WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/W/528
13 November 2003
(03-6089)
Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  Spanish
QUESTIONS FROM COLOMBIA ON COSTA RICA'S
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT1
The following communication, dated 5 November 2003, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Colombia.
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At the last meeting of the Committee on Subsidies, under Agenda Item (i), we asked
Costa Rica a question about its investigation concerning palm olein and margarine for puff pastry.
Further to a request by the Costa Rican delegate that our enquiry be submitted in writing, I have
received from my authorities the following question, which I would ask you to circulate.
In accordance with Article 13 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures,
consultations should be held after an application is accepted, and in any event before the initiation of
an investigation.  Pursuant to this provision, would the Government of Costa Rica please indicate the
legal basis on which it initiated the investigation being notified to the Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures, without having held consultations with the Government of Colombia, as
required under the aforementioned Article?
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1 G/SCM/N/98/CRI