WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/SVK/14
12 June 1998
(98-2399)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning domestic support commitments for 1997 (Table DS:1
and the relevant Supporting Tables) was received from the delegation of the Slovak Republic  on
6 May 1998.G/AG/N/SVK/14
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Suppor t
Total AMS commitment level for period in
questionCurrency Current Total AMS
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule) (from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables)
12 3
11,407.5 million  Sk 8,290.4 millionG/AG/N/SVK/14
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Measures exempt from the re duction commitment - "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to
criteria in Annex 2Monetary value of
measure in year in
question
(million Sk)Data sources
12 3 4
(a) "general services" - -
(b) "public stockholding for food security purposes" - -
(c) "domestic food aid" - -(d) "decoupled income support" - -
(e) "income insurance and income safety-net programmes" - -
(f) "payments for relief from natural disasters" - -(g) "structural adjustment assistance provided through producer
retirement programmes"- -
(h) "structural adjustment assistance provided through resource
retirement programmes"--
(i) "structural adjustment assistance provided through
investment aids"--
(j) "environmental programmes" Ecological procedures 84.5 Ministry of Finance of SR and Ministry of
Agriculture of SR from financial settlementwith the State Budget (relates to both data)
(k) "regional assistance programmes" Rural tourism 36.0
(l) "other"G/AG/N/SVK/14
Page 4Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - Special  and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6:2 Monetary value of measure
in year in questionData sources
12 3 4
(a) "investment subsidies generally available to
agriculture"-- -
(b) "input subsidies generally available to
low-income or resource-poor producers"-- -
(c) "support to encourage diversification from
growing illicit narcotic crops"-- -G/AG/N/SVK/14
Page 5Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Measures exempt from the reduction commitm ent - Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programmes - "Exempt Direct Payments"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to
criteria in Article 6:5Monetary value of measure
in year in question
(million Sk)Data sources
12 3 4
(a) "payments based on fixed area and yields"
(b) "payments based on 85 per cent or less of the base level of
production"
(c) "livestock payments made on a fixed number of head"Set aside programme 43.7 Ministry of Finance of SR and
Ministry of Agriculture of SRfrom financial settlement with
the State BudgetG/AG/N/SVK/14
Page 6Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
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)
million SkProduct-specific equivalent measurements
of support
 (from Supporting Table DS:8 below)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
million Sk
12 3 4
Raw cow milk 955.0 955.0
Non-product-specific support
Worse natural conditions 3,312.5 3,312.5
Sheep and goat breeding promotion 143.5 143.5
Interest reimbursement from credits 67.7 67.7
Purchases of seed for sowing 1,491.0 1,491.0
Plant genetic sources 76.0 76.0
Animal genetic sources 175.2 175.2
Promotion of historical actions 93.0 93.0
Livestock restoring to health 78.0 78.0
Technical equipment 1,288.8 1,288.8
Capital construction 76.0 76.0
Irrigation 109.0 109.0
Export activity promotion 7.0 7.0
Tobacco production promotion 20.0 20.0
New reconstruction and modernization of
production capacities235.3 235.3
Reconstruction of orchards, vineyards,
glasshouses162.4 162.4
Total non-product-specific AMS 7,335.4 7,335.4
Current Total AMS 8,290.4 8,290.4G/AG/N/SVK/14
Page 7Supporting Table DS:5
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support
Description of
basic productsCalendar
yearMeasure type(s) Applied
administered
priceExternal reference
price (generally from
AGST/...)Eligible production Associated fees/levies Total market
price supportData sources
Sk/1 Sk/1 Million 1 Million Sk
12 3 4 5 6 7 8
((4-5)*6)-79
Raw cow milk 1997 Quality promotion 7.31 6.15 823.3 - 955.0 Ministry of Finance
and Ministry ofAgriculture of SR from
financial settlement
with the State BudgetG/AG/N/SVK/14
Page 8Supporting Table DS:6
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments
Description of
basic productCalendar /
marketing year
beginning ...Measure type(s) Applied
administered
priceExternal
reference price
(generally from
AGST/...)Eligible
productionTotal price-
related direct
paymentsOther non-
exempt direct
paymentsAssociated
fees/leviesTotal direct
paymentsData
sources
12 3 456 7
((4-5)*6)891 0
(7+8-9)11
-- - --- - - - - -G/AG/N/SVK/14
Page 9Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Othe r Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productCalendar /
marketing year
beginning ...Measure type(s) Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther product-
specific support
(include
calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
supportMarket price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)Total AMS Data
sources
12 3 4 56 7
(4+5-6)891 0
(7+8+9)11
-- - - -- --- - -G/AG/N/SVK/14
Page 10Supporting Table DS:8
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support
Description of
basic productsCalendar /
marketing
year
beginning ...Measure
type(s)Applied
administered
priceProduction
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
price Market price
support
budgetary
outlaysEquivalent
measurement
of support
(include
calculation
details)Non-exempt
direct
paymentsOther
product-
specific
supportAssociated
fees/leviesTotal
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitmentData sources
12 34 56 7 8 9 1 0 1 1
(7+8+9-10)12
- - - - - - ---- - -G/AG/N/SVK/14
Page 11Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar year Non-product-specific
budgetary outlays
(million Sk)Other non-product-
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal non-product-specific
support
(million Sk)Data sources
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Worse natural conditions 1997 3,312.5 - - 3,312.5
Sheep and goat breeding promotion 1997 143.5 - - 143.5
Interest reimbursement from credits 1997 67.7 - - 67.7Purchases of seed for sowing 1997 1,491.0 - - 1,491.0
Plant genetic sources 1997 76.0 - - 76.0
Animal genetic sources 1997 175.2 - - 175.2Promotion of historical actions 1997 93.0 - - 93.0Livestock restoring to health 1997 78.0 - - 78.0
Technical equipment 1997 1,288.8 - - 1,288.8
Capital construction 1997 76.0 - - 76.0Irrigation 1997 109.0 - - 109.0Export activity promotion 1997 7.0 - - 7.0Tobacco production promotion 1997 20.0 - - 20.0
Modernization of production facilities 1997 235.3 - - 235.3
Reconstruction of orchards, vineyards,
glasshouses1997 162.4 - - 162.4
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