RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/CMR/2
21March 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1159)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from theEUROPEAN COMMUNITY Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofCAMEROON1
Thefollowing communication, dated 12March 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Community.
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Cameroon submitted on18November 1996itsnotification ofsubsidy programmes totheWTO
pursuant toArticle XVI:1 GATT 1994 andArticle 25oftheWTO Subsidies Agreement.
Inthisrespect, theCommunity would liketoobtain clarification onanumber ofissues onthe
notified scheme asdescribed below.
Moreover, theCommunity hasobtained information ondifferent subsidy schemes which were
notnotified totheWTO although theirnotification seems necessary pursuant toArticle 25.2ofthe
Subsidies Agreement.
I. NOTIFIED SUBSIDY PROGRAMMES
Cameroon notified fiveprogrammes which areavailable intheIndustrial FreeZoneprogramme.
However, thenotification islimited toabriefdescription ofeachprogramme. TheCommunity requests
afullnotification ofeach programme using thenotification format (document G/SCM/6 of
9August 1995).
II. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMES NOT NOTIFIED TOTHE WTO
Cameroon hasnotnotified anumber ofprogrammes which appear tobenotifiable under
Article 25.TheCommunity finds thattheschemes described below provide afinancial contribution
which confers benefits tothelocalindustry. Inaddition theschemes areclearly specific (aspertaining
toaspecific sector orcontingent upon exports). Inaddition tothespecific questions asked, the
Community would likeclarification whytheseprogrammes werenotnotified totheWTO andrequests
that,ifappropriate, Cameroon supplies anotification under Article 25,using thestandard format.
TheInvestment Code
TheNewInvestment Code ofCameroon established fiveinvestment regimes providing different
types oftaxincentives according tothetypeofinvestment. Themost extensive programme isthe
Industrial FreeZone programme. Foreachprogramme different criteria foreligibility areapplicable.
1G/SCM/N/3/CMR-G/SCM/N/16/CMR.