EXPORT SUBSIDIES, EXPORT CREDITS, EXPORT
CREDIT GUARANTEES
OR INSURANCE PROGRAMMES, INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID AND
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTING STATE TRADING ENTERPRISES
Background document by the Secretariat[1]
Revision
1.
The Ministerial Declaration on
Export Competition (document WT/MIN(13)/40 and WT/L/915) adopted by Ministers on
7 December 2013 at the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali (the "Bali Declaration")
states, inter alia, that:
"10. Accordingly, we commit
to enhance transparency and to improve monitoring in relation to all forms of
export subsidies and all export measures with equivalent effect, in order to
support the reform process.
11. We therefore agree to hold dedicated discussions
on an annual basis in the Committee on Agriculture to examine developments in
the field of export competition. This examination process shall provide an
opportunity for Members to raise any matter relevant to the export competition
pillar, in furtherance of the final objective set out in the 2005 Hong Kong
Ministerial Declaration.
12. This examination process shall be undertaken on
the basis of timely notifications under the relevant provisions of the
Agreement on Agriculture and related decisions, complemented by information
compiled by the WTO Secretariat, consistent with the practice followed in 2013[2],
on the basis of Members' responses to a questionnaire, as illustrated in the
Annex."
[1] This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own
responsibility and is without prejudice to the positions of Members or to their
rights and obligations under the WTO. It has been prepared for information only
and is not intended to provide any authoritative or official legal
interpretation of the provisions of the WTO Agreements in general or in
relation to any specific entity or measure listed in this document.
[2] TN/AG/S/27 and TN/AG/S/27/Rev.1.