WORLD TRADE             
ORGANIZATION           G/AG/N/POL/60 
13 January 2004 
 (04-0092) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 28 November 2003,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Poland .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
the relevant Supporting Tables) for calendar year 2002 . 
 
   
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Poland 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2002 
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question 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) 
1 2 3 
   
3,329 million US$ 362.69 
   
 
100 US$ = 407.95 PLN (National Bank of Poland exchange rate) 
PLN:  Polish New Zloty  
 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Poland 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2002 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
 
Measure Type Name and description of measure with referenc e to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
('000 PLN) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services    
 (i)  Extension services Education, extension and advisory services (sal aries of personnel, establishment and 
development of facilities, cost of operations).  (para. 2(d)) 185,453 National statistics 
 (ii)  Inspection services Quality control (seeds, soil), qu ality control and protection (plants).  State Inspection for 
Purchase and Processing of Agricultural Pr oducts;  salaries of personnel, cost of 
operations.  (para. 2(e)) 114,376 " 
 (iii)  Plant protection Pest and disease control m easures, salaries of personnel.  (para. 2(b)) 29,437 " 
 (iv)  Animal health control 
and protection   Supply of research materials, cost of opera tions, supply of vaccines. (para. 2(b)) 282,756 " 
 (v)  Research Improvement of production potential of plants and animals, salari es of personnel, property 
and equipment expenditure.  (para. 2(a))  159,844 " 
(b) Protection and relief from 
natural disaster Protection against, and relief from, flood a nd restoration of agricultural production. 
(para. 8) 123,752 " 
(c) Other Monitoring of markets, pri ces and trade flows. (para. 2(f)) 313  
 (vi) Structures and 
infrastructures Modernisation of rural infrastructure and environment protection. (para.11) 1,744,736  
 (vii)  State and municipal 
 governments Operations, property and equipmen t expenditure. (para. 2(g)) 144,650 " 
 (viii) Territorial, self-
 governing association of 
 agricultural producers Operations, property and equipmen t expenditure. (para. 2(g)) 6,000 " 
TOTAL  2,791,317 " 
    
  
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Page 4 Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Poland 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2002 
 
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 PLN) Product-specific measurements of 
support (from Supporting Table DS:8 
below) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
 
 
(million PLN) 
1 2 3 4 
 Common wheat 909.00 - 909.00 
 Rye 16.60 - 16.60 
 Butter 0.13 - 0.13 
 Pigmeat 268.32 - 268.32 
 Honey 9.03 - 9.03 
 Raw tobacco 1.33 - 1.33 
 Cheese 0.89 - 0.89 
Total product-specific AMS   1,205.30 
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9)   274.3 
Total AMS   1,479.60 
  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Poland 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2002 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of basic 
products Calendar year 
beginning 
1 January 2002 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
 
(PLN/tonne) External 
reference price 
(generally from 
AGST/…) 
(PLN/tonne) Eligible 
production 
  
('000 tonnes) Associated 
fees/levies Total market price 
support 
  
(million PLN) 
((4-5*6)-7 Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
Common wheat  Market Price Support 480. 00 276.40 4,261.30  867.60 National statistics 
Rye  " 330.00 306.30 561.20  13.30 " 
Pigmeat  " 6,100.00 2,574.10 76.10  268.32 " 
Honey  " 9,000.00 3,357.80 1.60  9.03 " 
Raw tobacco  " 2,300. 00 1,920.00 3.50  1.33 " 
TOTAL       1,159.6  
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Poland 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2002 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other  Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
   
Description of 
basic product Calendar year 
beginning 
1 January 2002 Measure 
type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
(million 
PLN) Other product 
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
(million 
PLN) Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)
(million 
PLN) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) Total AMS
 
 
 
 
(million 
PLN) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Common wheat  MPS - - - - 867.60 - 909.00 National statistics 
  Private storage* 41.40 - - 41.40 - -  " 
Rye  
MPS - - - - 13.30 - 16.60 " 
  Private storage* 3.30 - - 3.30 - -  " 
Butter  Private storage** 0.13 - - 0.13 - - 0.13 " 
Pigmeat  MPS - - - - 268.32 - 268.32 " 
Honey  MPS - - - - 9.03 - 9.03 " 
Raw tobacco  MPS - - - - 1.33 - 1.33 " 
Cheese  Private storage** 0.89 - - 0.89 - - 0.89 " 
TOTAL      45.72 1,159.6  1,205.3  
 
*See Council of Ministers Deci sion No.157 dated 30.07.02. 
**See Council of Ministers Decision No. 90 dated 14.05.02.  
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 Page 7 Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Poland 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2002 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar year 
beginning 
1 January 2002 Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
(million PLN) Other non-product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-
product-specific 
support 
 
(million PLN) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Interest concessions  200.0 0 0 200.0 National statistics 
Subsidies on fertilizers  53.7 0 0 53.7 " 
Subsidies on improved seed  20.6 0 0 20.6 " 
TOTAL  274.3   274.3  
 
 
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