WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/NOR/41
10 March 2003
(03-1336)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the
relevant supporting tables) for the calendar year 2001 was received from the delegation of Norway  on
11 February 2003.G/AG/N/NOR/41
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Total AMS commitment level for period
in questionCurrency 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
11,449.0 NOK million 10,700.2G/AG/N/NOR/41
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in
year in question
(million NOK)Data sources
12 3 4
2. General services:
Advice and promotion Small Animal Fund;  Advice and promotion for small animals.  Compensation for loss
during pasturing season in the mountains (f)38.6 A
Advice and promotion Research and development support scheme to fruit and berries.  Research advice and
promotion (f)65.7 A
Based on OECD grouping:
Research Group 1:  Research, advisory and training (Budget items 0278, 1137, 1510 and 1510.77) 496.4 A, EPest and diseases control Group 2:  Veterinary services, plant and animal diseases (Budget items 1107 and 0279
1) 222.7 E
Infrastructural service Group 3:  Investment, land registration and land allocation (Budget items 1140, 1145,
1146)75.6 E
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes:
Food security purpose Grain price support.  Payment made to maintain the gap between administered and external
prices, and payment to stockholding for food security purposes711.1 A
Food security purpose Storage of meadow seed 6.9 A
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters:
Compensation for natural
disasterNatural Disaster Payment.  Compensation for crop damage due to natural disasters 14.0 AG/AG/N/NOR/41
Page 412 3 4
9. Structural adjustment assistance provided through producer retirement
programmes:
Producer retirement Producer retirement payment.  Permanent retirement from marketable agricultural
production.85.8 A
10. Structural adjustment assistance provided through resource retirement
programmes:
Resource retirement Payments to remove resources from marketable agricultural production 0.0 A
11. Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids:
Investment aid The Agricultural Development Fund. Investment aid for structural adjustment and rural
development purposes832.0 A
Investment aid Interest concession.  Investment subsidies and implementation of structural adjustment 26.1 A
12. Environmental programmes:
Environmental programmes Subsidy to Ecological Production.  Subsidy to research on, and to farmers changing to,
ecological production methods30.6 A
Environmental programmes Subsidy to producers who refrain from field work on areas exposed to erosion in autumn. 157.6 A
Environmental programmes Subsidy to Summer Dairy Operations in Mountainous Regions 22.0 A
Environmental programmes Subsidy to Production on Steep Areas 34.2 A
Environmental programmes Fixed Area Support to Ecological Production 19.7 A
13. Regional Assistance Programmes:
Regional assistance Acreage Support to mountain farmers.  Support limited to farmers in disadvantaged
regions.10.3 A
Other:
Social welfare Vacation and Replacement Scheme.  Refund for actual expenses during holidays and to
alleviate financial difficulties due to illness1,399.9 A
Promotion and storage Market regulation, promotion and sale.  Payment made to obtain administered prices 66.6 A
1Budget item 0279 has been moved from Group 1 to Group 2.G/AG/N/NOR/41
Page 5Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
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
(million NOK)Data sources
12 3 4
(a)  Payments based on fixed area and yields
Acreage and Cultural Landscape Scheme (Art. 6:5 (a)(i)) 2,969.3 A
(b)  Payments made on 85 per cent or less of the base level of production
Structural Income Support to Dairy Farmers (Art. 6:5 (a)(ii)) 1,175.6 A
Regional Deficiency Payment to Milk Production
(Art. 6:5 (a) (ii))381.7 A
Regional Deficiency Payment to Meat Production
(Art. 6:5 (a) (ii))538.6 A
(c)  Livestock payments made on a fixed number of head
Headage support (Art. 6:5 (a)(iii))22,264.7 A
Total "Exempt Direct Payments" 7,329.8
2The headage support scheme is equal to the former Man-Year support to livestock farmers listed in Supporting Table 10 in the No rwegian Schedule.G/AG/N/NOR/41
Page 6Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
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 NOK)Product-specific equivalent measurements of
support (from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
(million NOK)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
(million NOK)
12 3 4
Wheat 336.8 0.0 336.8
Barley 576.1 0.0 576.1
Oats 330.0 0.0 330.0Milk 3,802.4 0.0 3,802.4Beef and veal 1,836.5 0.0 1,836.5Pork 1,799.5 0.0 1,799.5Sheep 899.5 0.0 899.5Poultry 671.7 0.0 671.7Eggs 273.2 0.0 273.2Potatoes 91.4 0.0 91.4Fruit and vegetables 0.0 51.3 51.3
Product-Specific AMS 10,668.4
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9) 31.8
Total AMS 10,700.2G/AG/N/NOR/41
Page 7Supporting Table DS:5
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Market Price Support
Description of basic
productsCalendar year
beginning
1 January
2001Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(NOK per
kg./litre)External
reference
price
(generally
from
AGST/…)
(NOK per
kg./litre)Eligible
production
(tonnes,
million litres)Associated
fees/levies
(million
NOK)Total market
price support
(to Supporting
Table DS:7)
(million
NOK)Data sources
1 2 3 456 78
((4-5*6)-7)9
Wheat Fixed farm gate price32.17 0.82 249,500 336.8 A, D
Barley Fixed farm gate price 1.71 0.71 576,100 576.1 A, D
Oats Fixed farm gate price 1.71 0.66 314,300 330.0 A, D
Milk Target price 3.53 0.78 1,518.0 140.0 4,034.5 A, D
Beef and veal Target price 34.45 13.20 85,300 77.3 1,735.3 A, D, C
Pork Target price 26.82 7.60 108,000 82.7 1,993.1 A, D, C
Sheep Target price 42.24 10.55 23,900 24.7 732.7 A, D, C
Poultry Target price 25.98 8.45 42,300 26.2 715.3 A, D, C
Eggs Target price 13.34 5.28 47,300 39.7 341.5 A, D, C
Potatoes Target price 1.95 1.21 123,514 91.4 A, D
Total Market Price Support 10,886.8
3Due to rearrangements of the market system for grain, there has been a technical change in the registration point of the admini stered price.  This change has increased the official
administered price by 0.10 NOK for wheat, barley and oats.  The t echnical change has not increased the price the producer recei ves.  Hence the notified price is 0.10 NOK below the
price to be found in official documents.G/AG/N/NOR/41
Page 8Supporting Table DS:6
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of  Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments
Description of
basic productCalendar
year
beginning
1 January
2001Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(NOK per
kg./litre)External
reference
price
(generally
from
AGST/…)Eligible
production
(tonnes,
million
litres)Total price-
related direct
payments
(million
NOK)Other non-
exempt direct
payments
(million
NOK)Associated
fees/levies
(million
NOK)Total
direct
payments
(million
NOK)Data sources
12 34 5 6 7
((4-5)*6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Milk Base deficiency payment 82.3 82.3 A
Beef and veal Base deficiency payment, meat 217.4 217.4 B
Sheep Base deficiency payment, meat 113.9 113.9 B
Wool deficiency payment 126.7 126.7 A
Total direct payments sheep 240.6 240.6
Potatoes Deficiency payment to potatoes 0.0 0.0 A
G/AG/N/NOR/41
Page 9Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productCalendar year
beginning
1 January
2001Measure type(s) Other
product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
(million
NOK)Other
product-
specific
support
(include
calculation
details)Associated
fees/levies
(million
NOK)Total
other
product-
specific
support
(million
NOK)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)
(million
NOK)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)
(million
NOK)Total AMS
(million
NOK)Data sources
123 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Wheat - 336.8 336.8 -
Barley - 576.1 576.1 -
Oats - 330.0 330.0 -
Milk Farm feed
adjustment314.4 -314.4 4,034.5 82.3 3,802.4 E
Beef and veal Transport subsidy
Farm feedadjustment29.9
146.1 -116.2 1,735.3 217.4 1,836.5B, E
Pork Transport subsidy
Farm feedadjustment36.9
230.4 -193.5 1,993.1 0.0 1,799.5B, E
Sheep Transport subsidy
Farm feed
adjustment9.1
82.8 -73.8 732.7 240.6 899.5B, E
Poultry Farm feed
adjustment0.0 43.6 -43.6 715.3 0.0 671.7 E
Eggs Transport subsidy
Farm feed
adjustment5.1
73.4 -68.3 341.5 0.0 273.2A, E
Potatoes - 0.0 0.0 0 91.4 0.0 91.4 -
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Page 10Supporting Table DS:8
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support
Description of
basic productsCalendar
year
beginning
1 January
2001Measure
type(s)Applied
administered
priceProduction
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
priceMarket
price
support
budgetary
outlays
(million
NOK)Equivalent
measurement
of support
(include
calculation
details)Non-
exempt
direct
payments
(million
NOK)Other
product-
specific
supportAssociated
fees/leveesTotal monetary
value of
equivalent
commitment
 (to Supporting
Table DS:4)
(million NOK)Data
sources
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12
Fruit, berries
and vegetablesRegional deficiency
payment43.2 43.2 A
Storage subsidy,
fruit8.1 8.1 A
Transport subsidy4A
Total Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support 43.2 8.1 51.3
4Transport subsidy to fruit, berries and vegetables was abolished in 1998.G/AG/N/NOR/41
Page 11Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar
beginning
1 January 2001Non-product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
(million NOK)Other non-product
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated
fees/levies
(million NOK)Total non-product-specific
support
(million NOK)Data sources
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Insemination subsidy 66.7 66.7 A
Taxes on fertilisers50.0 0.0 A
Taxes on pesticides 34.9 -34.9 A
Total Non-Product-Specific AMS  (To Supporting Table DS:4) 31.8
5Taxes on fertilisers was abolished 1 January 2001.G/AG/N/NOR/41
Page 12DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Data sources
A:  Ministry of Agriculture (Propositions to the Parliament  No. 1 (2002-2003), No. 92 (2000-2001) and internal calculations).
B:  Statens Landbruksforvaltning (Norwegian Agricultural Auth ority).  Includes the former Meat Transport Funding Office.
C:  Omsetningsrådet (Norwegian Agricultural Marketing Board).
D:  Budsjettnemda for jordbruket (Budget Committee for Agriculture).
E:  Based on OECD.
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