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ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/EST/10
23 October 2003
(03-5608)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the
relevant Supporting Tables) for 2002  was received from the delegation of Estonia  on
12 September 2003.G/AG/N/EST/10
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Total AMS commitment level for period in question 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
million EEK de minimisG/AG/N/EST/10
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure taking into account the criteria
 in Annex 2Monetary value of measure in year in question
(million EEK)Data sources
12 3 4
General services Research (incl. agricultural sector research for developing agricultural
policies, applied research for plant and livestock production and veterinary
activities, applied research for land amelioration, research related tobreeding)26.14 State budget
Pest and disease control 2.00 State budget
Training, extension and advisory services (incl. farmers' training and
consultation services, Jäneda Training and Advisory Center, agriculturalextension service program and other advisory/extension activities)19.29 State budget
Inspection services (incl. inspection services concerning veterinary and food
control, food quality and safety inspection programs)72.40 State budget
Marketing and promotion services (expenditures to support participation in
exhibitions and trade fairs, expenditures for gathering market information,
promotion of cooperative actions of farmers)18.74 State budget
Infrastructure services (maintenance of amelioration structures, construction
and reconstruction of power lines for agricultural producers)9.93 State budget
Public stockholding for
food security purposesExpenditures to purchase and store reserve stocks of grain and food items 10.67 State budgetG/AG/N/EST/10
Page 4Measure type Name and description of measure taking into account the criteria
 in Annex 2Monetary value of measure in year in question
(million EEK)Data sources
12 3 4
Domestic food aid School milk programme 10.62 State budget
Payment for relief from natural disasters Compensation of damage (drought) inflicted on agricultural production or
means of production101.00 State budget
SAPARD Programme (Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and
Rural Development)162.58 State budget and
cofinancingStructural adjustment
assistance provided throughinvestment aidsLoan Guarantees provided by Rural Life Development Fund (RLDF)* 7.93 RLDF
Payment under
environmental programmesSupporting growing certified seeds in order to increase protection against
plant diseases and wild oats33.91 State budget
Agri-environment programmes (including converting to organic farming) 28.95 State budget
Payment under regional
assistance programmesLiming of acid soils in areas determined by the respective soil research
laboratories15.12 State budget
TOTAL 519.28
* RLDF is a new business name of the merged rural credit and guarantee funds.G/AG/N/EST/10
Page 5Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002
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
of the Agreement on AgricultureMonetary value of measure
in year in question
(million EEK)Data sources
12 3 4
Payments made on cereal production (Art. 6:5(a)(ii)) 77.72 State budget (b) Payments made on 85 per cent or less
of the base level of production
Payments made on milk production (Art. 6:5(a)(ii)) 109.92 State budget
Payments made on mutton and lamb meat production (Art. 6:5(a)(ii)) 2.99 State budget
TOTAL 190.63G/AG/N/EST/10
Page 6Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002
Calculation of the 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)
(million EEK)Product-Specific Measurements of
Support (from Supporting Table DS:8
below)
(million EEK)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
(million EEK)
12 3 4
Support for suckler cows 2.971- de minimis
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting
Table DS:9)21.132- de minimis
1Value of cattle production for the year 2002 as the basis of de minimis  calculation is 419 million EEK (estimated EAA data as of January 2003).
2Agricultural output for the year 2002 as the basis of de minimis  calculation is 6,220 million EEK (estimated EAA data as of January 2003).G/AG/N/EST/10
Page 7Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productCalendar year
2002Measure
type(s)Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
(million EEK)Other product-
specific support
(include
calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-specific
support
(million EEK)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)Total AMS
(million EEK)Data sources
1 234 56 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Support for
suckler cows1 January
2002Support 2.97 - - 2.97 - - 2.97 Ministry of
AgricultureG/AG/N/EST/10
Page 8Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar year
2002Non-product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
(million EEK)Other non-product-
specific support
(include calculation
details)
(million EEK)Associated
fees/levies
(million EEK)Total non-product-specific
support
(million EEK)Data sources*
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Interest subsidy for agricultural
loans1 January 2002 20.52 20.52 State budget
Insurance support 1 January 2002 0.61 0.61 State budget
Total non-product-specific AMS 21.13
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