for Large
Companies. 9
3 Alternative Fuels for Transportation.. 10
4 Space Technology. 11
5 Large Israeli Companies in Israel's
Periphery. 12
C. THE INNOVATION AUTHORITY – TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
DIVISION.. 13
1 MAGNET Consortiums. 13
2 MAGNETON.. 14
3 NOFAR. 15
4 KAMIN.. 16
D. THE INNOVATION AUTHORITY – INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION DIVISION.. 17
1 Bilateral Programmes for Parallel
Support. 17
2 Global Enterprise R&D.. 18
3 Bi-national Funds. 19
E. THE INNOVATION AUTHORITY – ADVANCED MANUFACTURING DIVISION.. 20
1 Low-Technology Industry. 20
2 R&D Preparatory Incentive Programme
for Companies in the Low-Technology Industry. 21
F. THE INNOVATION AUTHORITY – SOCIETAL CHALLENGES DIVISION.. 22
1 Support in R&D of Assistive
Technology for the Disabled.. 22
2 Public Sector Challenges. 23
III. AID TO SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES BY THE SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS
AGENCY 24
1 Small and Medium Business Agency. 24
2 Intensive Design Product Programme. 25
IV. SUPPORT FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.. 25
1 Training Courses for Adults. 25
2 On the Job Training.. 26
3 Vouchers
programme. 27
4 A Grant to Newly Released Soldiers who
work in High Demand Jobs. 28
V. OTHER FORMS OF SUBSIDIES. 28
1 International Projects Fund.. 28
2 India-China-Japan Fund.. 29
3 Smart Money. 30
4 Infrastructure Cluster Programme. 31
5 Employment Grant Program.. 32
6 Investment Incentives in the Law for the
Encouragement of Capital Investment 32
7 Industrial Gas Installation System
programme. 33
8 Cost of Land Development. 34
9 Eilat Free Trade Zone. 34
10 Free Port Zone. 35