WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION                G/AG/N/SVK/42 
14 January 2004 
 (04-0110) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 The following submission, dated 19 November 2003, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Slovak Republic .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments 
(Table DS:1)  for the calendar year 2002 . 
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic  
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 I of Part IV of the Schedule) (from Section I of  Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
10,140.0  million Sk 2,036.0 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002  
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 Sk) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a) "general services"    
 1. advisory services 
2. research 
3. marketing services 6 
27 
27 
(b) "public stockholding for food security 
purposes"  - Ministry of Finance of SR and Ministry of Agriculture of 
SR from financial settlement with the State Budget  
(c) "domestic food aid"  school milk 9  
(d) "decoupled income support"  -  
(e) "income insurance and income safety-net 
programmes"  -  
(f) "payments for relief from natu ral disasters"  disaster-rela ted damage reimbursement 31  
(g) "structural adjustme nt assistance provided 
through producer retirement programmes"  -  
(h) "structural adjustme nt assistance provided 
through resource retire ment programmes"  permanent grassing 76  
(i) "structural adjustme nt assistance provided 
through investment aids"  reconstruction and modernization 789  
(j) "environmental programmes" 1. ecological procedures 
2. conservation of genetic resources 
3. bee breeding 23 
237 
66   
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Page 4 Measure type Name and description of measure with 
reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question  
(million Sk) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(k) "regional assistance progr ammes" 1. agri-tourism  
2. worse natural conditions 
 39 
3,592 Ministry of Finance of SR and Ministry of Agriculture of 
SR from financial settlement with the State Budget  
(l) "other"  conservation of riding horse breeding 80  
    
Total Green Box  5,002   
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:3 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payments"  
Measure type Name and descripti on of measure with reference to 
criteria in Article 6.5 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(million Sk) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a) "payments based on fixed area  and yields"  countervailing payments in crops production 528 
(b) "payments based on 85 per cen t or less of the base level 
of production"   
(c) "livestock payments made on a fixed number of head"  cows w ithout market milk production 2 Ministry of Finance of SR and Ministry of 
Agriculture of SR from financial settlement 
with the State Budget  
Total Exempt Direct Payments  530   
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic  
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 Sk) Product-specific equiva lent measurements 
of support 
 (from Supporting Table DS:8 below) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
 
(million Sk) 
1 2 3 4 
   
Milk powder production 2  2  
Potatoes and sugar beet 268  268  
Fresh milk 979  979  
Bulls for slaughter 84  84  
Sheep and goats 2  2  
   
Total non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting 
Table DS:9) 
  701  
Current Total AMS  2,036  
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002  
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments  
 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar year 
2002 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference price 
(generally from 
AGST/...) Eligible 
productionTotal price-
related direct 
payments Other non-
exempt direct 
payments 
 
million Sk Associated 
fees/levies Total direct 
payments 
  
million Sk Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Potatoes and 
sugar beet  Compensatory 
payments - - - - 268 - 268 
Fresh milk  Compensatory 
payments - - - - 979 - 979 
Bulls for 
slaughter  Promotion of 
production - - - - 84 - 84 
Sheep and 
goats  Promotion of 
production - - - - 2 - 2 
Total Non-Exempt Direct Payments      1,333  1,333 Ministry of 
Finance of the SR 
and Ministry of 
Agriculture of the 
SR from financial 
settlement with the 
State Budget 
 
  
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic  
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 
2002 Measure type(s) Other product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(million Sk) Other product- 
specific support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
(million Sk) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
(million Sk) Total AMS
 
 
 
 
(million Sk) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Milk powder 
production  Feeding mixture 
and substitute 
production 
subsidy 2 - - 2 - - 2 
Potatoes and 
sugar beet  Compensatory 
payments - - - - - 268 268 
Fresh milk  Compensatory 
payments - - - - - 979 979 
Bulls for 
slaughter  Promotion of 
production - - - - - 84 84 
Sheep and 
goats  Promotion of 
production - - - - - 2 2 Ministry of 
Finance of the 
SR and 
Ministry of 
Agriculture of 
the SR from 
financial 
settlement with 
the State 
Budget  
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 Page 9 Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002  
Non-Product-Specific AMS  
Measure type(s) Calendar year
2002 
 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
(million Sk) Other non-product-
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support 
(million Sk) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
 Partial insurance reimbursement  159 - - 159 
 Partial interest reimbursement from 
credits  398 - - 398 
 Irrigation  144 - - 144 
Total non-product-specific AMS   701   701 Ministry of Finance of the SR 
and Ministry of Agriculture of 
the SR from financial settlement 
with the State Budget 
 
 
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