746            FOREIGN RELATIONS, 19 5 0, VOLUME I

reviewing and appraising the data submitted pursuant to GATT/CP/
39 1 will suggest the desirability of obtaining supplementary informa-
tion on a regular basis from countries who have elected to be governed
by the provisions of Annex J.

  'Under paragraph 1 (g) of the General Agreement, the Contracting Parties
were required to report not later than March 1, 1950, and on each year there-
after on any action under Annex J ("exceptions to the rule of nondiscrimina-
tion"). A questionnaire was circulated by the GATT Secretariat to the
Con-
tracting Parties on October 7, 1949, requesting such information (Doc. GATT/
CP/39). See further, footnote 1, p. 748.


International Trade Files, Lot 57D284, Box III
Working Paper of the United States Delegation to the Fourth Session
               of the Contracting Parties to GATT

RESTRICTED     LIMITED B                [GENEVA,] 25 February 1950.
GATT/CP.4/16
PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT WHICH CONTEMPLATE SUBMSSION OF
            INFORMATION TO THE CONTRACTING PAlarnS
                 NOTE BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
  At the second meeting of this Session, the Contracting Parties
requested the Secretariat to prepare a list of the provisions of the
Agreement which require individual contracting parties to submit
information to the Contracting Parties.
  The following is a review of the provisions of the agreement which
in one way or another involve the submission of information to the
Contracting Parties.
(a) Informnation to be furnished regularly:
  Annex J, paragraph 2: This appears to be the only provision in
the Agreement where regular submission of information is required.
The character of the requirement has been pointed out and discussed in
the memorandum submitted by the United States (GATT/CP.4/15). 1
(b) Information required if and when specific action is taken by a
     contracting party:
  The ,following provisions of the Agreement require the submission
of information specifically when or before a certain action is taken:
   (i) Article XVI: Subsidies. A contracting party which grants or
maintains any subsidy, including any form of income or price support,
which operates directly or indirectly to increase exports of any product
from, or to reduce imports of any product into, its territory, is re-
  1Supra.