WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/SVN/19
14 September 2001
(01-4334)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning new or modified domestic support measures exempt from
reduction ( Table DS:2 ) was received from the delegation of the Republic of Slovenia on
11 September 2001.G/AG/N/SVN/19
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Table DS: 2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Republic of Slovenia
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:
New or modified domestic support me asures exempt from reduction
(1) Full title of measure:
Reform of Agriculture Policy - National Development Programme for Agriculture, Food,
Forestry and Fisheries.
(2) Domestic legislation reference:
Decree on the Implementation of Financial Interventions for the Preservation and
Development of Agriculture and Food Production (OJ RS 27/2000)
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria:
Direct area payments are introduced on a hectare basis (reference year for area is 1991) in
order to compensate income loss of farmers resulting from price decrease of major crops and
hops.  Measures introduced are as follows:
• Direct payments per hectare for bread cereals
• Direct payments per hectare for cereals other than cereals for bread
• Direct payments per hectare for hops.
Notified scheme of direct payments per hectare is in accordance with the requirements of
Article 6 paragraph 5 (ii) of the Agreement on Agriculture.
Direct headage payments are introduced for the same purpose as above and are paid on a
number of heads (reference year for number of heads is 1993 – because the data wereavailable from that period onward).  Measures introduced are as follows:
• Direct payments per head for bulls and oxen
• Direct payments per head for cows per head
• Direct payments per head for mares per head.
Notified scheme of direct payments per head is in accordance with the requirements of
Article 6 paragraph 5 (iii) of the Agreement on Agriculture.
(4) Cost of measure:   Year 2000:  24,568,500 EUR.
(5) Date of entry into effect:  29 March 2000.
(6) Period of application:   As from 2000.
(7) Products to principally benefit ( if any individual product(s)):
Measures are not related to any specific agricultural product.G/AG/N/SVN/19
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Table DS: 2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Republic of Slovenia
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:
New or modified domestic support me asures exempt from reduction
(1) Full title of measure:
Direct payments within national agri-environmental programme.
(2) Domestic legislation reference:
Decree on the Implementation of Financial Interventions for the Preservation and
Development of Agriculture and Food Production (OJ RS 27/2000)
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria:
Direct payments per hectare of agri-environmental programme are introduced to foster:
(i) protection of nature against the negative impacts of farming;  (ii) preservation of soil
fertility and water quality by using environment-friendly cultivation and processing methods;
(iii) preservation of biodiversity for habitats;  (iv) preservation of cultural landscape with
traditional farming methods;  and (v) preservation of national parks.  In the year 2000 thefollowing measures were applied: ecological fa rming, prevention of erosion of vineyards and
integrated fruits production as measure for decreasing chemical inputs.  The program is
available to all producers which meet the accepted environmental standards.
Notified scheme is in accordance with the requirements of Annex 2 paragraph 12 of the
Agreement on Agriculture; payments under environmental programmes.
(4) Cost of measure:  Year 2000:  1,821,038 EUR.
(5) Date of entry into effect:  29 March 2000.
(6) Period of application:  As from 2000.
(7) Products to principally benefit ( if any individual product(s)):
Measures are not related to any specific agricultural product.G/AG/N/SVN/19
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Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Republic of Slovenia
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:
New or modified domestic support me asures exempt from reduction
(1) Full title of measure:
Direct payments for less favoured areas.
(2) Domestic legislation reference:
Decree on the Implementation of Financial Interventions for the Preservation and
Development of Agriculture and Fo od Production (OJ RS 27/2000, p.3505).
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in:
Direct payments per hectare for less favoured areas are introduced in the areas with limited
production factors (for example farms on high altitude, hilly, mountain or karst regions).
Measures are meant to offset additional costs of production due to unfavourable production
conditions and will also contribute to preservation of rural population and cultural landscape.
The support is available to all producers which meet the criteria of the less favoured areas setout in Decree on criteria for determining areas with restricted agricultural possibilities
(OJ RS 62/2000).
Notified scheme is in accordance with the requirements of Annex 2 paragraph 13 of the
Agreement on Agriculture; payments for producers in disadvantaged regions.
(4) Cost of measure:  Year 2000:  13,847,984 EUR.
(5) Date of entry into effect:  29 March 2000.
(6) Period of application:  As from 2000.
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s)):
Measures are not related to any specific agricultural product.
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