WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/EEC/38
27 June 2002
(02-3613)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the
relevant Supporting Tables) for the marketing year 1999/00  was received from the delegation of the
European Communities  on 11 June 2002.G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1999/00
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Total AMS commitment level for 1998 Currency 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
69,463 Million EURO 47,885.7G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1999/00
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment: "Green Box"
Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value
(Mio EURO)Data Source1Comments
12 3 4 5
(a) General Services
Research (i)Improvement of production potential through animal and plant selection and of
production techniques through e.g. testing of machinery;  development of
experimental centres;  pilot projects and demonstration projects;  salaries ofpersonnel.1,355.7 Council Regulation 1260/99
Pest and disease control (ii) Plant and animal health control and protection;  supply of vaccines;  salaries of
personnel;  launching aid for livestock health protection groups.1,137.5 Commission Regulations
3868/92, 719/96
Training services (iii) Establishment of agricultural training centres;  grants for course attendance;
salaries of advisors.163.1 Council Regulation 1257/99
Extension and advisory services
(iv)Establishment of inter-regional advisory centres;  training and employment of
advisors.303.5 Council Regulation 1257/99
Inspection services (v) Livestock inspection services;  quality control;  remunerating and training of
inspectors.326.1 Council Regulation 1287/95
Marketing and promotion
services (vi)Aid to encourage establishment of producer groups and ease administrative
overheads; schemes to improve marketing network, quality and presentation of
produce;  certification;  protection of geographical indications.1,071.9 Council Regulations 2200/96,
2202/96, 1257/99
Infrastructural services (vii) Arterial drainage;  collective irrigation schemes;  provision of electricity and water
supply;  farm roads;  construction of reservoirs;  flood protection.2,352.8 Council Regulation 1257/99
Other farm services (viii) Launching services for mutual aid, farm relief, farm management, introduction of
accounting on the farm.16.9 Council Regulation 1257/99
(b) Public Stockholding for Food Security Purposes 20.0
(c) Domestic Food Aid Distribution of agricultural products to deprived persons, school milk, consumption
aid programmes.277.8 Council Regulation 3730/87
(d) Decoupled Income
SupportAgri-monetary aid. 957.5 Council Regulations 3813/92G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 4Supporting Table DS:1 (cont'd)
Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value
(Mio EURO)Data Source1Comments
12 3 4 5
(e) Income Insurance and Income Safety-net Programmes 0.0 Council Regulation 1527/95
(f) Payments for Relief from
Natural DisastersCompensatory payments in respect of weather;  restoration of agricultural
production potential and natural disasters365.5 Council Regulations 1654/86,
3606/86, 2052/88, 3222/88
(g) Structural Adjustment
Assistance providedthrough Producer
Retirement ProgrammesCompensation payments to farmers at least 55 years old leaving agriculture; aid for
early retirement from farming.793.1 Council Regulations 1257/99
(h) Structural Adjustment
Assistance provided
through ResourceRetirement ProgrammesSet-aside;  at least 20 per cent cultivated land to be left fallow, wooded or used for
non-agricultural purposes;  compensation for grubbing up, leaving or suspending
production.122.0 Council Regulations 1257/99,
1493/99
(i) Structural Adjustment
Assistance providedthrough Investment AidsConstruction of processing, packaging and storage centres and equipment; land
improvement (levelling, fencing, etc.).  Aid for farm modernization grantedthrough subsidies or equivalent interest concessions;  purchase of machinery and
equipment, animals, buildings and plantations etc.  Aid for young farmers.2,308.7 Council Regulations 1257/99
(j) Environmental
ProgrammesProtection of environment and preservation  of the countryside, control of soil
erosion, extensification, aid for environmentally sensitive areas;  support and
protection of organic production by creating conditions of fair competition;  aid for
forestry measures in agriculture;  conservation of genetic resources in agriculture.5,458.7 Council Regulations 1257/99
(k) Regional Assistance
ProgrammesSpecific measures for the benefit of certain disadvantaged areas (French overseas
departments, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Aegean Islands) and other less-
favoured areas (LFA) and mountainous areas.2,899.7 Council Regulations 1257/99
(l) Other 0
TOTAL GREEN 19,930.5
1  FEOGA financial report 2000 and national sources.G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 5Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1999/00
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
(Mio EURO)Data source2
12 3 4
Payments based on fixed area and yields
Per hectare compensatory payments to producers of maize, based on regional base areas.31,159.0
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of cereals not subject of the base area for maize, based on regional base
areas.38,841.6
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of soya beans, colza seed and sunflowers, based on regional base areas.31,318.0
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of peas, beans, field beans and sweet lupines, based on regional base areas.3524.3
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of non-textile flax seed, based on regional base areas.3306.6
Compensation for set-aside requirement related to the per hectare aid, equivalent to the compensatory aid per hectare for cerea ls
calculated on a regional level.31,848.0
Supplements to per hectare compensatory payments for durum wheat producers.31,006.2
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of rice.4124.3
Payments based on 85 per cent or less of the base level of production -
Livestock payments made on a fixed number of head
Payments to producers keeping suckler cows, compensating for intervention price reduction, limited on the number of animals
in accordance with reference years (suckler cow premiums).51,628.4
Special premium for producers holding male bovine animals, within regional ceilings under a reference year (special premium
beef and veal).51,299.3
Additional premium to the special premium in order to deseasonalize slaughtering (deseasonalization premium).52.6
Compensatory payments for ewes and goats, limited per producer in accordance with reference numbers (ewe and goat
premium).61,733.8
2 FEOGA financial report 2000.
3 See Council Regulation 1765/92.
4 See Council Regulation 3072/95.
5 See Council Regulations 2066/92 and 1357/96.
6 See Council Regulation 2069/92.G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 6Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1999/00
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)
(Mio EURO)Product-specific equivalent measurements of
support
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
(Mio EURO)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
(Mio EURO)
1234
Common wheat 2,923.4 2,923.4
Durum wheat -218.3 0.0
Common wheat, maize, barley, rye, triticale,
grain sorghum15.7 0.0 (de minimis )7
Barley 2,540.6 2,540.6
Maize 1,002.8 1,002.8
Rye 290.3 290.3
Oats 11.5 11.5
Sorghum 19.9 19.9
Triticale 225.7 225.7
Rice 393.1 393.1
White sugar 5,757.8 5,757.8
Skimmed milk powder 1,371.0 1,371.0
Butter 4,443.5 4,443.5
Beef 13,089.0 13,089.0
Dried fodder 313.0 313.0
Chick-peas, lentils and vetches 68.8 68.8
Olive oil 2,070.4 2,070.4
Tobacco 984.8 984.8G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 7Supporting Table DS:4 (cont'd)
Description of basic products
(including non-product-specific AMS)Product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below)
(Mio EURO)Product-specific equivalent measurements of
support
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
(Mio EURO)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
(Mio EURO)
1234
Bananas 234.3 234.3
Apples 2,192.3 2,192.3
Pears 603.2 603.2
Apricots 154.5 154.5
Cherries 139.4 139.4
Peaches/nectarines 587.1 587.1
Table grapes 219.0 219.0
Plums 71.3 71.3
Lemons 421.0 421.0
Clementines 232.7 232.7
Mandarins 40.5 40.5
Satsumas 36.9 36.9
Oranges 430.2 430.2
Cucumbers 575.3 575.3
Courgettes 166.4 166.4
Artichokes 108.9 108.9
Tomatoes 2,517.5 2,517.5
Wine 2,052.3 2,052.3
Seed for sowing 109.6 109.6
Hemp 16.3 16.3
Flax fibre 120.1 120.1
Silkworms 0.5 0.5
Hops 12.6 12.6G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 8Supporting Table DS:4 (cont'd)
Description of basic products
(including non-product-specific AMS)Product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below)
(Mio EURO)Product-specific equivalent measurements of
support
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
(Mio EURO)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
(Mio EURO)
1234
Cotton 623.7 623.7
Cauliflower/aubergines (withdrawal) 17.0 17.0
Fruit and vegetables not mentioned in R.2200/96 1.7 0.0 (de minimis )8
Tinned pineapple 6.3 6.3
Citrus fruit for processing 176.7 176.7
Lemons for processing 38.1 38.1
Peaches for processing 78.4 78.4
Plums for processing 22.1 22.1
Pears for processing 24.2 24.2
Figs for processing 6.6 6.6
Tomatoes for processing 345.1 345.1
Potatoes for processing to starch 154.1 -188.6 0.0
Total Non-product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Table DS:9 below)0.0 (de minimis )9
TOTAL:  Current Total AMS 47,885.7
7 Production value € 33.0 billion.
8 Production value € 3.5 billion.
9 Production value € 233.7 billion.G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 9Supporting Table DS:5
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1999/00
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Market Price Support
Description of basic
productsMarketing year
beginning …Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(EURO/t)External
reference price
(EURO/t)Eligible
production
(Mio t)Associated
fees/levies
(Mio EURO)Total market price
support
(Mio EURO)Data source10
12 3 4 5 6 7 8
((4-5)*6)-79
Common wheat 1 July 1999 price support 119.2 86.5 89.4 2,907.0
Durum wheat 1 July 1999 price support 119.2 148.5 7.4 -218.3Barley 1 July 1999 price support 119.2 67.3 49.0 2,540.6Maize 1 July 1999 price support 119.2 91.9 36.7 1,002.8Rye 1 July 1999 price support 119.2 67.3 5.6 290.3Oats 1 July 1999 price support 114.4 112.5 6.0 11.5Sorghum 1 July 1999 price support 119.2 85.7 0.6 19.9Triticale 1 July 1999 price support 119.2 67.3 4.3 225.7Rice 1 Sept. 1999 price support 298.4 143.3 2.5 393.1White sugar 1 Oct. 1999 price support 631.9 193.8 14.3 542.4 5,722.5Skimmed milk powder 1 July 1999 price support 2,055.2 684.7 1.0 1,370.5Butter 1 July 1999 price support 3,282.0 943.3 1.9 4,443.5Beef 1 Jan. 1999 price support 3,475.0 1,729.8 7.5 13,089.0Olive oil 1 Nov. 1999 price support 3,837.7 2,851.8 2.1 2,070.4
10Applied administered price: EC legislation in €.
Production: EC estimates.
Fees and levies: FEOGA financial report 2000.G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 10Supporting Table DS:6
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1999/00
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of  Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments
Description of basic
productMarketing
year
beginning…Measure type(s) Applied
administe
red price
(EURO/t)External
reference price
(EURO/t)Eligible
production
(Mio t)Total price-
related direct
payments
(Mio EURO)Other non-
exempt direct
payments
(Mio EURO)Associated
fees/levies
(Mio EURO)Total direct
payments
(Mio EURO)Data source11
12 34 5 6 7
((4-5)*6))8 9 10 11
Sugar121 July 1999 Direct aid Italy
Direct aid Spain30.9
4.430.9
4.4
Dried fodder 16 Oct. 1999 Processing aid 313.0 313.0
Chick-peas,
lentils and vetches16 Oct. 1999 Hectare aid1368.8 68.8
Bananas 16 Oct. 1999 Direct aid14234.3 234.3
Common wheat,
maize, barley, rye,
triticale, grain
sorghum16 Oct. 1999 Aid for Portuguese
producers1515.7 15.7
Skimmed milk
powder16 Oct. 1999 Aid for Portuguese
producers160.5 0.5
Withdrawal
measurescauliflower,
aubergines
1716 Oct. 1999 Compensatory payments 17.0 17.0
Fruit and vegetables
not mentioned in
R.2200/961 Jan. 1999 Withdrawal by Producer
Organizations1.7 1.7
Citrus fruit for
processing16 Oct. 1999 Production aid 18176.7 176.7
Lemons for
processing16 Oct. 1999 Production aid 1838.1 38.1
Tobacco 16 Oct. 1999 Premium 984.8 984.8
Potatoes for
processing to starch16 Oct. 1999 Compensatory payments 154.1 154.1
11Applied administered price: EC legislation.14See Council Regulation 404/93.
Production: EC estimates.15See Council Regulation 3653/90.
Payments, fees and levies: FEOGA financial report 2000; Member States figures.16See Council Regulation 739/93.
12Payments:  National expenditures.17See Council Regulation 2200/96.
13See Council Regulation 1577/96.18See Council Regulation 2202/96.G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 11Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1999/00
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productMarketing year
beginning…Measurement
type(s)Other
product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther product
specific supportAssociated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
support
(Mio EURO)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)
(Mio EURO)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)
(Mio EURO)Total AMS
(Mio EURO)Data source
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Common wheat 1 July 1999 Price support 2,923.4 2,923.4
Durum wheat 1 July 1999 Price support -218.3 -218.3
Barley 1 July 1999 Price support 2,540.6 2,540.6Maize 1 July 1999 Price support 1,002.8 1,002.8Rye 1 July 1999 Price support 290.3 290.3
Oats 1 July 1999 Price support 11.5 11.5
Sorghum 1 July 1999 Price support 19.9 19.9
Triticale 1 July 1999 Price support 225.7 225.7
Rice 1 Sept. 1999 Price support 393.1 393.1
Common wheat,
maize, barley, rye,
triticale, grain
sorghum16 Oct. 1999 Aid for
Portuguese
producers15.7 15.7
Dried fodder 16 Oct. 1999 Processing aid 313.0 313.0
Chick-peas, lentils
and vetches16 Oct. 1999 Hectare aid 68.8 68.8G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 12Supporting Table DS:7 (cont'd)
Description of
basic productMarketing year
beginning…Measurement
type(s)Other
product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther product
specific supportAssociated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
support
(Mio EURO)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)
(Mio EURO)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)
(Mio EURO)Total AMS
(Mio EURO)Data source
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Sugar
1 Oct. 1999
1 July 1999Price support white sugar
National aid5,722.5
35.35,757.8
Olive oil 1 Nov. 1999 Price support 2,070.4 2,070.4
Bananas 16 Oct. 1999 Direct aid 234.3 234,3
Skimmed milk
powder1 July 1999
16 Oct. 1999Price support
Aid for Portuguese producers1,370.5
0.51,371.0
Butter 1 July 1999 Price support 4,443.5 4,443.5
Beef 1 Jan. 1999 Price support 13,089.0 13,089.0Withdrawal
measures
cauliflower,
aubergines16 Oct. 1999 Compensatory
payments17.0 17.0
Fruit and
vegetables not
mentioned in
R.2200/961 Jan. 1999 Withdrawals by
producer organizations1.7 1.7
Citrus fruit for
processing16 Oct. 1999 Production aid 176.7 176.7
Lemons for
processing16 Oct. 1999 Production aid 38.1 38.1
Tobacco 16 October 1999 Premium 984.8 984.8
Potatoes for
processing to
starch16 Oct. 1999 Compensatory
payments154.1 154.1G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 13Supporting Table DS:8
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1999/00
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support
Description of
basic productsMarketing
year
beginning…Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(EURO/t)Production
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
price
(000 t)Market
price
support
budgetary
outlays
(Mio
EURO)Equivalent
measurement
of support
(Mio EURO)Non-
exempt
direct
payments
(Mio
EURO)Other
product-
specific
support
(Mio
EURO)Associated
fees/levees
(Mio
EURO)Total
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitment
(Mio EURO)Data source17
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12
Apples 1 July 1999 Price support19578 8,840 2,192.3 2,192.3
Pears 1 June 1999 Price support 520 2,439 603.2 603.2
Apricots 1 May 1999 Price support 1,081 650 154.5 154.5Cherries 1 April 1999 Price support 1,505 489 139.4 139.4
Peaches/
nectarines1 May 1999 Price support 889 4,317 587.1 587.1
Table grapes 1 May 1999 Price support 550 2,197 219.0 219.0
Plums 1 June 1999 Price support 701 663 71.3 71.3
Lemons 1 June 1999 Price support 569 1,581 421.0 421.0Clementines 1 Oct. 1999 Price support 653 2,121 232.7 232.7
Mandarins 1 Oct.1999 Price support 290 368 40.5 40.5
Satsumas 1 Oct. 1999 Price support 290 335 36.9 36.9Oranges 1 Oct. 1999 Price support 357 5,814 430.2 430.2
Cucumbers 1 Jan. 1999 Price support 1,121 1,459 575.3 575.3G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 14Supporting Table DS:8 (cont'd)
Description of
basic productsMarketing
year
beginning…Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(EURO/t)Production
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
price
(000 t)Market
price
support
budgetary
outlays
(Mio
EURO)Equivalent
measurement
of support
(Mio EURO)Non-
exempt
direct
payments
(Mio
EURO)Other
product-
specific
support
(Mio
EURO)Associated
fees/levees
(Mio
EURO)Total
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitment
(Mio EURO)Data source17
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12
Courgettes 1 Jan. 1999 Price support 698 1,053 166.4 166.4
Artichokes 1 Oct. 1999 Price support 845 827 108.9 108.9Tomatoes 1 Jan. 1999 Price support 1,138 8,121 2,517.5 2,517.5Wine
201 Sept. 1999 Guide price 38.3 101,448 2,052.3 2,052.3
Seed for
sowing16 Oct. 1999 Production aid 109.6 109.6
Cotton 1 Sept. 1999 Guide price21720.7
676.1409.5
1,350.7159.1
464.6623.7
Hemp 16 Oct. 1999 Hectare aid 16.3 16.3
Flax fibre 1 Oct. 1999 Hectare aid 120.1 120.1Silkworms 16 Oct. 1999 Production aid 0.5 0.5Hops 16 Oct. 1999 Hectare aid 12.6 12.6
Tinned
pineapple1 June 1999 Minimum price 414.13 14 6.3 6.3
Peaches for
processing1 July 1999 Minimum price 283.68 582 78.4 78.4
Plums for
processing1 Sept. 1999 Minimum price 1,935.2 31 22.1 22.1
Pears for
processing1 July 1999 Minimum price 355.52 100 24.2 24.2
Figs for
processing1 July 1999 Minimum price 878.86 14 6.6 6.6G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 15Supporting Table DS:8 (cont'd)
Description of
basic productsMarketing
year
beginning…Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(EURO/t)Production
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
price
(000 t)Market
price
support
budgetary
outlays
(Mio
EURO)Equivalent
measurement
of support
(Mio EURO)Non-
exempt
direct
payments
(Mio
EURO)Other
product-
specific
support
(Mio
EURO)Associated
fees/levees
(Mio
EURO)Total
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitment
(Mio EURO)Data source17
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12
Tomatoes for
processing1 July 1999 Minimum price 88.05 7,924 345.1 345.1
Potatoes for
processing to
starch1 July 1999 Minimum price 209.8 1,864 -188.6 -188.6
19  Highest entry prices during the year taken as applied administered price
20  Prices given in EURO/hl, production given in 000 hl.
21  Calculations are split up between EC-14 and Greece:  Greece has a reduced guide price due to exceeding the maximum guaranteed  quantity.G/AG/N/EEC/38
Page 16Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1999/00
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Marketing year
beginning…Non-product-
specific budgetary
outlays
(Mio EURO)Other non-product
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support
(Mio EURO)22Data sources
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Insurance subsidies 21.0 21.0
Interest concessions 269.5 269.5
Total non-product specific 290.5
(de minimis )
22  De minimis  levels, value of total agricultural production 233.7 billion EURO.
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