WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/SVK/24
26 June 2000
(00-2586)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning domestic support commitments for the calendar
year 1999  (Table DS:1)  was received from the delegation of the Slovak Republic  on 9 June 2000.G/AG/N/SVK/24
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1999
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Suppor t
Total AMS commitment level for period in
questionCurrency 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)
12 3
10,562.5 million Sk 7,023.0G/AG/N/SVK/24
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1999
Measures exempt from the re duction commitment - "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to
criteria in Annex 2Monetary value of
measure in year in
question
(million Sk)Data sources
12 3 4
(a) "general services" product sale promotion
research and advisory services19
24
(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" - -
(d) "decoupled income support" - -(e) "income insurance and income safety-net programmes" - -
(f) "payments for relief from natural disasters" partial damage reimbursement 468
(g) "structural adjustment assistance provided through 
producer retirement programmes"--
(h) "structural adjustment assistance provided through 
resource retirement programmes"--
(i) "structural adjustment assistance provided through 
investment aids"--
(j) "environmental programmes" ecological procedures 68
(k) "regional assistance programmes" agri-tourism and rural development 40
(l) "other" - conservation of riding horse breeding 69
- bee breeding 2
- promotion of milk consumption by pupils 2G/AG/N/SVK/24
Page 4 Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1999
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 equivalent measurements
of support
 (from Supporting Table DS:8 below)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
(million Sk)
12 3 4
Tobacco production promotion 21 - 21
Non-product-specific support
Worse natural conditions 3,313 - 3,313
Sheep and goat breeding promotion 182 - 182Interest reimbursement from credits 58 - 58
Plant genetic sources 69 - 69
Animal genetic sources 126 - 126
Capital construction 530 - 530
Plant production arrangement 1,620 - 1,620Animal production development 1,035 - 1,035
Irrigation 69 - 69
Total non-product-specific AMS (from
Supporting Table DS:9)7,002 - 7,002
Current Total AMS 7,023 - 7,023G/AG/N/SVK/24
Page 5Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1999
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productCalendar year
1999Measure type(s) Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
(million Sk)Other product-
specific support
(include
calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
support
(million Sk)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)Total AMS
(million Sk)Data sources
12 3 4 56 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Tobacco
productionpromotionQuality
promotion
subsidy21 - - 21 - - 21 Ministry of
Agriculture of
the Slovak
RepublicG/AG/N/SVK/24
Page 6 Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1999
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar year
1998Non-product-specific
budgetary outlays
(million Sk)Other non-product-
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal non-product-
specific support
(million Sk)Data sources
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Worse natural conditions 3,313 -- 3,313
Sheep and goat breeding promotion 182 -- 182
Interest reimbursement from credits 58 -- 58Ministry of Finance of SR and
Ministry of Agriculture of SR
from financial settlement with
the State Budget
Plant genetic sources 69 -- 69
Animal genetic sources 126 -- 126
Capital construction 530 -- 530
Plant production arrangement 1,620 -- 1,620
Animal production development 1,035 -- 1,035
Irrigation 69 -- 69
Total non-product-specific AMS 7,002
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