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The Committee reviewed new and full subsidy notifications for 2021 submitted by Albania, Argentina, Cuba, the European Union (pertaining to Austria, Germany, Luxembourg and Slovenia), India, Mexico, Moldova, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland and Türkiye. Review of subsidy notifications from members The Committee continued to discuss the revised proposal submitted by the United States for ensuring timely responses to questions posed by members under Articles 25.8 and 25.9 of the Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM) Agreement.

Seven delegations took the floor to urge members to step up their efforts and ensure both timely submission of notifications as well as complete notifications including all covered subsidy programmes. Ultimately, the Chair said, all WTO members - in addition to being required to notify - have an interest in the notified information of other members, which only becomes available through the collective effort of all. The Chair strongly urged all WTO members to submit their notifications as soon as possible and use the technical assistance available through the WTO Secretariat if help is needed in filing the notifications. In addition, 76 members still have not submitted their 2019 subsidy notifications, while 65 have still failed to submit their 2017 notifications.

The Chair of the Committee, Ms Kerrlene Wills of Guyana, said in spite of reminders to members to submit their notifications in time, 89 members - more than half the WTO membership - have still not submitted their 2021 subsidy notifications by the mid-2021 deadline.

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