WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/EEC/26
21 June 2000
(00-2512)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the
relevant Supporting Tables) for the marketing year 1997/98  was received from the delegation of the
European Communities  on 29 May 2000.G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Total AMS commitment level for 1996 Currency Current Total AMS
(from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables)
123
74,067 Million ECU 50,194G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment: "Green Box"
Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value
(Mio ECU)Data Source1Comments
12 3 4 5
(a) General Services
Research (i)Improvement of production potential through animal and plant selection and of
production techniques through e.g. testing of machinery; development of
experimental centres; pilot projects and demonstration projects; salaries ofpersonnel.671.5 Council Regulations 154/75,
4256/88, 2075/92, 2085/93,
Directive 94/805
Pest and disease control (ii) Plant and animal health control and protection; supply of vaccines; salaries of
personnel; launching aid for livestock health protection groups.1,865.9 Commission Regulation 3868/92,
Directive 90/424
Training services (iii) Establishment of agricultural training centres; grants for course attendance; salaries
of advisors.669.4 
2Council Regulation 2085/93
Extension and advisory services
(iv)Establishment of inter-regional advisory centres; training and employment of
advisors.278.8 Council Regulation 2085/93
Inspection services (v) Livestock inspection services; quality control; remunerating and training of
inspectors.188.6 Council Regulation 2085/93
Marketing and promotion
services (vi)Aid to encourage establishment of producer groups and ease administrative
overheads; schemes to improve marketing network, quality and presentation of
produce; certification; protection of geographical indications.761.9 Council Regulations 1035/72,
867/90, 2200/96, 2202/96, 951/97
Infrastructural services (vii) Arterial drainage; collective irrigation schemes; provision of electricity and water
supply; farm roads; construction of reservoirs; flood protection.592.7 Council Regulation 950/97
Other farm services (viii) Launching services for mutual aid, farm relief, farm management, introduction of
accounting on the farm.493.7 Council Regulations 2085/93,
2801/95
(b)  Public Stockholding for Food Security Purposes -
(c)  Domestic Food Aid Distribution of agricultural products to deprived persons, Schoolmilk, Consumption
aid programmes.295.1 Council Regulation 3730/87,
1842/83
(d)  Decoupled Income
SupportAgri-monetary aid. 211.2 Council Regulations 3813/92,
950/97G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 4Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value
(Mio ECU)Data Source1Comments
12 3 4 5
(e)  Income Insurance and Income Safety-net Programmes 3.5 Council Regulation 1527/95,
Commission Regulation 2921/95
(f)  Payments for Relief from
Natural DisastersCompensatory payments in respect of weather; restoration of agricultural
production potential  and natural disasters327.7 Council Regulations 1654/86,
3606/86, 2052/88, 3222/88
(g)  Structural Adjustment
Assistance providedthrough Producer
Retirement ProgrammesCompensation payments to farmers at least 55 years old leaving agriculture; Aid
for early retirement from farming.620.4 Council Regulations 1096/88,
2079/92
(h)  Structural Adjustment
Assistance provided
through ResourceRetirement ProgrammesSet-aside; at least 20 per cent cultivated land to be left fallow, wooded or used for
non-agricultural purposes; compensation for grubbing up, leaving or suspending
production.331.5 Council Regulations 1442/88,
2328/91, 2066/92, 3950/92,
2187/93, 2505/95, 2727/95
(i)  Structural Adjustment
Assistance providedthrough Investment AidsConstruction of processing, packaging and storage centres and equipment; land
improvement (levelling, fencing, etc.).  Aid for farm modernization grantedthrough subsidies or equivalent interest concessions; purchase of machinery and
equipment, animals, buildings and plantations etc.  Aid for young farmers.4,896.6 Council Regulations 2328/91,
2085/93, 950/97, 951/97;Directives 89/687, 91/314, 91/315
(j)  Environmental
ProgrammesProtection of environment and preservation  of the countryside, control of soil
erosion, extensification, aid for environmentally sensitive areas; support and
protection of organic production by creating conditions of fair competition; aid for
forestry measures in agriculture; conservation of genetic resources in agriculture.3,687.0 Council Regulations 805/86,
2078/92, 2079/92, 2080/92
(k)  Regional Assistance
ProgrammesSpecific measures for the benefit of certain Less Favoured Areas (French overseas
departments, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Aegean Islands) and mountainous
areas.2,271.3 Council Regulations 3763/91,
1600/92, 1601/92, 2019/93,
2081/93, 950/97
(l) Other
TOTAL GREEN 18,166.8
1  FEOGA financial report 1998 and national sources.
2  Includes also costs for research.G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 5Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98
Measures exempt from the reduction commitmen t – Direct Payments under Production-Limiti ng Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payments”
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6:5 Monetary value of measure
in year in question
(Mio ECU)Data source3
12 3 4
Payments based on fixed area and yields
Per hectare compensatory payments to producers of maize, based on regional base areas.41,212.7
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of cereals not subject of the base area for maize, based on regional base
areas.49,554.7
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of soya beans, colza seed and sunflowerseed, based on regional base areas.42,368.6
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of peas, beans, field beans and sweet lupines, based on regional base areas.4617.8
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of non-textile flax seed, based on regional base areas.4129.2
Compensation for set-aside requirement related to the per hectare aid, equivalent to the compensatory aid per hectare for cerea ls
calculated on a regional level. 41,251.3
Supplements to per hectare compensatory payments for durum wheat producers. 41,016.2
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of rice 540.5
Payments based on 85 per cent or less of the base level of production -
Livestock payments made on a fixed number of head
Payments to producers keeping suckler cows, compensating for intervention price reduction, limited on the number of animals
in accordance with reference years (suckler cow premiums).61,694.9
Special premium for producers holding male bovine animals, within regional ceilings under a reference year (special premium
beef and veal).61,340.8
Additional premium to the special premium in order to deseasonalize slaughtering (deseasonalization premium). 645.1
Compensatory payments for ewes and goats, limited per producer in accordance with reference numbers (ewe and goat
premium). 71,171.0
3  FEOGA financial report 1998.
4  See Council Regulation 1765/92.
5 See Council Regulation 3072/95.
6 See Council Regulations 2066/92 and 1357/96.
7 See Council Regulation 2069/92.G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 6Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Description of basic products
(including non-product-specific AMS)Product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below)
(Mio ECU)Product-specific equivalent measurements of
support
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
(Mio ECU)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
(Mio ECU)
1234
Common wheat 2,860.7 2,860.7
Durum wheat -210.5 0.0
Common wheat, maize, barley, rye, triticale,
grain sorghum26.0 0.0 (de minimis )
Barley 2,703.1 2,703.1
Maize 1,045.2 1,045.2
Rye 312.8 312.8
Oats 12.5 12.5
Sorghum 23.3 23.3
Triticale 231.0 231.0
Rice 511.3 511.3
White sugar 5,867.1 5,867.1
Skimmed milk powder 1,515.7 1,515.7
Butter 4,209.7 4,209.7
Beef 13,525.3 13,525.3
Dried fodder 307.3 307.3
Chick-peas, lentils and vetches 70.4 70.4
Olive oil 2,267.6 2,267.6
Tobacco 870.3 870.3G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 7Description of basic products
(including non-product-specific AMS)Product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below)
(Mio ECU)Product-specific equivalent measurements of
support
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
(Mio ECU)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
(Mio ECU)
1234
Bananas 207.9 207.9
Apples 1,953.2 1,953.2
Pears 611.8 611.8
Apricots 102.4 102.4
Cherries 97.1 97.1
Peaches/nectarines 228.3 228.3
Table grapes 231.6 231.6
Plums 65.0 65.0
Lemons 407.0 407.0
Clementines 180.2 180.2
Mandarins 62.4 62.4
Satsumas 35.8 35.8
Oranges 422.6 422.6
Cucumbers 611.3 611.3
Courgettes 164.3 164.3
Artichokes 224.1 224.1
Tomatoes 4,531.0 4,531.0
Wine 1,937.0 1,937.0
Seed for sowing 93.3 93.3
Hemp 16.2 16.2
Flax fibre 108.5 108.5
Silkworms 0.3 0.3
Hops 12.8 12.8
Cotton 809.4 809.4G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 8Description of basic products
(including non-product-specific AMS)Product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below)
(Mio ECU)Product-specific equivalent measurements of
support
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
(Mio ECU)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
(Mio ECU)
1234
Cauliflower/aubergines (withdrawal) 16.3 0.0 (de minimis )
Grapes for processing 114.5 114.5
Tinned pineapple 2.4 2.4
Citrus fruit for processing 147.8 147.8
Lemons for processing 41.3 41.3
Peaches for processing 43.8 43.8
Plums for processing 21.4 21.4
Pears for processing 34.4 34.4
Figs for processing 6.3 6.3
Tomatoes for processing 335.6 335.6
Potatoes for processing to starch 204.4 -189.8 0.0 ( de minimis )
Total Non-product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Table DS:9 below)0.0 (de minimis )
TOTAL:  Current Total AMS 50,194.0G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 9 Supporting Table DS:5
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Market Price Support
Description of basic
productsMarketing year
beginning …Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price (ECU/t)External
reference price
(ECU/t)Eligible
production
(Mio t)Associated
fees/levies
(Mio ECU)Total market price
support
(Mio ECU)Data source8
12 3 4 5 6 7
((4-5)*6)-7)89
Common wheat 1 July 1997 price support 119.2 86.5 87.5 0 2,860.7
Durum wheat 1 July 1997 price support 119.2 148.5 7.2 0 - 210.5Barley 1 July 1997 price support 119.2 67.3 52.1 0 2,703.1Maize 1 July 1997 price support 119.2 91.9 38.3 0 1,045.2Rye 1 July 1997 price support 119.2 67.3 6.0 0 312.8Oats 1 July 1997 price support 114.4 112.5 6.6 0 12.5Sorghum 1 July 1997 price support 119.2 85.7 0.7 0 23.3Triticale 1 July 1997 price support 119.2 67.3 4.5 0 231.0Rice 1 Sept. 1997 price support 333.5 143.3 2.7 0 511.3White sugar 1 Oct. 1997 price support 631.9 193.8 14.2 466.4 5,754.6Skimmed milk powder 1 July 1997 price support 2,055.2 684.7 1.1 0 1,507.6Butter 1 July 1997 price support 3,282.0 943.3 1.8 0 4,209.7Beef 1 Jan. 1997 price support 3,475.0 1,729.8 7.8 0 13,525.3Olive oil 1 Nov. 1997 price support 3,837.7 2,851.8 2.3 2,267.6
8 Applied administered price: EC legislation; in market ECUs.
  Production: EC estimates.
  Fees and levies: FEOGA financial report 1998.G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 10Supporting Table DS:6
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of  Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments
Description of basic
productMarketing
year
beginning…Measure type(s) Applied
administe
red price
(ECU/t)External
reference price
(ECU/t)Eligible
production
(Mio t)Total price-
related direct
payments
(Mio ECU)Other non-
exempt direct
payments
(Mio ECU)Associated
fees/levies
(Mio ECU)Total direct
payments
(Mio ECU)Data source8
12 34 5 6 7
((4-5)*6))8 9 10 11
Sugar101 July 1997 Direct aid Italy
Direct aid Spain68.7
43.868.7
43.8
Dried fodder 16 Oct. 1997 Processing aid 307.3 307.3
Chick-peas,
lentils and vetches16 Oct. 1997 Hectare aid1170.4 70.4
Bananas 16 Oct. 1997 Direct aid12207.9 207.9
Common wheat,
maize, barley,
rye, triticale, grain
sorghum16 Oct. 1997 Aid for Portuguese
producers1326.0 26.0
Skimmed milk
powder16 Oct. 1997 Aid for Portuguese
producers148.1 8.1
Withdrawal
measurescauliflower,
aubergines
1516 Oct. 1997 Compensatory payments 16.3 16.3
Grapes for
processing16 Oct. 1997 Production aid 114.5 114.5
Lemons for
processing16 Oct. 1997 Production aid 41.3 41.3
Tobacco 16 Oct. 1997 Premium 870.3 870.3
Potatoes for
processing to starch16 Oct. 1997 Compensatory payments 204.4 204.4
9  Applied administered price:  EC legislation.
       Production: EC estimates.
       Payments, fees and levies: FEOGA financial report 1998; Member States figures.
10  Payments:  National expenditures.
11  See Council Regulation 1577/96.
12  See Council Regulation 404/93.
13  See Council Regulation 3653/90.
14  See Council Regulation 739/93.
15  See Council Regulation 2200/96.
16  See Council Regulation 2202/96.G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 11Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productMarketing year
beginning…Measurement
type(s)Other
product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther product
specific supportAssociated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
support
(Mio ECU)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)
(Mio ECU)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)
(Mio ECU)Total AMS
(Mio ECU)Data source15
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Common wheat 1 July 1997 Price support 2,860.7 2,860.7
Durum wheat 1 July 1997 Price support - 210.5 - 210.5
Barley 1 July 1997 Price support 2,703.1 2,703.1Maize 1 July 1997 Price support 1,045.2 1,045.2Rye 1 July 1997 Price support 312.8 312.8
Oats 1 July 1997 Price support 12.5 12.5
Sorghum 1 July 1997 Price support 23.3 23.3
Triticale 1 July 1997 Price support 231.0 231.0
Rice 1 Sept. 1997 Price support 511.3 511.3
Common wheat,
maize, barley, rye,
triticale, grain
sorghum16 Oct. 1997 Aid for
Portuguese
producers26.0 26.0
Dried fodder 16 Oct. 1997 Processing aid 307.3 307.3
Chick-peas, lentils
and vetches16 Oct. 1997 Hectare aid 70.4 70.4G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 12Description of
basic productMarketing year
beginning…Measurement
type(s)Other
product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther product
specific supportAssociated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
support
(Mio ECU)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)
(Mio ECU)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)
(Mio ECU)Total AMS
(Mio ECU)Data source15
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Sugar 1 Oct. 1997
1 July 1997Price support white sugar
National aid5,754.6
112.55,867.1
Olive oil 1 Nov. 1997 Price support 2,267.6 2,267.6
Bananas 16 Oct. 1997 Direct aid 207.9 207.9
Skimmed milk
powder1 July 1997
16 Oct. 1997Price support
Aid for Portuguese producers1,507.6
8.11,515.7
Butter 1 July 1997 Price support 4,209.7 4,209.7
Beef 1 Jan. 1997 Price support 13,525.3 13,525.3
Withdrawal
measures
cauliflower,
aubergines16 Oct. 1997 Compensatory
payments16.3 16.3
Grapes for
processing16 Oct. 1997 Production aid 114.5 114.5
Citrus fruit for
processing16 Oct. 1997 Production aid 147.8 147.8
Lemons for
processing16 Oct. 1997 Production aid 41.3 41.3
Tobacco 16 Oct. 1997 Premium 870.3 870.3
Potatoes for
processing to
starch16 Oct. 1997 Compensatory
payments204.4 204.4G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 13Supporting Table DS:8
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support
Description of
basic productsMarketing
year
beginning…Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(ECU/t)Production
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
price (000 t)Market
price
support
budgetary
outlaysEquivalent
measurement
of support
(Mio ECU)Non-
exempt
direct
paymentsOther
product-
specific
supportAssociated
fees/leveesTotal
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitment
(Mio ECU)Data source17
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12
Apples 1 July 1997 Price support17598 7,288 1,953.2 1,953.2
Pears 1 June 1997 Price support 540 2,289 611.8 611.8
Apricots 1 May 1997 Price support 1,090 415 102.4 102.4
Cherries 1 April 1997 Price support 1,517 327 97.1 97.1Peaches/
nectarines1 May 1997 Price support 894 1,619 228.3 228.3
Table grapes 1 May 1997 Price support 554 2,233 231.6 231.6
Plums 1 June 1997 Price support 705 582 65.0 65.0
Lemons 1 June 1997 Price support 579 1,473 407.0 407.0
Clementines 1 Oct. 1997 Price support 662 1,518 180.2 180.2Mandarins 1 Oct.1997 Price support 299 524 62.4 62.4
Satsumas 1 Oct. 1997 Price support 299 301 35.8 35.8
Oranges 1 Oct. 1997 Price support 363 5,283 422.6 422.6Cucumbers 1 Jan. 1997 Price support 1,137 1,490 611.3 611.3G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 14Description of
basic productsMarketing
year
beginning…Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(ECU/t)Production
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
price (000 t)Market
price
support
budgetary
outlaysEquivalent
measurement
of support
(Mio ECU)Non-
exempt
direct
paymentsOther
product-
specific
supportAssociated
fees/leveesTotal
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitment
(Mio ECU)Data source17
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12
Courgettes 1 Jan. 1997 Price support 705 540 164.3 164.3
Artichokes 1 Oct. 1997 Price support 962 901 224.1 224.1Tomatoes 1 Jan. 1997 Price support 1,151 14,028 4,531.0 4,531.0Wine 1 Sept. 1997 Guide price 38.3 
1895,750 1,937.0 1,937.0
Seed for
sowing16 Oct. 1997 Production aid 93.3 93.3
Cotton 1 Sept. 1997 Guide price19831.1
903.4379
1,085189.3
620.1809.4
Hemp 1 Aug. 1997 Hectare aid2016.2 16.2
Flax fibre 1 Aug. 1997 Hectare aid 108.5 108.5Silkworms 16 Oct. 1997 Production aid 0.3 0.3Hops 16 Oct. 1997 Hectare aid 12.8 12.8
Tinned
pineapple1 June 1997 Minimum price 376.5 5.8 2.4 2.4
Peaches for
processing1 July 1997 Minimum price 267.6 368.8 43.8 43.8
Plums for
processing1 Sept. 1997 Minimum price 1,935.2 30.0 21.4 21.4
Pears for
processing1 July 1997 Minimum price 392.6 123.2 34.4 34.4
Figs for
processing1 July 1997 Minimum price 805.0 15.8 6.3 6.3
Tomatoes for
processing1 July 1997 Minimum price 93.6 6,836 335.6 335.6G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 15Description of
basic productsMarketing
year
beginning…Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(ECU/t)Production
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
price (000 t)Market
price
support
budgetary
outlaysEquivalent
measurement
of support
(Mio ECU)Non-
exempt
direct
paymentsOther
product-
specific
supportAssociated
fees/leveesTotal
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitment
(Mio ECU)Data source17
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12
Potatoes for
processing to
starch1 July 1997 Minimum price 209.8 1,875 - 189.8 - 189.8
17 Highest entry prices during the year taken as applied administered price (for all these fruits and vegetables)
18  Prices given in ECU/hl, production given in 000 hl.
19  Calculations are split up between Spain and Greece.
20  Support is calculated as aid multiplied by number of hectares receiving the aid.G/AG/N/EEC/26
Page 16Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Marketing year
beginning…Non-product-
specific budgetary
outlays
(Mio ECU)Other non-product
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support
(Mio ECU)21Data sources
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Fertilizer subsidies 1.1 1.1
Insurance subsidies 28.0 28.0
Interest concessions 458.2 458.2
Total non-product specific 487.3
(de minimis )
21 De minimis  levels, value of total agricultural production 217.8 billion ECU.
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