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28November 1997
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Original: English
ACCESSION OFGEORGIA
Communication from Georgia
Thefollowing information onDomestic Support andExport Subsidies inAgriculture hasbeen
received from theMinistry ofForeign Affairs oftheRepublic ofGeorgia.
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Page2Supporting Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:
REPORTING PERIOD: 1996
Measures exempt fromthereduction commitment --"Green Box"
Measure type Name anddescription ofmeasure withreference tocriteria inAnnex 2
oftheAgreement onAgricultureMonetary value of
measure inyearin
questionDatasources
1 2 3 4
(a)"general services"
(b)"public stockholding forfoodsecurity purposes"
(c)"domestic foodaid"
(d)"decoupled income support"
(e)"income insurance andincome safety-net programmes"
(f)"payments forrelief 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"
(k)"regional assistance programmes"
(l)"other" seefollowing page5 11.6mln.Lari Ministry of
AgricultureWT/ACC/SPEC/GEO/2
Page3Supporting Table DS:4 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Calculation oftheTotal Aggregate Measurement ofSupport
Description ofbasic products
(including non-product specific
AMS)Product-specific AMS (from
Supporting Tables DS:5 toDS:7
below)Product-specific measurements ofsupport
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
1 2 3 4
Product A 6million Lari Total Product A 6million Lari
Product B Total Product B
Product C Total Product C
... ...
Non-product-specific AMS Total Non-product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Table DS:9 below)
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TOTAL: Current Total AMS 6million LariWT/ACC/SPEC/GEO/2
Page4Supporting Table DS:7 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements ofSupport: Other Product-Specific Support andTotal 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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)8 9 10
(7+8+9)11
Grapes 1996 subsidies credit - - - 6mlnLari* - - 6mlnLari* Ministry of
Agriculture
* Thisistotalamount budgeting forcredit available, notthevalue ofthesubsidies.
Thefarmer paysapproximately 24percent. Thecommercial rateisapproximately 45-50 percent(seeChapter IV.4(e)).
In1994 and1995 there wasnoexpenditure under thisheading.WT/ACC/SPEC/GEO/2
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Appendix 1
Distribution ofPartner Fund
Budget andCredit Resource
According tothesituation of1September 1996
According totheMemorandum signed bytheEuropean Communities andGeorgia thefood
assistance delivered from 27October 1995 until8April 1996 contained 176,569 tons.
By7June1996 when theEuropean Communities considered production delivering finished,
thequantity ofthereceived sumcontained 34,362,591 Lari.
According totheMemorandum ofEuropean Communities counterpart funds (CPF) formation
andusage thefunds should havebeendisbursed byfollowing propositions.
* From National agricultural budget -16.8million LariofCPF(seethetableonpage6).
* Asagricultural credit through commercial banks- 12.9million LariofCPF.
Forpurchase ofgrapes andwineproduction -6million Lari
Theremaining 6.9million Lariisunused andleftinbudget.WT/ACC/SPEC/GEO/2
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Budget andcredit resources fromtheEuropean Communities counterpart funds (CPF) funds
(16,808,155.44 Lari) aredistributed intheagricultural sector bythefollowing principles (1997):
Loans Amount Grants Amount
to"Saksoplmomarageba" for
purchasing oilproducts606,375 to"Saktskalmeurneoba"
Department (for
irrigation)2,194,853
to"Saksoplnakopiereba" for
purchasing nitrogen fertilisers1,500,000 todifferent organizations
oftheMinistry of
Agriculture1,101,380
forpurchasing ACDI Colorado beetle
resistent andvirus-free potato seed441,000
to"Saksoplnakopiereba" for
purchasing chemicals andfertilisers891,605
to"Saksoplnakopiereba" for
purchasing lubricants andspare parts1,279,219
toassociation "Martsvali" for
purchasing locally produced cereals552,500
to"Sakmartsvalijishtesli" for
purchasing cereal seeds1,263,875
Tacis ITAGA -landimplementation
ofthecadastre pilotprojects154,000
tocooperation "Soio" forcereal
production100,000
grants forirrigation projects 1,558,155
Sub-total 8,346,729 3,296,233
Total 11,642,962
Undistributed funds 5,165,193.44