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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/MOL/1/Rev.7 
10 March 2000 
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Working Party on the  
Accession of Moldova Original:   English 
 
 
    
ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA  
 
Information on Domestic Support and Export
 
Subsidies in Agriculture in the Republic of Moldova  
 
Revision  
 
 The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Moldova has submitted the revised1 following 
information on Domestic Support and Export Subsidi es in Agriculture in the Republic of Moldova. 
  
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1 Revised text indicated in bold.  
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Table DS:1 
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS: COMMITMENTS LIMITING SUBSIDIZATION  
(Article 3 of the Agreement on Agriculture)  
 
Domestic support: Total AMS Commitments  
BASE TOTAL AMS 
(million SDR) Years of implementation Annual and final bound commitment 
levels (million SDR) Relevant Supporting Tables and 
document reference 
1 2 3 4 
15.93 2000 15.293 Supporting tables: DS:4, 6,7 and 9 
 2001 14.656  
 2002 14.018  
 2003 13.381  
 2004 12.744  
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 1996 – 1998 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment -- "Green Box"  
 
 
Measure type  
Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 
2 of the Agreement on Agriculture  
Monetary value of measure in year 
in question (million SDR)  
Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
  1996 1997 1998  
a. General 
services Budgetary outlay for the National Agency for Geodesy, Cartography 
and Cadaster to apply measures to  conserve soil and to prevent 
erosion (para. 2a) 0.5 1.9 0.75 Ministry of Finance 
 Budgetary outlays for Ministry of Environment to purchase 
agricultural research equipment (para. 2a) 0.47 - - Ministry of Finance 
 Budgetary outlays for preparation of plant classi fication (para. 2a) 0.1 - - Ministry of Finance 
 Budgetary outlays for scientific research institutions providing 
research activity of agricultural specialization (para. 2a) 0.84 1.06 0.7 Ministry of Agriculture 
 Budgetary outlays for educati on, including general education 
(agricultural colleges, agricultura l university, Ph.D. studies) and 
special training (requalification of labor force) (para.  2c). 2.32 3.82 1.77 Ministry of Agriculture 
 Budgetary outlays for environmental and natural resources protection 
administrated through Ministry of Environment (para. 12) 2.1 1.8 1.8 Ministry of Finance 
f. Payments for 
relief from natural disasters Natural Calamities Law: compensation by means of debt. 
Compensations have been made on the base of the Art. 1 of the Law of the Republic of Moldova Nr. 1123 from 06.03.97 “On rectification of the State Budget for 1996”. Compensations covered 30 – 32 
per cent of the damages caused by natural calamities. (para. 8) - 41.0 - Ministry of Finance 
l.  Other Support provided through direct  payments to farmers in financial 
difficulty paid independently of production. (para. 5) 0.6 - - Ministry of Finance 
  
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Supporting table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar years 1996 – 1998 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - Special and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes"  
 
 
Measure type  
Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Article 6:2 of the Agreement on Agriculture  
Monetary value of measure in year in 
question  
Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
  1996 1997 1998  
None 
 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 1996 – 1998 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programmes - "Exempt Direct Payments"  
 
 
Measure type  
Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Article 6:5 of the Agreement on Agriculture  
Monetary value of measure in year in 
question  
Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
  1996 1997 1998  
None 
  
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Supporting table DS: 4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar years 1996 – 1998  
 
Calculation of the Total Aggr egate Measurement of Support  
Description of 
basic products Year Product specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to 
DS:7, in million SDR) Output 
(million SDR) De-minimis 
calculation 
(%) Product-specific 
Equivalent Measurement 
of Support (from 
Supporting Table DS:8)Base Total AMS 
(million SDR) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Viticulture 1996 1.41 44.1 3.2 -  
 1997 0 - 0 -  
 1998 5.2 34.9 14.9 -  
  Average = 2.2  Average = 6.0   
 Base Aggregate Measurement of Support 2.2 
Fruit Tree 1996 0.89 40.1 2.2 -  
 1997 0 - 0 -  
 1998 0 - 0 -  
    Average = 0.7   
 Base Aggregate Measurement of Support 0 
Milk 1996 4.51 70.7 6.4 -  
 1997 0.56 82.5 0.7 -  
 1998 6.30 72.8 8.7 -  
    Average = 5.2   
Base Aggregate Measurement of Support 3.8 
Livestock 1996 1.2 116.5 0.8 -  
 1997 0 - 0 -  
 1998 0 - 0 -  
    Average = 0.27   
Base Aggregate Measurement of Support 0 
  
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Cereals and 
Vegetables 1996 15.1 99.98 15.1   
 
 1997 3.6 169.7 2.1   
 1998 0 - 0   
  Average = 6.2  Average = 5.7   
Base Aggregate Measurement of Support 6.2 
Sugar beet 1996 0 - 0   
 1997 6.1 26.5 22.9   
 1998 0 - 0   
  Average = 2.03  7.6   
Base Aggregate Measurement of Support 2.03 
Pig-meat 1996 0 - 0   
 1997 5.1 15.6 33.9   
 1998 0 - 0   
  Average = 1.7  11.3   
Base Aggregate Measurement of Support 1.7 
Non Product 
Specific AMS 
(from Table 
DS:9) 1996 28.6 493.0 5.9 -  
 1997 7.39 581.8 1.27 -  
 1998 0 - 0 -  
  Average = 6.91  Average = 1.33   
Base Aggregate Measurement of Support 0 
Base Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 15.93 
Source:  National Bank of the Republic of Moldova  
 
Note:  In all Supporting Tables  Moldovan Leu (MDL)  have been converted to SDRs at the annual rates for each year of the base period separately as follows: 
1) 1996 – 100 SDRs = 673,95  MDL; 2) 1997 – 100 SDRs = 636,43  MDL; 3) 1998 – 100 SDRs = 730, 98  MDL  
 
 The annual exchange rate MDL to U.S. Dollar (US$), for the period concerned was:   
1) 1996 – 100 US$ = 460,26  MDL; 2) 1997 – 100 US$ = 462,36  MDL; 3) 1998 – 100 US$ = 536,86  MDL  
  
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Supporting table DS: 5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  
REPORTING  PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEARS 1996  – 1998  
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support  
 
 
Description 
of basic 
products  
Calendar / 
marketing year 
beginning   
Measure 
type(s)  
Applied 
administered 
price  
External 
reference price  
Eligible 
production  
Associated 
fees/levies  
Total market 
price support  
Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
(4 – 5 x 6) -7 9 
None 
 
  
 
     
 
    
 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar years 1996 - 1998  
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of  Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments  
 
 
Description 
of basic 
product  
Calendar / 
marketing 
year 
beginning  
Measure 
type(s)  
Applied 
administ-
ered price  
External 
reference 
price   
Eligible 
production  
Total 
price-
related 
direct 
payments  
Other non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(million 
SDR)  
Associated 
fees/levies  
Total 
direct 
payments 
(million 
SDR)  
Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Milk 1996      -  0  
 1997      -  0  
 1998 Grants 
(per litre)     6.3  6.3 Ministry of Finance 
 
  
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Supporting table DS: 7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar years 1996 – 1998  
  
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Othe r Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS  
 
 
Description 
of basic 
product  
Calendar / 
marketing 
year 
beginning  
Measure type(s)  
Other 
product-
specific 
budget-
ary 
outlays  
Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(million 
SDR)   
Associated 
fees/levies  
Total 
other 
product-
specific 
support 
(million 
SDR)  
Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
(million 
SDR)  
Total 
Product-
Specific 
AMS  
Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5+6) 8 9 10 11 
Viticulture 1996 Grants 1.41     - 1.41 Ministry of Finance 
 1997  -     - 0  
 1998 Grants 5.2     - 5.2 Ministry of Finance 
Fruit Tree 1996 Grants 0.89     - 0.89 Ministry of Finance 
 1997  -     - 0  
 1998  -     - 0  
Milk 1996 Note 1 to DS:7 - 4.51  4.51  - 4.51 MER 
 1997 Note 1 to DS:7 - 0.56  0.56  - 0.56 MER 
 1998 Grants (per 
litre)      6.3 6.3 Ministry of Finance 
Livestock 1996 Grants (per 
insemination 
unit) 1.2     - 1.2 Ministry of Finance 
 1997  -     - 0  
 1998  -     - 0   
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Description 
of basic 
product  
Calendar / 
marketing 
year 
beginning  
Measure type(s)  
Other 
product-
specific 
budget-
ary 
outlays  
Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(million 
SDR)   
Associated 
fees/levies  
Total 
other 
product-
specific 
support 
(million 
SDR)  
Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
(million 
SDR)  
Total 
Product-
Specific 
AMS  
Data sources 
Cereals 
and 
Vegetables 1996 Credit arrears 
foregone Note 
2 to DS:7 15.1   15.1   15.1  
 1997 Credit arrears 
foregone Note 
2 to DS:7 3.6   3.6   3.6  
 1998        0  
Sugar beet 1996        0  
 1997 Credit arrears 
foregone Note 
3 to DS:7 6.1   6.1   6.1  
 1998        0  
Pig meat 1996        0  
 1997 Credit arrears 
foregone Note 
4 to DS:7 5.1   5.1   5.1  
 1998        0  
  
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Note 1 to table DS:7 
 
 In 1996 and first two months of 1997 Mo ldova applied administered differential pri ces for electricity. The Governmental Decisi on No. 229, 1996 established 
an 0.21 MDL/kWh price level for all juridical and natural person s, except for few categories of population for whom electricity  price level was lower. One 
of those categories was milk producers who benefited from a lowe r price for electricity of 0.08 MD L/kWh, which is lower than ge neral price by 0.13 
MDL/kWh. The overall electricity consumption of the milk sector was in 1996 of 233,9 million kWh, and in 1997 – 175 million kWh  (Source: Ministry of 
Economy and Reform (MER)). In 1996 milk output counted for 681 th ousand tones at an ex-work price of 0.7 MDL/litre and in 1997 milk output counted 
for 617 tonnes at an ex-work price of 0.9 MDL/litre (Ministry of Agriculture). 
 
Note 2 to table DS:7  
 In October 1995 the Government of the Republic of Moldova cont racted a credit of US$ 30 million from International Bank for Re construction and 
Development of which $US 10 million were distributed to Fertilitate – Calarasi Stock Company to pur chase chemicals for use in 1 996 for cereals and 
vegetables growing improvement (Governmental Decision 682 from 9 October 1995). Becaus e agricultural enterprises did not pay ba ck for the chemicals 
used in due time the credit generated a debt of 94,5 million le i of the chemicals supplier Fert ilitate-Calarasi to the Governme nt. Any way, this credit was 
forgiven by the Government throug h Art. 13, par. (6) b), of the Law No. 392 “On restructuring agricultural enterprises” which e stablishes that the amount 
of debt of the agricultural enterprises to  the suppliers, when taken on by the Gove rnment, will be cancelled through compensati on with the amount of debt 
the supplier owes to the Government. In this case, the amount of  debt the agricultural enterprises from national program “Land”  considerably exceeded 
the credit arrears of the supplier, which stood at 150 155 832 lei as of 1
st of January 1999. 
 
 For the same purpose were used and in the same way were cancel led credits given by the Ministry  of Finance (G overnmental Decis ion nr. 725. From 
25 October 1995) from a claim Moldova had before Ukraine, of US$ 1.6381 million to Fertilitate – St raseni in 1996 and the US$ 4.15  million to Fertilitate – 
Calarasi in 1997. 
 Note 3 to table DS:7 
 
In 1997 the Ministry of Finance i ssued a credit of 42545,3 thousand MDL (Governmental Deci sion 162 from 24
 February, 1997) to “Tehagroleasing-
Chisinau” to purchase special tractors and equipment to improve sugar beat collection.  This credit was cancelled in the same ma nner as described in Note 2 
to table DS:7. As reported by the Ministry of Finance the total outstandi ng debt from this credit of the equipment supplier to the Government is 40583,9 
thousand MDL, as of 1 January 1999, out of  which 35,682 thousand MDL represent debt of the “Land” programme agricultural enterp rises to the 
equipment supplier. The last figure was taken into AMS calculations. 
Note 4 to table DS:7 
 
 In 1996 the Republic of Moldova received the 6th installment of the US technical credit PL-480 of 32 662,4 thousand MD L to purchase feed wheat. Through 
this credit the Government of Moldova tried to make the pig meat sector survive and st op the deterioration of the pig growing c omplexes. Same procedure 
was applied to cancel this credit.  
  
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 Page 13Note 5 explaining “grants” type of measure to tables DS: 6 and DS: 7: Grants represent budgetary outlays given: 
 
- to livestock sector (to compen sate insemination costs);  
- to viticulture sector in 1996 and 1998 (for purchasing seedling material, wire, fuel, pesticides and other materials); 
- to milk sector for all kinds of agricultura l enterprises and natural persons -  MDL 0. 50 per litre supplied to processing enter prises; and 
- to fruit tree sector (for pro ducing and testing special types of fruit tree s eedling material, for creating new fruit tree plan tations, for their maintenance till 
they get productive (4 years)). 
 
 These grants were administrated and distribut ed by the Ministry of Agriculture and In dustrial Processing on the base of reques t made by special 
committees at the district executi ve bodies. These committees were ma king request on behalf of a ll agricultural enterprises in that district providing 
activities mentioned above. 
 
   
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Supporting table DS: 8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar years 1996 – 1998  
 
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support  
 
 
Descriptio
n of basic 
products  
Calendar / 
marketing 
year 
beginning   
Measur
e 
type(s)  
Applied 
administered 
price  
Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price  
Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays  
Equivalent 
measure-
ment of 
support   
Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments  
Other 
product 
specific 
support  
Associated 
fees/levies  
Total 
monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment  
Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
None 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar years 1996 – 1998  
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS  
 
 
Measure type(s)  
Calendar / 
marketing year 
beginning   
Non-product-
specific 
budgetary outlays 
(million SDR)  
Other non-
product-specific 
support  
(million SDR)  
Associated 
fees/levies  
Total non-
product-specific 
support 
(million SDR)  
Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 (3+4+5) 7 
Irrigation 1996 6.4   6.44 Ministry of Finance 
 1997 4.1   4.1 Ministry of Finance 
 1998 4.1   4.1 Ministry of Finance 
Debt relief for entire 
agricultural sector  1996 6.91   6.91 Ministry of Agriculture 
 1997 3.29   3.29 Ministry of Agriculture 
 1998    0 Ministry of Agriculture 
 
Note:  
 
In 1996 the Ministry of Finance has credited  agricultural sector directly .  The total outstanding debt  from this credits counte d 46621.7 thousand MDL as of 
1 January 1999.  This debt was cancelled through Article 15 of  the Law No. 392 "On Restructuring Agricultural Enterprises". 
 
In 1997 the Government of the Republic of Moldova credited Tirex-Petrol Company with  a 43 million MDL credit (Governmental Deci sion No. 162 from 24 
February) to purchase and deliver to the agricultural sector fuel for spring agricultural activities.  The debt of the agricult ural enterprises to Tirex Petrol 
stood as of 1 January 1999 at 21 millio n MDL was included in the calculations.  
 
 
 
     
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Supporting table ES: 1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES 
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar years 1996 – 1998  
 
Export Subsidies: Outlay and Quantity  
 
 
Description of 
products  
Direct export 
subsidies  
Sales of stocks  
Producer 
financed 
subsidies  
Cost reduction 
measures  
Internal 
transport 
subsidies  
Total product 
specific export 
subsidies  
Quantity of 
subsidized 
exports  
Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
None 
 
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