WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/EEC/16
22 March 1999
(99-1139)
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 1996/97  was received from the delegation of the
European Communities  on 10 March 1999.G/AG/N/EEC/16
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities          
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996/97
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Total AMS commitment level for 1996 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
76,369 Million ECU 51,009G/AG/N/EEC/16
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996/97
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 ECU)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 centers; pilot projects and demonstration projects; salaries of personnel.416.9 Council Regulations 1054/81,
1941/81, 4256/88, 2075/92,
2085/93 and Council Decisions805/84 and 1110/94
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.1,761.3 Council Regulations, 3828/85,
716/96, 717/96, 1484/96, 1757/96and several Council Decisions
and Directives
Training services (iii) Establishment of agricultural training centers; grants for course 
attendance; salaries of advisors.1,270.6
2Council Regulations 1820/80,
1975/82, 797/85, 2088/85,
2052/88, 3669/93, 2843/94,
950/97 and Directive 72/161
Extension and advisory
services (iv)Establishment of inter-regional advisory centers; training and 
employment of advisors.328.9 Council Regulations 270/70,
2966/83 and several Council
Decisions and Directives
Inspection services (v) Livestock inspection services; quality control; remuneration and training 
of inspectors.186.9 Council Regulations 765/85, 154/75
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.604.0 Council Regulations 136/66,
1308/70, 1035/72, 355/77,
1079/77, 1939/81, 1943/81,
389/82, 2088/85, 2328/85,822/87, 1760/87, 3875/88,
789/89, 3808/89, 1195/90,
1201/90, 3763/91, 1332/92,1991/92, 2073/92, 2081/92,
2082/92, 698/93, 2037/93,
3119/93, 3669/93, 2843/94,951/97, 952/97 and Council
Decision 53/93G/AG/N/EEC/16
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Infrastructural services (vii) Arterial drainage; collective irrigation schemes; provision of electricity 
and water supply; farm roads; construction of reservoirs; flood 
protection.1,324.3 Council Regulations 1362/78,
1760/78, 1820/80, 1938/81,
1939/81, 1940/81, 1941/81,
1942/81, 1975/82, 2968/83,797/85, 895/85, 2088/85,
3828/85, 1400/86, 1401/86,
1402/86, 1118/88, 2052/88 andseveral Council Directives
Other farm services (viii) Launching services for mutual aid, farm relief, farm management, 
introduction of accounting on the farm.578.6 Council Regulations 797/85,
2843/94, 950/97
(b)  Public Stockholding for Food Security Purposes ---
(c)  Domestic Food Aid
Distribution of agricultural products to deprived persons, Schoolmilk,
Consumption aid programmes.400.2 Council Regulation 3730/87,
1842/83, 2990/82
(d)  Decoupled Income Support
Transitional aid to agricultural income, Agri-monetary aid.220.8 Council Regulations 768/89,
3813/92
(e)  Income Insurance and Income Safety-net Programmes 717.4 Council regulation 1527/95,
Commission regulation 2921/95
(f)  Payments for Relief from Natural Disasters
Compensatory payments in respect of weather; restoration of agricultural 
production potential  and natural disasters; replanting and conversion of 
frost-damaged olive groves.375.5 Council Regulations 1654/86,
3606/86, 2052/88, 3222/88,
503/89
(g)  Structural Adjustment Assistance provided through Producer Retirement Programmes
Compensation payments to farmers at least 55 years old leaving 
agriculture; Aid for early retirement from farming.1,728.2 Council Regulations 3828/85,
1096/88, 2052/88, 2079/92,
Council Directive 72/160
(h)  Structural Adjustment Assistance provided through Resource  Retirement Programmes
Set-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.1,528.4 Council Regulations 797/85,
1336/86, 1442/88, 1200/90,
1637/91, 2066/92, 404/93,740/93, 2187/93, 950/97G/AG/N/EEC/16
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(i)  Structural Adjustment Assistance provided through Investment Aids
Construction of processing, packaging and storage centers and
equipment; land improvement (levelling, fencing, etc.).  Aid for farm
modernization granted through subsidies or equivalent interestconcessions; purchase of machinery and equipment, animals, buildings
and plantations etc.  Aid for young farmers.4,971.5 Council Regulations 355/77,
1820/80, 1942/81, 1943/81,
1944/81, 1975/82, 2969/83,
797/85, 895/85, 3828/85,1400/86, 1402/82, 3974/86,
1191/89, 3669/93, 2843/94,
950/97, 951/97 and severalCouncil Directives
(j)  Environmental Programmes
Protection 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 ofgenetic resources in agriculture.4,223.7 Council Regulations 797/85,
1401/86, 1402/86, 2052/88,2066/92, 2078/92, 2079/92,
2080/92, 1467/94, 950/97
(k)  Regional Assistance Programmes
Specific measures for the benefit of certain Less Favoured Areas (French
overseas departments, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Aegean Islands)
and mountainous areas.  Compensatory allowances in Less Favoured
Areas, paid per hectare or per livestock unit.2,990.4 Council Regulations 1785/81,
1323/90, 3763/91, 1600/92,1601/92, 2019/93, 3669/93,
2843/94, 950/97
(l) Other
TOTAL GREEN 23,627.5
1  FEOGA financial report 1997 (provisional) and national sources.
2  Includes also costs for research.G/AG/N/EEC/16
Page 6Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities          
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996/97          
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 ECU)Data source3
12 34
Payments based on fixed area and yields
Per hectare compensatory payments to producers of maize, based on regional base areas.41,222.8
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of cereals not subject of the base area for maize, based on regional base 
areas.410,001.2
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of soya beans, colza seed and sunflowerseed, based on regional base 
areas.42,439.4
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of peas, beans, field beans and sweet lupines, based on regional base 
areas.4525.0
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of non-textile flax seed, based on regional base areas.496.5
Compensation for set-aside requirement related to the per hectare aid, equivalent to the compensatory aid per hectare for 
cereals calculated on a regional level. 41,827.8
Supplements to per hectare compensatory payments for durum wheat producers. 41,080.6
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).52,042.9
Special premium for producers holding male bovine animals, within regional ceilings under a reference year (special 
premium beef and veal).51,238.5
Additional premium to the special premium in order to deseasonalize slaughtering (deseasonalization premium). 539.5
Compensatory payments for ewes and goats, limited per producer in accordance with reference numbers (ewe and goat 
premium). 61,006.6
3  FEOGA financial report 1997 (provisional).
4  See Council Regulation 1765/92.
5 See Council Regulations 2066/92 and 1357/96.
6  See Council Regulation 2069/92.G/AG/N/EEC/16
Page 7Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: European Communities           
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996/97          
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 ECU)Product-specific equivalent measurements of
support
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
(Mio ECU)
1234
Common wheat 2,962.6 2,962.6
Durum wheat -237.3 0.0 (de minimis )
Common wheat, maize, barley, rye, triticale,
grain sorghum33.0 0.0 (de minimis )
Barley 2,683.2 2,683.2
Maize 936.4 936.4
Rye 295.8 295.8
Oats 12.7 12.7
Sorghum 20.1 20.1
Triticale 197.2 197.2
Rice 540.0 540.0
White sugar 5,896.1 5,896.1
Skimmed milk powder 1,660.3 1,660.3
Butter 4,209.6 4,209.6
Beef 13,787.1 13,787.1
Dried fodder 297.4 297.4
Chick-peas, lentils and vetches 70.8 70.8
Olive oil 1,872.5 1,872.5
Tobacco 1,005.3 1,005.3G/AG/N/EEC/16
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Bananas 206.5 206.5
Pigmeat 0.2 0.2
Apples 2,100.8 2,100.8
Pears 595.4 595.4
Apricots 140.9 140.9
Cherries 139.8 139.8
Peaches/nectarines 468.9 468.9
Table grapes 221.3 221.3
Plums 68.8 68.8
Lemons 384.4 384.4
Clementines 162.6 162.6
Mandarins 66.1 66.1
Satsumas 39.8 39.8
Oranges 454.1 454.1
Cucumbers 435.3 435.3
Courgettes 249.8 249.8
Artichokes 211.9 211.9
Tomatoes 4,879.9 4,879.9
Wine 1,937.0 1,937.0
Seed for sowing 92.4 92.4
Hemp 10.6 10.6
Flax fibre 107.7 107.7
Silkworms 0.3 0.3
Hops 13.0 13.0
Cotton 772.7 772.7
Grapes for processing 121.0 121.0G/AG/N/EEC/16
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Tinned pineapple 2.2 2.2
Citrus fruit for processing
(oranges, mandarins, clementines, satsumas)158.0 158.0
Lemons for processing 41.1 41.1
Peaches for processing 72.7 72.7
Plums for processing 41.5 41.5
Pears for processing 39.3 39.3
Figs for processing 6.3 6.3
Tomatoes for processing 320.2 320.2
Potatoes for processing to starch 3.7 0.0
(de minimis )
Total Non-product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Table DS:9 below)0.0
TOTAL:  Current Total AMS 51,009.0G/AG/N/EEC/16
Page 10 Supporting Table DS:5
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996/97
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Suppor t:  Market Price Support          
Description of basic
productsMarketing year
beginning …Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price (ECU/t)External
reference price
(ECU/t)Eligible
production
(Mio t)Associated
fees/levies
(Mio ECU)Total market price
support
(Mio ECU)Data source7
12 3 4 5 6 7
((4-5)*6)-7)89
Common wheat 1 July 1996 price support 119.2 86.5 90.6 0 2,962.6
Durum wheat 1 July 1996 price support 119.2 148.5 8.1 0 - 237.3Barley 1 July 1996 price support 119.2 67.3 51.7 0 2,683.2Maize 1 July 1996 price support 119.2 91.9 34.3 0 936.4Rye 1 July 1996 price support 119.2 67.3 5.7 0 295.8Oats 1 July 1996 price support 114.4 112.5 6.7 0 12.7Sorghum 1 July 1996 price support 119.2 85.7 0.6 0 20.1Triticale 1 July 1996 price support 119.2 67.3 3.8 0 197.2Rice 1 Sept. 1996 price support 351.0 143.3 2.6 0 540.0White sugar 1 Oct. 1996 price support 631.9 193.8 14.2 447.9 5,773.1Skimmed milk powder 1 Jan. 1996 price support 2,055.2 684.7 1.2 0 1,644.6Butter 1 Jan. 1996 price support 3,282.0 943.3 1.8 0 4,209.6Beef 1 Jan. 1996 price support 3,475.0 1.729.8 7.9 0 13,787.1
7 Applied administered price: EC legislation; in market ECUs.
  External reference price: OECD (as used for PSE calculations); EC legislation.
  Production: EC Commission estimates.
  Fees and levies: FEOGA financial report 1997 (provisional).G/AG/N/EEC/16
Page 11Supporting Table DS:6
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities          
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996/97          
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments          
Description of basic
productMarketing
year
beginning…Measure type(s) Applied
administe
red price
(ECU/t)External
reference price
(ECU/t)Eligible
production
(Mio t)Total price-
related direct
payments
(Mio ECU)Other non-
exempt direct
payments
(Mio ECU)Associated
fees/levies
(Mio ECU)Total direct
payments
(Mio ECU)Data source8
12 34 5 6 7
((4-5)*6))8 9 10 11
Sugar91 July 1996 Direct aid Italy
Direct aid Spain62.9
60.162.9
60.1
Olive oil 1 Nov.1996 Price gap 3,837.7 2,851.8 1.9 1,872.5
Dried fodder 1 April 1996 Processing aid 297.4 297.4
Chick-peas,
lentils and vetches16 Oct. 1996 Hectare aid1070.8 70.8
Bananas 16 Oct. 1996 Direct aid11206.5 206.5
Pigmeat 16 Oct. 1996 Private storage120.2 0.2
Common wheat,
maize, barley,
rye, triticale, grain
sorghum16 Oct. 1996 Aid for Portuguese
producers1333.0 33.0
Skimmed milk
powder16 Oct. 1996 Aid for Portuguese
producers1415.7 15.7
Grapes for
processing16 Oct. 1996 Production aid 121.0 121.0
Tobacco 16 Oct. 1996 Premium 1,005.3 1,005.3
Potatoes for
processing to starch16 Oct. 1996 Compensatory payments 165.6 165.6
8  Applied administered price:  EC legislation.
   External reference price: OECD (as used for PSE calculations); EC legislation.
   Production: EC Commission estimates.
   Payments, fees and levies: FEOGA financial report 1997 (provisional); Member States figures.
9  Payments:  National expenditures.
10  See Council Regulation 762/89.
11  See Council Regulation 404/93.
12  See Council Regulation 2759/75.
13  See Council Regulation 3653/90.
14  See Council Regulation 739/93.G/AG/N/EEC/16
Page 12Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities          
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996/97          
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 ECU)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)
(Mio ECU)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)
(Mio ECU)Total AMS
(Mio ECU)Data source15
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Common wheat 1 July 1996 Price support 2,962.6 2,962.6 FEOGA financial
report 1997
(provisional)
Durum wheat 1 July 1996 Price support - 237.3 - 237.3 "
Barley 1 July 1996 Price support 2,683.2 2,683.2 "Maize 1 July 1996 Price support 936.4 936.4 "
Rye 1 July 1996 Price support 295.8 295.8 "
Oats 1 July 1996 Price support 12.7 12.7 "
Sorghum 1 July 1996 Price support 20.1 20.1 "
Triticale 1 July 1996 Price support 197.2 197.2 "
Rice 1 Sept. 1996 Price support 540.0 540.0 "
Common wheat,
maize, barley, rye,triticale, grain
sorghum16 Oct. 1996 Aid for Portuguese
producers33.0 33.0 "
Dried fodder 16 Oct. 1996 Processing aid 297.4 297.4 "
Chick-peas, lentils
and vetches16 Oct. 1996 Hectare aid 70.8 70.8 "G/AG/N/EEC/16
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(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Sugar
1 Oct. 19961 July 1996Price support white sugar
National aid5,773.1
123.05,896.1 "
Olive oil 1 Nov. 1996 Price gap 1,872.5 1,872.5 "
Bananas 16 Oct. 1996 Direct aid 206.5 206.5 "
Skimmed milk powder
1 Jan. 199616 Oct. 1996Price support
Aid for Portuguese producers1,644.6
15.71,660.3 "
Butter 1 Jan. 1996 Price support 4,209.6 4,209.6 "
Beef 1 Jan. 1996 Price support 13,787.1 13,787.1 "Pigmeat 16 Oct. 1996 Private storage 0.2 0.2 "
Grapes for processing 16 Oct. 1996 Production aid 121.0 121.0 "
Tobacco 1 July 1996 Premium 1,005.3 1,005.3 "
Potatoes for processing
to starch16 Oct. 1996 Compensatory
payments165.6 165.6 "
15  FEOGA financial report 1997 (provisional).G/AG/N/EEC/16
Page 14Supporting Table DS:8
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities          
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996/97          
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support
Description of
basic productsMarketing
year
beginning…Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(ECU/t)Production
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
price (000 t)16Market
price
support
budgetary
outlaysEquivalent
measurement
of support
(Mio ECU)Non-
exempt
direct
paymentsOther
product-
specific
supportAssociated
fees/leveesTotal
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitment
(Mio ECU)Data source17
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12
Apples 1 July 1996 Price support18607 7,601 2,100.8 2,100.8
Pears 1 June 1996 Price support 549 2,155 595.4 595,4
Apricots 1 May 1996 Price support 1,100 549 140.9 140.9
Cherries 1 April 1996 Price support 1,528 455 139.8 139.8Peaches/
nectarines1 May 1996 Price support 900 3,190 468.9 468.9
Table grapes 1 May 1996 Price support 558 2,055 221.3 221.3
Plums 1 June 1996 Price support 718 522 68.8 68.8
Lemons 1 June 1996 Price support 590 1,338 384.4 384.4
Clementines 1 Oct. 1996 Price support 666 1,325 162.6 162.6Mandarins 1 Oct.1996 Price support 303 537 66.1 66.1
Satsumas 1 Oct. 1996 Price support 303 323 39.8 39.8
Oranges 1 Oct. 1996 Price support 366 5,471 454.1 454.1Cucumbers 1 Jan. 1996 Price support 1,153 1,021 435.3 435.3G/AG/N/EEC/16
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(7+8+9-10)12
Courgettes 1 Jan. 1996 Price support 711 1,461 249.8 249.8
Artichokes 1 Oct. 1996 Price support 972 819 211.9 211.9Tomatoes 1 Jan. 1996 Price support 1,163 14,567 4,879.9 4,879.9Wine
191 Sept. 1996 Guide price 38.3 95,750 1,937.0 1,937.0
Seed for
sowing16 Oct. 1996 Production aid 92.4 92.4
Cotton 1 Sept. 1996 Guide price20953.5
964.1300.2
927.6186.5
586.2772.7
Hemp 1 Aug. 1996 Hectare aid2110.6 10.6
Flax fibre 1 Aug. 1996 Hectare aid6107.7 107.7
Silkworms 16 Oct. 1996 Production aid 0.3 0.3Hops 16 Oct. 1996 Hectare aid 13.0 13.0
Tinned
pineapple1 June 1996 Minimum price 376.5 5.4 2.2 2.2
Citrus fruit for
processing
(oranges,
mandarins,clementines,
satsumas)1 Oct. 1996 Minimum price 141.8 1,809.9 158.0 158.0
Lemons for
processing1 June 1996 Minimum price 157.7 614.6 41.1 41.1
Peaches for
processing1 July 1996 Minimum price 273.0 585.8 72.7 72.7
Plums for
processing1 Sept. 1996 Minimum price 1,935.2 58.1 41.5 41.5
Pears for
processing15 July 1996 Minimum price 392.6 140.7 39.3 39.3G/AG/N/EEC/16
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(7+8+9-10)12
Figs for
processing1 July 1996 Minimum price 805.0 15.8 6.3 6.3
Tomatoes for
processing1 July 1996 Minimum price 95.5 6,278 320.2 320.2
Potatoes for
processing to
starch1 July 1996 Minimum price 209.8 1,600 - 161.9 165.6 3.7
16  EUROSTAT figures for production of fresh fruit and vegetables.
17  FEOGA financial report 1997 (provisional).
18  Highest entry prices during the year taken as applied administered price.
19  Prices given in ECU/hl, production given in 000 hl.
20  Calculations are split up between EC-14 and Greece.  Greece has a reduced guide price due to exceeding the maximum guaranteed  quantity.
21  Support is calculated as aid multiplied by number of hectares receiving the aid.G/AG/N/EEC/16
Page 17Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities          
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996/97          
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Marketing year
beginning…Non-product-
specific budgetary
outlays
(Mio ECU)Other non-product
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support
(Mio ECU)Data sources
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Fertilizer subsidies 1 Jan. 1996 1.3 1.3
Insurance subsidies 1 Jan. 1996 101.9 101.9
Interest concessions 599.1 599.1Other 8.3 8.3Total non-product specific 710.6
(de minimis )
De minimis  level, value of total agricultural production 219.7 billion ECU.
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