WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/CHE/15
25 June 1998
(98-2553)
Committee on Agriculture
NOTIFICATION
On 12 June 1998, the Permanent Mission of Switzerland  transmitted to the Secretariat the
following notification concerning domestic support commitments (Table DS:1 and the relevant
Supporting Tables).G/AG/N/CHE/15
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Switzerland-Liechtenstein
REPORTING PERIOD:  1997 Calendar Year
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Total AMS commitment level for period in question 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)
12 3
4,789 Swiss francs (million) 3,445.1G/AG/N/CHE/15
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland-Liechtenstein
REPORTING PERIOD:  1997 Calendar year
Measures exempt from the re duction commitment - "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure taking into account
the criteria in Article 6.2Monetary value of the measure during the
reporting period (Sw F million)Data sources
12 3 4
(a)  General services
Family allowances for small farmers 119.7 OFAS
Family allowances for agricultural workers 23.4 OFASResearch, training and dissemination of information 98.0 OFAGDisease and epizootic control 0.8 OFAGCantonal spending on agriculture:  administration, land
improvement and rural buildings, animal tending,
health and social measures305.3 AFF
Dissemination of information (milk) 0.3 OFAG
Dissemination of information (arboriculture)* 1.6 OFAGMilk quality control 5.0 OFAGFruit and juice quality control* 0.4 OFAGGrape harvest control 1.2 OFAGG/AG/N/CHE/15
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(b)  Public stocks for food security
Guarantee stocks (potatoes) 12.0 OFAG
Guarantee stocks (apple juice concentrate)* 1.3 OFAG
(c)  Domestic food aid
Sale of potatoes at reduced prices to people in need - OFAG
Sale of fruit at reduced prices to people in need* 0.2 OFAG
(d)  Decoupled income support
Payments to owners of cows who do not market milk 93.1 OFAG
Direct additional payments:  payment for services
provided in the general interest (protection and
maintenance of the countryside, safeguarding the
viability of rural areas, supply of foodstuffs,
preservation of the basic natural environmentnecessary to life);  supplement to market earnings872.3 OFAG
(e)  Income guarantee programme and programme s providing an income security mechanism
None
(f)  Natural disaster relief payments
None
(g)  Structural adjustment assistance through programmes encouraging producers to cease their activities
NoneG/AG/N/CHE/15
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(h)  Structural adjustment assistance through programmes for the withdrawal of production resources
Relief purchasing (also regional assistance) 4.7 OFAG
(i)  Structural adjustment assistance through investment support
Assistance to improve livestock breeding 23.0 OFAG
Assistance to small farms 3.8 OFAGAgricultural structural adjustment 82.1 OFAGInvestment credits (loss of interest on the total credits
granted)67.5 OFAG
(j)  Environmental protection
Payments for special ecological services (integrated
production, organic farming, development and
working of environmental compensation areas, animal-
keeping programmes)646.8 OFAG
Egg disposal, producers' reconversion contribution 3.0 OFAG
Payments for summer pasturing 50.8 OFAGPayments for set aside pasture land and renewable raw
materials5.6 OFAG
Payments for extensive cereal production 45.0 OFAG
Payments for environmentally-friendly wine-growing
methods0.04 OFAGG/AG/N/CHE/15
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(k)  Regional assistance programmes
Non-silage allowances 63.5 OFAG
Allowances for milk processed into cheese 125.9 OFAGSupplements for the manufacture of hard cheese in the
silage area6.8 OFAG
Premiums for amalgamation in the cheese industry 2.8 OFAG
Allowances for the costs of cattle owners in mountain
and hill areas261.9 OFAG
Compensatory payments for cultivating fields under
difficult conditions98.0 OFAG
(l)  Other
(1) Marketing services:
Advertising to promote milk and dairy products 62.9 OFAGAdvertising and research to promote potatoes 0.7 RFA/OFAGAdvertising and research to promote fruit and juice* 4.5 RFA/OFAGPromotion of the sale of wines and wine products 3.3 OFAGAdvertising to promote rapeseed oil 0.4 OFAG
(2) Other:  None
TOTAL OF TABLE 3,087.7
Key: OFAS: Federal Office for Security, Bern.
OFAG: Federal Office for Agriculture, Bern.
RFA: Swiss Alcohol Board, Bern.AFF: Federal Finance Administration
*Data for the period 1 July 1996 - 31 December 1997.G/AG/N/CHE/15
Page 7Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland-Liechtenstein
REPORTING PERIOD:  1997 Calendar Year
Calculation of the current total aggregate measurement of support
Description of basic product Product-specific AMS (from Supporting
Tables D:5 to D:7 below)Product-specific measurements of
support (from Supporting
Table DS:8 below)Current total AMS
(aggregate)
12 3 4
(1) Milk and dairy products 1,027.8 1,027.8
(2) Wheat 255.5 255.5
(3) Secondary cereals (maize, barley,
oats)242.9 242.9
(4) Sugar beet 83.9 83.9
(5) Oilseeds (rapeseed and soy bean) 51.6 51.6(6) Bovine meat 614.4 614.4(7) Pig meat 789.3 789.3(8) Poultry 146.9 146.9(9) Eggs 166.6 166.6(10) Potatoes including seed potatoes 35.4 35.4(11) Cider apples 17.6 17.6(12) Cider pears 2.6 2.6(13) Tobacco 6.4 6.4(14) Other fruit (apricots) 2.5 2.5 (15) Wine growing 1.7 1.7
TOTAL 3,400.9 4.2 3,445.1G/AG/N/CHE/15
Page 8Supporting Table DS:5
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland-Liechtenstein
REPORTING PERIOD:  1997 Calendar Year
Product-specific aggregate measurements of support:  Market price support
Description of product Calendar/
marketing yearMeasure types(s) Applied
administered
price (Sw F/t.)External
reference
price (Sw F/t.)Eligible
production
(1,000 tonnes)Associated
fees/levies
(Sw F million)Total market
price support
(Sw F million)Data
sources
12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
(1) Milk 1997 Guaranteed price 845 483 3,056 75.3 1,031.0 OFAG
(2) Wheat 1997 Guaranteed price 900 281 537 77.0 255.5 OFAG
(3) Secondary
cereals:
Maize 1997 Price support 540 238 210 63.4 OFAG
Barley 1997 Price support 525 159 315 115.2 OFAGOats 1997 Price support 485 226 47 12.2 OFAGTotal 1997 Price support - - 572 190.8 OFAG
(4) Sugar beet 1997 Guaranteed price 141 70 1,181 83.9 OFAG
(5) Rapeseed 1997 Guaranteed price 1,650 713 50 46.8 OFAG(5) Soya beans 1997 Guaranteed price 1,650 842 6 4.8 OFAG(6) Bovine meat 1997 Price support 6,616 3,027 152 545.6 OFAG(7) Pig meat 1997 Price support 5,437 1,750 214 788.9 OFAG(8)  Poultry  1997 Price support 4,012 673 44 146.9 OFAGG/AG/N/CHE/15
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(9) Eggs in shell 1997 Price support 5,158 928 38 160.7 OFAG
(11) Cider apples 1997 Guaranteed price 329 117 83 17.6 OFAG
(12) Cider pears 1997 Guaranteed price 259 96 16 2.6 OFAG(13) Tobacco 1997 Guaranteed price 15,440 8,993 1 6.4 OFAG
1997 TOTAL 3,281.7
Key: OFAG: Federal Office for Agriculture, Bern.G/AG/N/CHE/15
Page 10Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland-Liechtenstein
REPORTING PERIOD:  1997 Calendar Year
Product-specific aggregate measurements of support:  Other product-specific support and total product-specific AMS
Description of basic
productCalendar year Measure type(s) Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
(Sw F million)Other product-
specific support
(including
calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
supportMarket price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)Total
AMSData sources
1 2 3  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(1) Milk and dairy
products1997 - Market price support
- Individual tax on surplus
production
Total3.2
3.2 (3.2) 1,031.0 1,027.8OFAG
OFAG
OFAG
(2)   Wheat 1997 - Market price support OFAG
- Milling premium
- Production subsidies for
difficult areas
 Total 255.5 255.5 OFAG
(3) Secondary
cereals (maize,
barley, oats)1997 - Market price support
- Crop premium for feed grains,
basic premium
- Crop premium for feed grains,
supplement for difficult
conditions
Total52.1
52.1 190.8 242.9OFAG
OFAG
OFAG
(4) Sugar beet 1997 - Market price support 83.9 83.9 OFAGG/AG/N/CHE/15
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(5) Oilseeds
     (rapeseed and
     soy bean)1997 - Market price support 51.6 51.6 OFAG
(6) Bovine meat 1997 - Market price support
- Payments to improve livestock
farming and hygiene68.8 OFAG
 Total 68.8 68.8 545.6 614.4 OFAG
(7) Pig meat 1997 - Market price support OFAG
- Swine health service 0.4
- Payments to improve livestock
farming and hygiene
Total 0.4 0.4 788.9 789.3 OFAG
(8)      Poultry 1997 - Market price support 0 146.9 146.9 OFAG
(9)      Eggs 1997 - Market price support
 - Payments for egg collection 5.9 OFAG
Total 5.9 5.9 160.7 166.6 OFAG
(10) Potatoes, 
including seed potatoes1997 - Market price support
- Seed potatoes 1.6 OFAG
- Utilization of surpluses within
the country through drying25.9 OFAG
- Utilization of surpluses within
the country through greenfeeding7.9 OFAG
Total 35.4 35.4 35.4 OFAG
(11) Cider
apples1997 - Market price support 17.6 17.6 OFAG
(12) Cider pears 1997 - Market price support 2.6 2.6 OFAG
(13) Tobacco 1997 - Market price support 6.4 6.4 OFAG
1997 TOTAL 3,440.9
Key: OFAG: Federal Office for Agriculture, Bern.G/AG/N/CHE/15
Page 12Supporting Table DS:8
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland-Liechtenstein
REPORTING PERIOD:  1997 Calendar year
Product-specific equivalent measurements of support
Description of products Calendar
yearMeasure type(s) Applied
administered
priceProduction
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
priceMarket price
support
budgetary
outlays
(Sw F million)Equivalent
measurement of
support
(including
calculation
details)Non-
exempt
direct
paymentsOther
product-
specific
supportAssociated
fees/
leviesTotal monetary
value of
equivalent
commitmentData
sources
123 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1
(7+8+9+10)12
(14)  Other fruit (apricots) 1997 - Utilization of
apricots0.8 0.8 0.8 OFAG
-  Crop renewal 1.7 1.7 1.7 OFAG
Total 2.5 2.5
(15) Wine growing 1997 - Subsidies for industrial
useOFAG
- Replenishment of
vineyards
- Measures to promote
sale of the harvest1.7 1.7 1.7
Total 1.7 1.7 OFAG
1997 TOTAL 4.2 4.2 4.2 OFAG
Key:  OFAG:  Federal Office for Agriculture, Bern.
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