G/AG/N/CHE/128  
 
14 March  2024 
(24-2299) Page: 1/10 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission from Switzerland and Liechtenstein, dated 11  March  2024, is being 
circulated at the request of the delegation of Switzerland . The notification concerns domestic 
support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the relevant supporting tables) fo r the 
calendar  year 2022 . 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment level  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  
4,257  CHF million  1,441.3  
 
    
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
CHF million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General services      
2 (a) Research   166.5  OFAG   
Subtotal:  166.5    
2 (b) Pest and disease control   51.5  OFAG/OSAV/CFL   
Subtotal:  51.5   
2 (d) Extension and advisory services   11.0  OFAG   
Subtotal:  11.0   
2 (e) Inspection services  Quality control of milk, grape crops, fruit and vegetables  2.5  OFAG/OSAV/CFL   
Subtotal:  2.5   
2 (f) Marketing and promotion services  Sales promotion  64.6  OFAG/CFL   
Subtotal:  64.6   
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Structural improvements, including land improvements (in general and in 
the event of severe weather conditions)  84.4  OFAG   
Subtotal:  84.4   
2 (h) Other general services  Family allowances for small farmers and agricultural workers (notified for 
transparency purposes)  64.3  AFF/OFAS   
Cantonal spending on agriculture: administration, land improvement and 
rural buildings, animal tending, health and social m easures  336.0  AFF  
Subtotal:  400.3    
 Subtotal General services  780.8    
6. Decoupled income support  Transitional payments  53.3  OFAG   
General direct payments: payment for services provided in the general 
interest (protection and maintenance of the countryside, safeguarding of 
the viability of rural areas), supplement to market earnings  3.8 CFL  
Subtotal:  57.1   
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters   2.6  OFAG   
Subtotal:  2.6   
11. Structural adjustment assistance provided through 
investment aids  Assistance to improve livestock breeding  35.1  OFAG/CFL   
Subtotal:  35.1     
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- 4 - Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
CHF million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
12. Environmental programmes  Biodiversity payments  332.3  OFAG/CFL   
Networking payments  116.3  OFAG   
Organic farming payments  69.4 OFAG   
Payments for the extensive farming of cereals, sunflowers, high -protein 
peas, field beans and colza  36.8 OFAG   
Payments for pasture -based milk and meat production  111.5  OFAG   
Animal welfare payments  290.0  OFAG   
Payments for pollutant emission -reducing spreading techniques  0.0 OFAG   
Payments for soil -preserving farming techniques  17.0 OFAG   
Payments for the use of precise application techniques  5.6 OFAG   
Payments for two -phase low -nitrogen swine feeding  3.3 OFAG   
Payments for the reduction of plant protection products in sugar beet 
growing, viticulture and fruit -farming  6.9 OFAG   
Payments for special ecological services (extensive production, organic 
farming, development and working of environmental compensation areas, 
animal -keeping programmes, water protection)  32.4 OFAG   
Payments for summer pasturing  130.1  OFAG/CFL   
Landscape quality payments  147.2  OFAG   
Subtotal:  1,298.8    
13. Regional assistance programmes  Open landscape maintenance payments  140.0  OFAG   
Payments for farming on sloping land  126.7  OFAG/CFL   
Payments for farming on steep slopes  10.9 OFAG   
Payments for wine cultivation on steep slopes  11.6 OFAG   
Mountain pasturing payments  106.0  OFAG   
Payments for farming in difficult conditions  159.1  OFAG   
Subtotal:  554.3    
Total Green Box  2,728.7    
General notes:  
AFF: Federal Finance Administration.  
OFAG: Federal Office for Agriculture.  
OSAV : Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office.  
OFAS: Federal Social Insurance Office.  
CFL: Government Chancellery of the Principality of Liechtenstein.  
    
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Calculatio n of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Description of basic products (including 
non-product -specific AMS)  
 
 Product -specific 
AMS  
(from ST DS:5 to 
DS:7)  
 
CHF million  Product -specific 
EMS  
(from ST DS:8)  
 
 
CHF million  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
 
 
CHF million  Value of production  
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  
 Current Total AMS  
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Note  
 
1 2 3    4  
Tobacco  6.4  6.4 13.8 46.2%  6.4  
Oil seeds  21.0  21.0 140.0  15.0%  21.0  
Soya beans  2.8  2.8 9.4 29.8%  2.8  
Other grain legumes  4.4  4.4 13.7 32.5%  4.4  
Seeds  1.5  1.5 16.0 9.7%  1.5  
Sugar beet  32.7  32.7 105.4  310%  32.7  
Cereals  15.6  15.6 410.8  3.8%  0 (de minimis )  
Milk and dairy produc e 387.3   387.3  2,775.3  14.0%  387.3   
Meat of b ovine animals  0.0  0.0 1,602.1  0.0%  0 (de minimis )  
Eggs 2.0  2.0 346.4  0.6%  0 (de minimis )  
Fruit 2.4  2.4 377.4  0.6%  0 (de minimis )  
Wool 0.6  0.6 0.2 290.5%  0.6  
Wine 0.02  0.02 652.7  0.0%  0 (de minimis )  
Meat of swine  1.9  1.9 771.5  0.3%  0 (de minimis )  
Non-product -specific AMS (from ST DS:9)  984.6  11,671  8.4%  984.6   
TOTAL  1,441.3   
 
    
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support  
Description of basic 
products  Reporting year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
CHF External 
reference price 
(generally 
from AGST)  
 
CHF Eligible production  Associated 
fees/le vies 
 
 
 
CHF million  Total market 
price support  
((4-5)*6) -7 
 
 
CHF million  Data 
sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  
Tobacco  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Price support  16,370/Tonne  8,993/Tonne  864 tonnes   6.4 OFAG   
Total Tobacco          6.4   
General notes:  
OFAG: Federal Office for Agriculture.  
    
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non -Exempt Direct Payments  
Description of 
basic products  Reporting year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
CHF External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from AGST)  
 
CHF Eligible 
production  Total price -
related 
direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
CHF million  Other  
non-exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
CHF million  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
CHF million  Data 
sources  Note  
Type  From  To           
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Oil seeds  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Crop premium      21.0  21.0 OFAG   
Total Oil  seeds            21.0   
Soya beans  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Crop premium      2.8  2.8 OFAG   
Total Soya 
beans            2.8   
Other grain 
legumes  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Crop premium      4.4  4.4 OFAG   
Total Other 
grain legumes            4.4   
Seeds  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Crop premium      1.5  1.5 OFAG   
Total Seeds            1.5   
Sugar beet  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Crop premium      32.7  32.7 OFAG   
Total Sugar 
beet            32.7   
Cereals  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Supplement      15.6  15.6 OFAG   
Total Cereals            15.6   
General notes:  
OFAG: Federal Office for Agriculture.     
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting year  Measure Types  Other product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
CHF million  Other 
product -
specific 
support (with 
calculation 
details)  
 
CHF million  Associated  
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
CHF million  Market 
price 
support 
(from ST 
DS:5)  
 
 
CHF million  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
 
CHF million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Data 
sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Total 
Tobacco          6.4  6.4   
Total Oil 
seeds           21.0 21.0   
Total Soya 
beans           2.8 2.8   
Total Other 
grain 
legumes           4.4 4.4   
Total Seeds           1.5 1.5   
Total Sugar 
beet          32.7 32.7   
Total 
Cereals           15.6 15.6   
Milk and 
dairy produc e CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Supplements for 
milk processed 
into cheese  185.2    185.2     OFAG   
Milk and 
dairy produc e CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Supplement for 
non-silage feed  30.9   30.9    OFAG   
Milk and 
dairy produc e CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Supplement for 
marketed milk  171.2    171.2     OFAG   
Total Milk 
and dairy 
produc e        387.3    387.3      
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- 9 - Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting year  Measure Types  Other product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
CHF million  Other 
product -
specific 
support (with 
calculation 
details)  
 
CHF million  Associated  
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
CHF million  Market 
price 
support 
(from ST 
DS:5)  
 
 
CHF million  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
 
CHF million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Data 
sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Meat from 
bovine 
animals  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Market price 
support  0   0.0    OFAG   
Total Meat 
from b ovine 
animals         0.0   0.0   
Eggs CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Market price 
support  2.0   2.0    OFAG   
Total Eggs         2.0   2.0   
Fruit CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Safety stocks 
(concentrated 
pome -fruit juices)  0.8   0.8      
Fruit CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Support for 
processing fruit 1.6   1.6      
Total Fruit         2.4   2.4   
Wool CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Market price 
support  0.6   0.6    OFAG   
Total Wool         0.6   0.6   
Wine CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Payment for the 
reclassification of 
AOC wine as table 
wine 0.02   0.02    OFAG   
Total Wine         0.02   0.02   
Meat from 
swine  CY 01-01-22 
 31-12-22 Market price 
support  1.9   1.9    OFAG   
Total Meat 
from swine         1.9   1.9   
General notes:  
OFAG: Federal Office for Agriculture.  
    
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure Types  Reporting year  Non-product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
CHF million  Other  
non-product -
specific support 
(include calculation 
details)  
 
CHF million  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Total  
non-product -
specific support 
(3+4 -5) 
 
 
CHF million  Data 
sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
Supply security payments: Basic payment  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 803.8    803.8  OFAG   
Supply security payments: Payment for open 
farmland and long-term cropping CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 113.6    113.6  OFAG/CFL   
Payments for keeping roughage -consuming 
animals  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 2.2   2.2 CFL (1) 
Refund of fuel tax to farmers  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 65.0   65.0 OFDF  (2) 
TOTAL  984.6   
General notes:  
OFAG: Federal Office for Agriculture.  
CFL: Government Chancellery of the Principality of Liechtenstein.  
OFDF: Federal Office for Customs and Border Security.  
Notes:  
(1) Roughage -consuming animals are cattle, horses, sheep, goats, bison, water buffalo, deer, llamas, and alpacas. The payment is not made per animal, but per 
roughage -consuming animal unit ( RCAU ) of. For further information on RCAU , please refer to the relevan t ordinance (available in German): 
https://www.gesetze.li/konso/2009264000?search_text=lbav&search_loc=abk_list&lrnr=&lgbl id_von=&observe_date=30.01.2018.  
(2) An estimate was used here as the final figure is not yet available.  
 
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