WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/EEC/30
22 March 2001
(01-1396)
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 1998/99  was received from the delegation of the
European Communities  on 14 March 2001.G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1998/99
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Total AMS commitment level for 1998 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
71,765 Million EURO 46,683.0G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1998/99
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 EURO)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 centres; pilot projects and demonstration projects; salaries ofpersonnel.1,206.9 Council Regulations 154/75,
4256/88, 2075/92, 2085/93,
Directive 94/805
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.1,128.0 Commission Regulation 3868/92,
Directive 90/424
Training services (iii) Establishment of agricultural training centres; grants for course attendance; salaries
of advisors.96.1 Council Regulation 2085/93
Extension and advisory services
(iv)Establishment of inter-regional advisory centres; training and employment of
advisors.289.7 Council Regulation 2085/93
Inspection services (v) Livestock inspection services; quality control; remunerating and training of
inspectors.198.8 Council Regulation 2085/93
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.1,094.4 Council Regulations 1035/72,
867/90, 2200/96, 2202/96, 951/97
Infrastructural services (vii) Arterial drainage; collective irrigation schemes; provision of electricity and water
supply; farm roads; construction of reservoirs; flood protection.594.9 Council Regulation 950/97
Other farm services (viii) Launching services for mutual aid, farm relief, farm management, introduction of
accounting on the farm.409.0 Council Regulations 2085/93,
2801/95
(b)  Public Stockholding for Food Security Purposes 19.1
(c)  Domestic Food Aid Distribution of agricultural products to deprived persons, Schoolmilk, Consumption
aid programmes.275.7 Council Regulation 3730/87,
1842/83
(d)  Decoupled Income
SupportAgri-monetary aid. 128.6 Council Regulations 3813/92,
950/97G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 4Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value
(Mio EURO)Data Source1Comments
12 3 4 5
(e)  Income Insurance and Income Safety-net Programmes 0.0 Council Regulation 1527/95,
Commission Regulation 2921/95
(f)  Payments for Relief from
Natural DisastersCompensatory payments in respect of weather; restoration of agricultural
production potential  and natural disasters182.6 Council Regulations 1654/86,
3606/86, 2052/88, 3222/88
(g)  Structural Adjustment
Assistance providedthrough Producer
Retirement ProgrammesCompensation payments to farmers at least 55 years old leaving agriculture; Aid
for early retirement from farming.708.5 Council Regulations 1096/88,
2079/92
(h)  Structural Adjustment
Assistance provided
through ResourceRetirement ProgrammesSet-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.428.3 Council Regulations 1442/88,
2328/91, 2066/92, 3950/92,
2187/93, 2505/95, 2727/95
(i)  Structural Adjustment
Assistance providedthrough Investment AidsConstruction of processing, packaging and storage centres and equipment; land
improvement (levelling, fencing, etc.).  Aid for farm modernization grantedthrough subsidies or equivalent interest concessions; purchase of machinery and
equipment, animals, buildings and plantations etc.  Aid for young farmers.5,401.3 Council Regulations 2328/91,
2085/93, 950/97, 951/97;Directives 89/687, 91/314, 91/315
(j)  Environmental
ProgrammesProtection 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 of genetic resources in agriculture.4,965.1 Council Regulations 805/86,
2078/92, 2079/92, 2080/92
(k)  Regional Assistance
ProgrammesSpecific measures for the benefit of certain disadvantaged areas (French overseas
departments, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Aegean Islands) and other less-
favoured areas (LFA) and mountainous areas.2,041.0 Council Regulations 3763/91,
1600/92, 1601/92, 2019/93,
2081/93, 950/97
(l) Other 0
TOTAL GREEN 19,168.0
1  FEOGA financial report 1998 and national sources.G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 5Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1998/99
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 EURO)Data source2
12 3 4
Payments based on fixed area and yields
Per hectare compensatory payments to producers of maize, based on regional base areas.31,182.2
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of cereals not subject of the base area for maize, based on regional base
areas.49,372.1
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of soya beans, colza seed and sunflowerseed, based on regional base areas.42,263.7
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of peas, beans, field beans and sweet lupines, based on regional base areas.4647.2
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of non-textile flax seed, based on regional base areas.4165.5
Compensation for set-aside requirement related to the per hectare aid, equivalent to the compensatory aid per hectare for cerea ls
calculated on a regional level. 41,272.3
Supplements to per hectare compensatory payments for durum wheat producers. 4993.2
Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of rice 481.3
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).51,669.4
Special premium for producers holding male bovine animals, within regional ceilings under a reference year (special premium
beef and veal).61,297.3
Additional premium to the special premium in order to deseasonalize slaughtering (deseasonalization premium). 623.7
Compensatory payments for ewes and goats, limited per producer in accordance with reference numbers (ewe and goat
premium). 61,535.6
2  FEOGA financial report 1998.
3  See Council Regulation 1765/92.
4 See Council Regulation 3072/95.
5 See Council Regulations 2066/92 and 1357/96.
6 See Council Regulation 2069/92.G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 6Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1998/99
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 EURO)Product-specific equivalent measurements of
support
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
(Mio EURO)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
(Mio EURO)
1234
Common wheat 3,091.0 3,091.0
Durum wheat -230.4 0.0
Common wheat, maize, barley, rye, triticale,
grain sorghum20.8 0.0 (de minimis )
Barley 2,685.6 2,685.6
Maize 952.2 952.2
Rye 330.2 330.2
Oats 11.9 11.9
Sorghum 20.9 20.9
Triticale 253.8 253.8
Rice 437.5 437.5
White sugar 5,811.4 5,811.4
Skimmed milk powder 1,508.3 1,508.3
Butter 4,209.7 4,209.7
Beef 13,375.2 13,375.2
Dried fodder 307.0 307.0
Chick-peas, lentils and vetches 70.5 70.5
Olive oil 1,798.3 1,798.3
Tobacco 909.8 909.8G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 7Description of basic products
(including non-product-specific AMS)Product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below)
(Mio EURO)Product-specific equivalent measurements of
support
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
(Mio EURO)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
(Mio EURO)
1234
Bananas 177.6 177.6
Apples 1,917.5 1,917.5
Pears 550.9 550.9
Apricots 101.6 101.6
Cherries 95.9 95.9
Peaches/nectarines 400.2 400.2
Table grapes 222.8 222.8
Plums 58.7 58.7
Lemons 290.7 290.7
Clementines 183.1 183.1
Mandarins 33.4 33.4
Satsumas 21.9 21.9
Oranges 277.3 277.3
Cucumbers 588.8 588.8
Courgettes 173.7 173.7
Artichokes 224.1 224.1
Tomatoes 2,104.7 2,104.7
Wine 1,828.2 1,828.2
Seed for sowing 108.1 108.1
Hemp 25.7 25.7
Flax fibre 97.9 97.9
Silkworms 0.4 0.4
Hops 12.6 12.6
Cotton 715.2 715.2G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 8Description of basic products
(including non-product-specific AMS)Product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below)
(Mio EURO)Product-specific equivalent measurements of
support
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
(Mio EURO)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
(Mio EURO)
1234
Cauliflower/aubergines (withdrawal) 10.3 0.0 (de minimis )
Tinned pineapple 6.3 6.3
Citrus fruit for processing 108.0 108.0
Lemons for processing 35.8 35.8
Peaches for processing 66.0 66.0
Plums for processing 33.3 33.3
Pears for processing 41.6 41.6
Figs for processing 6.0 6.0
Tomatoes for processing 401.7 401.7
Potatoes for processing to starch 145.6 -168.0 0.0 ( de minimis )
Total Non-product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Table DS:9 below)0.0 (de minimis )
TOTAL:  Current Total AMS 46,683.0G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 9 Supporting Table DS:5
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1998/99
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Market Price Support
Description of basic
productsMarketing year
beginning …Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(EURO/t)External
reference price
(EURO/t)Eligible
production
(Mio t)Associated
fees/levies
(Mio EURO)Total market price
support
(Mio EURO)Data source7
12 3 4 5 6 7
((4-5)*6)-7)89
Common wheat 1 July 1998 price support 119.2 86.5 94.5 3,091.0
Durum wheat 1 July 1998 price support 119.2 148.5 7.9 - 230.4Barley 1 July 1998 price support 119.2 67.3 51.7 2,685.6Maize 1 July 1998 price support 119.2 91.9 34.9 952.2Rye 1 July 1998 price support 119.2 67.3 6.4 330.2Oats 1 July 1998 price support 114.4 112.5 6.3 11.9Sorghum 1 July 1998 price support 119.2 85.7 0.6 20.9Triticale 1 July 1998 price support 119.2 67.3 4.9 253.8Rice 1 Sept. 1998 price support 315.9 143.3 2.5 437.5White sugar 1 Oct. 1998 price support 631.9 193.8 14.2 466.4 5,754.6Skimmed milk powder 1 July 1998 price support 2,055.2 684.7 1.1 1,507.6Butter 1 July 1998 price support 3,282.0 943.3 1.8 4,209.7Beef 1 Jan. 1998 price support 3,475.0 1,729.8 7.7 13,375.2Olive oil 1 Nov. 1998 price support 3,837.7 2,851.8 1.8 1,798.3
7 Applied administered price: EC legislation; in market €s.
  Production: EC estimates.
  Fees and levies: FEOGA financial report 1999.G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 10Supporting Table DS:6
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1998/99
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of  Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments
Description of basic
productMarketing
year
beginning…Measure type(s) Applied
administe
red price
(EURO/t)External
reference price
(EURO/t)Eligible
production
(Mio t)Total price-
related direct
payments
(Mio EURO)Other non-
exempt direct
payments
(Mio EURO)Associated
fees/levies
(Mio EURO)Total direct
payments
(Mio EURO)Data source8
12 34 5 6 7
((4-5)*6))8 9 10 11
Sugar91 July 1998 Direct aid Italy
Direct aid Spain47.6
9.247.6
9.2
Dried fodder 1 April 1998 Processing aid 307.0 307.0
Chick-peas,
lentils and vetches16 Oct. 1998 Hectare aid1070.5 70.5
Bananas 16 Oct. 1998 Direct aid11177.6 177.6
Common wheat,
maize, barley,
rye, triticale, grain
sorghum16 Oct. 1998 Aid for Portuguese
producers1220.8 20.8
Skimmed milk
powder16 Oct. 1998 Aid for Portuguese
producers130.7 0.7
Withdrawal
measurescauliflower,
aubergines
1416 Oct. 1998 Compensatory payments 10.3 10.3
Citrus fruit for
processing16 Oct. 1998 Production aid 15108.0 108.0
Lemons for
processing16 Oct. 1998 Production aid 1535.8 35.8
Tobacco 16 Oct. 1998 Premium 909.8 909.8
Potatoes for
processing to starch16 Oct. 1998 Compensatory payments 145.6 145.6
8  Applied administered price:  EC legislation.
       Production: EC estimates.
       Payments, fees and levies: FEOGA financial report 1998; Member States figures.
9  Payments:  National expenditures.
10  See Council Regulation 1577/96.
11  See Council Regulation 404/93.
12  See Council Regulation 3653/90.
13  See Council Regulation 739/93.
14  See Council Regulation 2200/96.
15  See Council Regulation 2202/96.G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 11Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1998/99
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 EURO)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)
(Mio EURO)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)
(Mio EURO)Total AMS
(Mio EURO)Data source
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Common wheat 1 July 1998 Price support 3,091.0 3,091.0
Durum wheat 1 July 1998 Price support - 230.4 - 230.4
Barley 1 July 1998 Price support 2,685.6 2,685.6Maize 1 July 1998 Price support 952.2 952.2
Rye 1 July 1998 Price support 330.2 330.2
Oats 1 July 1998 Price support 11.9 11.9
Sorghum 1 July 1998 Price support 20.9 20.9
Triticale 1 July 1998 Price support 253.8 253.8
Rice 1 Sept. 1998 Price support 437.5 437.5
Common wheat,
maize, barley, rye,
triticale, grain
sorghum16 Oct. 1998 Aid for
Portuguese
producers20.8 20.8
Dried fodder 1 April 1998 Processing aid 307.0 307.0
Chick-peas, lentils
and vetches16 Oct. 1998 Hectare aid 70.5 70.5G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 12Description of
basic productMarketing year
beginning…Measurement
type(s)Other
product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther product
specific supportAssociated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
support
(Mio EURO)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)
(Mio EURO)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)
(Mio EURO)Total AMS
(Mio EURO)Data source
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Sugar 1 Oct. 1998
1 July 1998Price support white sugar
National aid5,754.6
56.85,811.4
Olive oil 1 Nov. 1998 Price support 1,798.3 1,798.3
Bananas 16 Oct. 1998 Direct aid 177.6 177.6
Skimmed milk
powder1 July 1998
16 Oct. 1998Price support
Aid for Portuguese producers1,507.6
0.71,508.3
Butter 1 July 1998 Price support 4,209.7 4,209.7
Beef 1 Jan. 1998 Price support 13,375.2 13,375.2
Withdrawal
measures
cauliflower,
aubergines16 Oct. 1998 Compensatory
payments10.3 10.3
Citrus fruit for
processing16 Oct. 1998 Production aid 108.0 108.0
Lemons for
processing16 Oct. 1998 Production aid 35.8 35.8
Tobacco 16 October 1998 Premium 909.8 909.8
Potatoes for
processing to
starch16 Oct. 1998 Compensatory
payments145.6 145.6G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 13Supporting Table DS:8
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1998/99
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support
Description of
basic productsMarketing
year
beginning…Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(EURO/t)Production
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
price
(000 t)Market
price
support
budgetary
outlays
(Mio
EURO)Equivalent
measurement
of support
(Mio EURO)Non-
exempt
direct
payments
(Mio
EURO)Other
product-
specific
support
(Mio
EURO)Associated
fees/levees
(Mio
EURO)Total
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitment
(Mio EURO)Data source17
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12
Apples 1 July 1998 Price support16588 7,432 1,917.5 1,917.5
Pears 1 June 1998 Price support 530 2,141 550.9 550.9
Apricots 1 May 1998 Price support 1,090 412 101.6 101.6Cherries 1 April 1998 Price support 1,517 323 95.9 95.9
Peaches/
nectarines1 May 1998 Price support 894 2,838 400.2 400.2
Table grapes 1 May 1998 Price support 550 2,235 222.8 222.8
Plums 1 June 1998 Price support 705 526 58.7 58.7
Lemons 1 June 1998 Price support 579 1,052 290.7 290.7Clementines 1 Oct. 1998 Price support 658 1,596 183.1 183.1
Mandarins 1 Oct.1998 Price support 295 290 33.4 33.4
Satsumas 1 Oct. 1998 Price support 295 190 21.9 21.9Oranges 1 Oct. 1998 Price support 360 3,601 277.3 277.3
Cucumbers 1 Jan. 1998 Price support 1,137 1,435 588.8 588.8G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 14Description of
basic productsMarketing
year
beginning…Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(EURO/t)Production
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
price
(000 t)Market
price
support
budgetary
outlays
(Mio
EURO)Equivalent
measurement
of support
(Mio EURO)Non-
exempt
direct
payments
(Mio
EURO)Other
product-
specific
support
(Mio
EURO)Associated
fees/levees
(Mio
EURO)Total
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitment
(Mio EURO)Data source17
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12
Courgettes 1 Jan. 1998 Price support 705 1,053 173.7 173.7
Artichokes 1 Oct. 1998 Price support 962 901 224.1 224.1
Tomatoes 1 Jan. 1998 Price support 1,151 6,516 2,104.7 2,104.7Wine
171 Sept. 1998 Guide price 38.3 90,369 1,828.2 1,828.2
Seed for
sowing16 Oct. 1998 Production aid 108.1 108.1
Cotton 1 Sept. 1998 Guide price18873.8
771.7338
1,211182.9
532.3715.2
Hemp 1 Aug. 1998 Hectare aid1925.7 25.7
Flax fibre 1 Aug. 1998 Hectare aid 97.9 97.9
Silkworms 16 Oct. 1998 Production aid 0.4 0.4Hops 16 Oct. 1998 Hectare aid 12.6 12.6
Tinned
pineapple1 June 1998 Minimum price 376.5 15 6.3 6.3
Peaches for
processing1 July 1998 Minimum price 307.6 416 66.0 66.0
Plums for
processing1 Sept. 1998 Minimum price 1,935.2 47 33.3 33.3
Pears for
processing1 July 1998 Minimum price 392.6 149 41.6 41.6
Figs for
processing1 July 1998 Minimum price 805.0 14 6.0 6.0G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 15Description of
basic productsMarketing
year
beginning…Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(EURO/t)Production
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
price
(000 t)Market
price
support
budgetary
outlays
(Mio
EURO)Equivalent
measurement
of support
(Mio EURO)Non-
exempt
direct
payments
(Mio
EURO)Other
product-
specific
support
(Mio
EURO)Associated
fees/levees
(Mio
EURO)Total
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitment
(Mio EURO)Data source17
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12
Tomatoes for
processing1 July 1998 Minimum price 93.6 7,924 401.7 401.7
Potatoes for
processing to
starch1 July 1998 Minimum price 209.8 1,660 - 168.0 -168.0
16 Highest entry prices during the year taken as applied administered price
17  Prices given in EURO/hl, production given in 000 hl.
18  Calculations are split up between EC-14 and Greece:  Greece has a reduced guide price due to exceeding the maximum guaranteed  quantity.
19  Support is calculated as aid multiplied by number of hectares receiving the aid.G/AG/N/EEC/30
Page 16Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1998/99
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Marketing year
beginning…Non-product-
specific budgetary
outlays
(Mio EURO)Other non-product
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support
(Mio EURO)20Data sources
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Insurance subsidies 35.3 35.3
Interest concessions 312.5 312.5
Total non-product specific 347.8
(de minimis )
20 De minimis  levels, value of total agricultural production 217.8 billion EURO.
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