RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/POL/2
26March 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1261)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from TURKEY Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofPOLAND1
Thefollowing communication, dated 18March 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofTurkey.
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1. CouldPolandclarifythecriteriafortheselectionofthefirmsfortheprogrammetitled"Warrants
andGuarantees oftheState Treasury", onpage26,Article 2.5?
2. Could Poland please clarify whatismeant bythephrases "central investments" and"foreign
warrants andguarantees", Article 2.6,onpage27?
3. CouldPolandprovidethefiguresof"WarrantsandGuaranteesoftheStateTreasury"programme,
forthebeneficiaries employing theclassification usedinArticle 2.5,onpage26?
4. CouldPolandprovideinformationaboutthedifferencesbetweenthecompetitivefinancialmarket
credit rates andtheinterest rates ofthecredits provided under government warranty through the
"Warrants andGuarantees oftheState Treasury" programme, citedonpage26,Article 2?
5. Could Poland explain howthesubsidy granted under theprogramme of"Restructuring ofthe
IronandSteel Industry", onpage37,isconsidered ofnoinfluence onforeign trade, having regard
tothefactthatthesubsidy willbeatthematurity phase ofrealization inthefollowing years?
1G/SCM/N/3/POL-G/SCM/N/16/POL.