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