Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures - Minutes of the special meeting held on 24 October 2017

Minutes of the Special Meeting

held on 24 OCTOBER 2017

Chair: ieva Baršauskaitė (lithuania)

1.      The Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures ("Committee") held a special meeting on 24 October 2017, convened in WTO/AIR/SCM/17 dated 13 October 2017.

 

2.      The Committee adopted the following agenda:

1   Review of 2017 new and full subsidy notifications (G/SCM/N/315/...). 2

1.1   Burundi (G/SCM/N/284/BDI-G/SCM/N/315/BDI) 2

1.2   Gabon (G/SCM/N/284/GAB-G/SCM/N/315/GAB) 2

1.3   Grenada (G/SCM/N/284/GRD-G/SCM/N/299/GRD-G/SCM/N/315/GRD) 2

1.4   Macao, China (G/SCM/N/315/MAC) 3

1.5   Malawi (G/SCM/N/220/MWI-G/SCM/N/253/MWI-G/SCM/N/284/MWI-G/SCM/N/315/MWI) 3

1.6   Mali (G/SCM/N/315/MLI) 3

1.7   Moldova, Republic of (G/SCM/N/315/MDA) 3

1.8   Paraguay (G/SCM/N/220/PRY-G/SCM/N/253/PRY-G/SCM/N/284/PRY-G/SCM/N/315/PRY) 3

1.9   Togo (G/SCM/N/284/TGO-G/SCM/N/315/TGO) 3

2   Review of 2015 new and full subsidy notifications (G/SCM/N/284/…) not previously reviewed.. 3

2.1   Brazil (G/SCM/N/284/BRA) 3

2.2   European Union (G/SCM/N/284/EU/Add.28 pertaining to the United Kingdom) 4

2.3   Georgia (G/SCM/N/284/GEO) 4

2.4   Kazakhstan (G/SCM/N/284/KAZ/Suppl.1) 4

2.5   Moldova, Republic of (G/SCM/N/284/MDA) 4

3   Review of 2013 new and full subsidy notifications (G/SCM/N/253/…) not previously reviewed.. 4

4   Review of 2011 new and full subsidy notifications (G/SCM/N/220/…) not previously reviewed.. 4

5   Review of 2009 new and full subsidy notifications (G/SCM/N/186/…) not previously reviewed.. 4

5.1   Mali (G/SCM/N/95/MLI-G/SCM/N/123/MLI-G/SCM/N/155/MLI-G/SCM/N/186/MLI) 4

6   Review of 2007 new and full subsidy notifications (G/SCM/N/155/…) not previously reviewed.. 5

7   Review of 2005 new and full subsidy notifications (G/SCM/N/123/…) not previously reviewed.. 5

7.1   Paraguay (G/SCM/N/95/PRY-G/SCM/N/123/PRY) 5

8   Review of 2003 new and full subsidy notifications (G/SCM/N/95/…) not previously reviewed.. 5

9   CONTINUATION of REVIEW OF 2015 (G/SCM/N/284/…) new and full subsidy notifications. 5

9.1   China (G/SCM/N/220/CHN–G/SCM/N/253/CHN-G/SCM/N/284/CHN and G/SCM/N/95/CHN/Suppl.1-G/SCM/N/123/CHN/Suppl.1-G/SCM/N/155/CHN/Suppl.1-G/SCM/N/186/CHN/Suppl.1-G/SCM/N/220/CHN/Suppl.1-G/SCM/N/253/CHN/Suppl.1–G/SCM/N/284/CHN/Suppl.1) 5

9.2   European Union (G/SCM/N/284/EU, Addenda 14, 15, and 20, pertaining to Ireland, Italy, and the Netherlands, respectively) 6

9.3   India (G/SCM/N/284/IND) 7

9.4   Saint Lucia (G/SCM/N/284/LCA-G/SCM/N/290/LCA) 7

9.5   United States (G/SCM/N/284/USA) 7

10   CONTINUATION of REVIEW OF 2013 (G/SCM/N/253/…) new and full subsidy notifications. 8

10.1   European Union (G/SCM/N/253/EU, Addenda 1, 2, 6, 13, 14, and 19, respectively pertaining to Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, and the Netherlands) 8

10.2   Russian Federation (G/SCM/N/253/RUS and G/SCM/N/253/RUS/Rev.1) 9

11   CONTINUATION of REVIEW OF 2009 (G/SCM/N/186/…)  new and full subsidy notifications. 9

11.1   Gabon (G/SCM/N/186/GAB) 9

11.2   Turkey (G/SCM/N/186/TUR) 9