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WT/TPR/M/397/Add.1 7 October 2020 (20-6882) Page: 1/286 Trade Policy Review Body Original: English/anglais/inglés 6 and 8 July 2020 Spanish/espagnol/español TRADE POLICY REVIEW JAPAN MINUTES OF THE MEETING Addendum Chairperson: H.E. Mr. Harald Aspelund (Iceland) This document contains the advance written questions and additional questions by WTO Members, and replies provided by Japan.1 Organe d'examen des politiques commerciales 6 et 8 juillet 2020 EXAMEN DES POLITIQUES COMMERCIALES JAPON COMPTE RENDU DE LA RÉUNION Addendum Président: S.E. M. Harald Aspelund (Islande) Le présent document contient les questions écrites communiquées à l'avance par les Membres de l'OMC, leurs questions additionnelles, et les réponses fournies par le Japon.1 Órgano de Examen de las Políticas Comerciales 6 y 8 de julio de 2020 EXAMEN DE LAS POLÍTICAS COMERCIALES JAPÓN ACTA DE LA REUNIÓN Addendum Presidente: Excmo. Sr. Harald Aspelund (Islandia) En el presente documento figuran las preguntas presentadas anticipadamente por escrito y las preguntas adicionales de los Miembros de la OMC, así como las respuestas facilitadas por el Japón.1 1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En inglés solamente. WT/TPR/M/397/Add.1 - 2 - Contents COSTA RICA ..................................................................................................................... 4 ISRAEL ............................................................................................................................. 8 HONG KONG, CHINA ....................................................................................................... 10 INDIA ............................................................................................................................ 12 CHILE ............................................................................................................................. 41 UNITED STATES ............................................................................................................. 50 BRAZIL ........................................................................................................................... 69 EUROPEAN UNION ......................................................................................................... 83 CHINA ............................................................................................................................ 98 ARGENTINA .................................................................................................................. 118 NORWAY ...................................................................................................................... 119 INDONESIA .................................................................................................................. 120 MEXICO ........................................................................................................................ 123 UNITED KINGDOM ........................................................................................................ 131 UKRAINE ...................................................................................................................... 136 COLOMBIA ................................................................................................................... 142 PHILIPPINES ............................................................................................................... 153 CHINESE TAIPEI .......................................................................................................... 165 SWITZERLAND ............................................................................................................. 176 REPUBLIC OF KOREA .................................................................................................... 180 CANADA ....................................................................................................................... 187 RUSSIAN FEDERATION ................................................................................................. 204 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ................................................................................................ 210 MALAYSIA .................................................................................................................... 211 THAILAND .................................................................................................................... 218 NEW ZEALAND ............................................................................................................. 223 AUSTRALIA .................................................................................................................. 229 PERU ............................................................................................................................ 234 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ................................................................................................ 235 PHILIPPINES ............................................................................................................... 236 GUATEMALA ................................................................................................................. 239 ICELAND ...................................................................................................................... 241 RUSSIAN FEDERATION ................................................................................................. 242 TURKEY ........................................................................................................................ 243 UNITED KINGDOM ........................................................................................................ 256 MEXICO ........................................................................................................................ 258 EU FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ......................................................................................... 262 CHINA FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ................................................................................... 266 CANADA FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ................................................................................ 276 WT/TPR/M/397/Add.1 - 3 - UNITED STATES FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS .................................................................... 277 WT/TPR/M/397/Add.1 - 4 - COSTA RICA A. Informe de la Secretaría Página 47, párrafo 2.37 2.37. Under the 2012 Act for the Promotion of Japan as an Asian Business Centre, incentives are provided to encourage investment in establishing R&D and regional headquarters. Personal income tax benefits are provided under the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation. Other investment incentives are: assistance for fund raising by the Small and Medium Business Investment and Consultation Co. Ltd., applicable to SMEs (this also covers small and medium-sized stock companies with capital not less than JPY 300 million); acceleration of patent examinations; shortened investment procedures; and acceleration of the status of residency examinations. As indicated by the authorities, an evaluation has not been undertaken on the effectiveness of these incentive schemes. (1) Pregunta • Según lo indicado, no se ha llevado a cabo una evaluación para saber la efectividad de los incentivos, ¿planean realizar una evaluación pronto? ¿Cómo determinan que dichos incentivos sí están funcionando? RESPONSE There are no plans to conduct an evaluation immediately. A commissioned survey was conducted in FY2018 and evaluated in the report. (Japanese: https://www.meti.go.jp/meti_lib/report/H30FY/000193.pdf). The evaluation of the incentive system will be considered in the future. Página 54, párrafo 3.11 3.11. As mentioned in the previous Review, advance rulings may be requested by importers or other interested parties on: tariff classification, customs valuation, the origin of goods, and duty relief/exemption for goods due for import. In principle, advance rulings are issued within 90 days of request for customs valuation, and within 30 days for other requests. Advance rulings are binding on Customs. (2) Preguntas • ¿Se puede solicitar una resolución anticipada en el marco del SGP de Japón? • ¿La solicitud de una resolución anticipada se puede realizar en línea? En caso afirmativo, agradecemos nos faciliten el enlace para realizar esta gestión. RESPONSE (1) Advance Ruling provides tariff classification, customs tariff rates (including GSP rates) and origin of goods. (2) Advance rulings can be requested and issued manually in principle. Electronic procedures are also available through the network system called NACCS. Página 114, párrafo 3.210 3.210. Accelerated and super-accelerated examination programmes reduced average FA pendency to 2.3 months and 0.7 months, respectively, for qualifying applications in 2018. Accelerated examination is available upon request for applications made by SMEs, applications that have been filed in more than one country, and applications for inventions that have already been put into practice. Accelerated examination for inventions involving environment-related technologies is under trial. A pilot super-accelerated examination may be requested for "highly important" applications, including inventions already put into practice by either a start-up or an applicant who has filed for patent protection abroad. The JPO outsources prior art searches, plans to employ AI technology to improve speed and quality, and has introduced design-driven management principles to improve the quality of its services to users. WT/TPR/M/397/Add.1 - 5