WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/NOR/25
8 March 2000
(00-0887)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the
relevant supporting tables) for the calendar year 1998 was received from the delegation of Norway  on
25 February 2000.G/AG/N/NOR/25
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Total AMS commitment level for period
in questionCurrency 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
12,403 NOK million 10,885.5G/AG/N/NOR/25
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in
year in question
(million NOK)Data sources
12 3 4
2. General services:
Advice and promotion Small Animal Fund; Advice and promotion for small animals. Compensation for loss
during pasturing season in the mountains (f)35.6 A
Advice and promotion Research and development support scheme to fruit and berries. Research advice and
promotion (f)80.6 A
Based on OECD grouping:
Research Group 1: Research, advisory and training (Budget items 0278, 0279, 1102, 1130, 1137, and
1150.71) (a, b, d)542.0 A, G
Pest and diseases control Group 2: Veterinary services, plant and animal diseases (Budget items 1107, 1111, 1112,
1126, 1137) (a, d, e)99.6 G
Infrastructural service Group 3: Investment, land registration and land allocation (Budget items 1140, 1145, 1146,
1149) (g)69.8 G
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes:
Food security purpose Grain price support. Payment made to maintain the gap between administered and external
prices, and payment to stockholding for food security purposes723.7 A
Food security purpose Storage of meadow seed 1.7 A
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters:
Compensation for natural
disasterNatural Disaster Payment. Compensation for crop damage due to natural disasters 30.0 AG/AG/N/NOR/25
Page 412 3 4
11. Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids:
Investment aid The Agricultural Development Fund. Investment aid for structural adjustment and rural
development purposes712.6 A
Investment aid Interest concession. Investment subsidies and implementation of structural adjustment 0.5 A
12. Environmental programmes:
Environmental programmes Subsidy to Ecological Production. Subsidy to research on, and to farmers changing to,
ecological production methods28.4 A
Environmental programmes Subsidy to producers who refrain from field work on areas exposed to erosion in autumn. 98.7 B
Environmental programmes Subsidy to Summer Dairy Operations in Mountainous Regions 18.5 B
Environmental programmes Subsidy to Production on Steep Areas 34.4 B
Environmental programmes Fixed Area Support to Ecological Production 7.8 B
13. Regional Assistance Programmes:
Regional assistance Acreage Support to mountain farmers. Support limited to farmers in disadvantaged
regions.15.7 A
Other:
Social welfare Vacation and Replacement Scheme. Ref und for actual expenses during holidays and to
alleviate financial difficulties due to illness1,325.8 A
Promotion and storage Market regulation, promotion and sale. Payment made to obtain administered prices 63.7 AG/AG/N/NOR/25
Page 5Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
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
(million NOK)Data sources
12 3 4
(a)  Payments based on fixed area and yields
Acreage and Cultural Landscape Scheme (Art. 6:5 (a)(i)) 3,752.1 B
(b)  Payments made on 85 per cent or less of the base level of production
Structural Income Support to Dairy Farmers (Art. 6:5 (a)(ii)) 1,424.8 A
Regional Deficiency Payment to Milk Production
(Art. 6:5 (a) (ii))432.7 A
Regional Deficiency Payment to Meat Production
(Art. 6:5 (a) (ii))522.8 A
(c)  Livestock payments made on a fixed number of head
Headage support (Art. 6:5 (a)(iii))11,747.8 A
Total "Exempt Direct Payments" 7,880.3
1  The headage support scheme is equal to the former Man-Year support to livestock farmers listed in Supporting Table 10 in the Norwegian Schedule.G/AG/N/NOR/25
Page 6Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
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 NOK)Product-specific equivalent measurements of
support (from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
(million NOK)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
(million NOK)
12 3 4
Wheat 488.1 488.1
Barley 707.9 707.9
Oats 395.9 395.9
Milk 3,785.3 3,785.3
Beef and veal 2,096.3 2,096.3
Pork 1,641.1 1,641.1
Sheep 826.9 826.9
Poultry 578.0 578.0
Eggs 360.4 360.4
Potatoes 79.3 79.3
Fruit and vegetables 0.0 52.2 52.2
Product-Specific AMS 11,011.3
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9) - 125.7
Total AMS 10,885.5G/AG/N/NOR/25
Page 7Supporting Table DS:5
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Market Price Support
Description of basic
productsCalendar year
beginning
1 January
1998Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(NOK per
kg./litre)External
reference
price
(generally
from
AGST/…)
(NOK per
kg./litre)Eligible
production
(metric
tonnes,
million litres)Associated
fees/levies
(million
NOK)Total market
price support
(to Supporting
Table DS:7)
(million
NOK)Data sources
1 2 3 456 78
((4-5*6)-7)9
Wheat Fixed farm gate price 2.34 0.82 320,179 488.1 A, D
Barley Fixed farm gate price 1.92 0.71 585,018 707.9 A, D
Oats Fixed farm gate price 1.73 0.66 370,017 395.9 A, D, CMilk Target price 3.19 0.78 1,671.6 0.0 4,025.1 A, D, EBeef and veal Target price 36.45 13.20 90.7 112.6 1,995.6 A, D, EPork Target price 26.87 7.60 105.5 132.8 1,899.7 A, D, E
Sheep Target price 37.44 10.55 23.0 31.2 585.9 A, D, C
Poultry Target price 30.05 8.45 31.5 11.4 669.0 A, D, CEggs Target price 15.68 5.28 46.3 32.4 448.6 A, D, EPotatoes Target price 1.72 1.21 117,001 0.0 59.7 A, D, F, C
Total Market Price Support 11,275.5G/AG/N/NOR/25
Page 8Supporting Table DS:6
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of  Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments
Description of basic
productCalendar year
beginning
1 January
1998Measure type(s) Applied
administered
price
(NOK per
kg./litre)External
reference price
(generally from
AGST/…)Eligible
production
(metric
tonnes,
million litres)Total price-
related direct
payments
(million NOK)Other non-
exempt direct
payments
(million NOK)Associated
fees/levies
(million
NOK)Total direct
payments
(million
NOK)Data sources
1 2 3 4567
((4-5)*6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Milk Base deficiency payment 172.6 172.6 A
Beef and veal Base deficiency payment, meat 263.0 263.0 E
Sheep Base deficiency payment, meat 115.5 115.5 E
Wool deficiency payment 162.0 162.0 A
Total direct payments sheep 277.5
Eggs Contract Production Scheme 0 10A
Potatoes Deficiency payment to potatoes 19.6 19.6 A
1 Contract Production Scheme for eggs was abolished 01.04.1997.G/AG/N/NOR/25
Page 9Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productCalendar year
beginning
1 January 1998Measurement
type(s)Other
product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
(million
NOK)Other product
specific support
(include
calculation
details)Associated
fees/levies
(million
NOK)Total
other
product-
specific
support
(million
NOK)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)
(million NOK)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)
(million
NOK)Total AMS
(million
NOK)Data sources
123 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Wheat - 488.1 488.1 -
Barley - 707.9 707.9 -
Oats - 395.9 395.9 -
Milk Farm feed
adjustment412.4 -412.4 4,025.1 172.6 3,785.3 G
Beef and veal Transport subsidy
Farm feedadjustment30.1
192.4 - 162.3 1,995.6 263.0 2,096.3 E, G
Pork Transport subsidy
Farm feed
adjustment37.5
296.1 - 258.6 1,899.7 1,641.1 E, G
Sheep Transport subsidy
Farm feedadjustment8.4
44.9 - 36.5 585.9 277.5 826.9 E, G
Poultry Farm feed
adjustment91.0 -91.0 669.0 578.0 G
Eggs Transport subsidy
Farm feedadjustment5.1
93.3 -88.2 448.6 360.4 A, G
Potatoes - 59.7 19.6 79.3 -
Total 10,959.2G/AG/N/NOR/25
Page 10Supporting Table DS:8
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support
Description of
basic productsCalendar year
beginning
1 January
1998Measure
type(s)Applied
administered
priceProduction
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
priceMarket
price
support
budgetary
outlays
(million
NOK)Equivalent
measurement
of support
(include
calculation
details)Non-
exempt
direct
payments
(million
NOK)Other
product-
specific
supportAssociated
fees/leveesTotal monetary value of
equivalent commitment
 (to Supporting Table
DS:4)
(million NOK)Data sources
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12
Fruit, berries
and vegetablesRegional deficiency
payment47.4 47.4 A
Storage subsidy,
fruit3.3 3.3 A
Transport subsidy 1.4 1.4 A
Total Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support 47.4 4.7 52.2G/AG/N/NOR/25
Page 11Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar
beginning
1 January 1998Non-product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
(million NOK)Other non-product
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated
fees/levies
(million NOK)Total non-product-specific
support
(million NOK)Data sources
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Insemination subsidy 63.4 63.4 A
Taxes on fertilisers 165.0 -165.0 A
Taxes on pesticides 24.1 -24.1 A
Total Non-Product-Specific AMS  (To Supporting Table DS:4) -125.7G/AG/N/NOR/25
Page 12DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Data sources
A: Ministry of Agriculture (Propositions to the Parliament  No. 1 (1999-2000), No. 67 (1997-1998) and internal calculations)
B: Statens Kornforretning (Norwegian National Grain Administration)
C: Omsetningsrådet (Norwegian Agricultural Marketing Board)
D: Budsjettnemda for jordbruket (Budget Committee for Agriculture)
E: Fraktkontoret for slakt (The Meat Transport Funding Office)
F: Landbrukets Priscentral (The Agricultural Price Supporting Office)
G: Based on OECD
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