WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/NZL/7
17October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4319)
Original: English Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Theattachednotificationconcerningdomesticsupportcommitments(TableDS:1andtherelevant
Supporting Tables) forthesecond yearofimplementation (1995/96) wasreceived fromthedelegation
ofNewZealand on10October 1996.
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NEW ZEALAND
Thenotification provided isinthesame format aslastyearalthough figures fortheyearto
June1995arealsoprovided toshow howthelevels aretracking overthecourse oftheimplementation
period.G/AG/N/NZL/7
Page2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: NEW ZEALAND
REPORTING PERIOD: YEAR ENDING JUNE 1996
Current Total Aggregate Measurement ofSupport
Year Ending June Total AMS commitment level
forperiod inquestion (from
Section IofPartIVofthe
Schedule)Currency
(from Section IofPartIVof
theSchedule)Current Total AMS
(from attached Supporting Tables)
1 2 3 4
1995 348.30 $NZmillion 0
1996 336.90 $NZmillion 0G/AG/N/NZL/7
Page3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: NEW ZEALAND
REPORTING PERIOD: YEAR ENDING JUNE 1996
Measures exempt fromthereduction commitment --"Green Box"
Measure type Name anddescription ofmeasure withreference tocriteria inAnnex 2 Monetary value
$NZmillionDatasources
1 2 3 4
(a)General Services
Management ofGovernment
agricultural programmes
Animal Welfare Services
Pestanddisease controlManagement ofGovernment agricultural programmes.
Expenditure related totheadministration ofGovernment agricultural programmes, primarily
theCommunity Irrigation Schemes.
Animal Welfare Services.
Enforcement oftheAnimals Protection Act1960 through investigation ofcomplaints ofcruelty
toanimals, andensuring corrective action torestore affected animals toanacceptable welfare
status.
Administration ofAgricultural Security, Quality Assurance andPestManagement Strategies.
Development andmaintenance ofwritten standards governing supply ofagricultural security,
quality assurance, andpestanddisease control procedures andservices. Provision ofofficial
sanitary andphytosanitary assurances.
Border Inspection andQuarantine Services.
Control ofquarantine risks attheborder andmanagement ofpost-entry quarantine in
accordance withtheprovisions oftheBiosecurity Act1993.
PestandDisease Surveillance Services.
Health surveillance ofdomestic animal andplant populations, international reporting ofthe
domestic animal andplant health status, anddetection ofemergent unwanted organisms.
PestandDisease Emergency Response Services.
Maintenance ofacapability torespond toincursion ofunwanted organisms harmful toanimals
andplants ortoother organisms which could become aserious problem ifleftunchecked.0.343
0.721
8.046
9.585
9.443
8.439Ministry ofAgriculture
Departmental Forecast
Report 1996/97
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Pestanddisease control
Research
Infrastructural servicesControl ofTuberculosis Vectors.
Control ofpopulations ofwildanimals, particularly possums, inlocations where infected
members ofthewildpopulation transmit tuberculosis tocattle anddeer. Control measures are
undertaken onfarms andadjacent Crown land.
Regional council pestanddisease control.1
Expenditure byregional councils oncontrol ofpests anddiseases.
Research.
Funds provided bytheFoundation forResearch Science andTechnology (FRST) forresearch
directly related toagricultural production.
Community Irrigation Schemes.
Theoperation andmaintenance oftheCrown 'sexisting irrigation schemes untilsoldtoprivate
buyers, thecostofthesaleofirrigation assets andtheon-farm development programme.
Regional council flood control.1
Expenditure byregional councils oncapital investment andmaintenance offlood protection
andlanddrainage schemes.17.368
20.049
110.208
2.875
8.1841996/97 Estimates of
Appropriations forthe
Government ofNew Zealand
Regional Council Annual
Plans 1995/96
FRST Public Good Science
Fund Research Contracts
1995/96, and1995/96 Estimates
ofAppropriations forthe
Government ofNewZealand
1996/97 Estimates of
Appropriations forthe
Government ofNew Zealand
Regional Council Annual
Plans 1995/96
(f)Payments forrelief from
natural disasters
Disaster relief Adverse Climatic Events.
Provision ofsupport totheagriculture industries intheaftermath ofadverse climatic events.0 1996/97 Estimates of
Appropriations forthe
Government ofNew ZealandG/AG/N/NZL/7
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(j)Environmental programmes
Erosion control
SoilconservationEastCoast Forestry Programme.
Initiated in1992, thisprogramme provides funding toencourage commercial forestry, primarily as
ameans oferosion control, onseverely erodible landintheEastCoast region oftheNorth Island.
Regional council soilconservation.1
These programmes, undertaken byregional councils, typically provide 50% to70% ofthecostof
soilconservation practices undertaken byfarmers.1.325
6.7421996/97 Estimates of
Appropriations forthe
Government ofNew
Zealand
Regional Council
Annual Plans 1995/96
Explanatory Notes:
1 Under theResource Management Act1991, most resource management responsibilities areassigned toNew Zealand 's15regional councils. Asaresult, themajority of
resource management programmes relevant toagriculture arenowcarried outattheregional level. Thefigures given represent thetotalexpenditure bycouncils onthe
programmes listed netoffunds recovered from users orbeneficiaries. However notallofthisexpenditure benefits, orisdirectly attributable to,agriculture. Depending onthe
programme, theamount ofexpenditure thatisattributable toagriculture varies between anestimated 60% to100%.G/AG/N/NZL/7
Page6Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: NEW ZEALAND
REPORTING PERIOD: YEAR ENDING JUNE 1996
Calculation oftheCurrent Total Aggregate Measurement ofSupport
Description ofbasic
products (including
non-product specific
AMS)Product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Tables
DS:5 toDS:7 )Product-specific equivalent
measurements ofsupport (from
Supporting Table DS:8 )Current Total AMS (aggregate)
1 2 3 4
- 0 0 0