WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/EEC/25
21 June 2000
(00-2511)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification in the context of actions taken within the framework of the Decision
on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform programme on
Least-Developed and Net-Food Importing Developing Countries for the calendar year 1998
(Table NF:1 ) was received from the delegation of the European Communities on 22 May 2000.
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In accordance with notification requirements within the framework of the Decision on
Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-Developed
and Net Food-Importing Countries ( Table NF:1 ), the following provides details of the European
Communities' programmes in respect of the Decision.G/AG/N/EEC/25
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Table NF:1
Notification under Article 16:2 of the Agreement:
Monitoring of the Follow-Up to the Decision on
Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of
the Reform Programme on Least Developed and Net
Food-Importing Developing Countries: European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year 1998
(1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing
countries:
In 1998 payments for food aid and support operations reached a level of 341.7 million ECU
of which 118.8 million ECU were spent on products mobilized under the Food Aid Convention, 152.7
million ECU were transferred as aid in the form of products, support operations, early warning
systems and stockage. 70.2 million ECU were paid for transport, distribution, flanking measures and
measures to monitor implementation. Concerning food aid provided by the European Communities,please refer to the annexes.
(2) Indication of the proportion in fully gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms:
The food aid is provided on fully grant terms
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3 (iii) of the Decision:
The ACP countries
The co-operation which the EU extends to the ACP countries in the field of agriculture and
rural development has been, and is still carried out  in the context of the Lomé Convention. The broad
objective is to raise ACP countries' economic level and reduce poverty. The main objectives are not
only to intensify resource use while taking into consideration their renewal in order to raise farmers’
productive capacity and income but also to organise production and marketing more efficiently.
With the attempt to improve and to adapt continuously its contribution to development, the
EU has diversified its instruments and methods of intervention. This co-operation has therefore
evolved significantly in the last few years. Focus has been transferred from the traditional-type
intervention in specific areas to centralised action at the macro-economic level.
EU agricultural and rural co-operation in ACP countries is thus carried out through a
combination of a large number of activities like:
- Programmable aids-rural development projects;- Structural Adjustment Facilities (SAF) including the General Import Programmes (GIP)
and Sectoral Import Programmes (SIP) ;
- Non-programmable aids-Food Aid;G/AG/N/EEC/25
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- Stabilisation of Export Earnings from the Agricultural Commodities system  (STABEX);
- Projects financed via NGOs;
- Regional co-operation.
In the calendar year 1998, the total amount given to ACP countries was about 238 million ECU.
Development projects with other countries
The European Communities have a number of pluriannual development projects concerning
the agricultural sector. In the calendar year 1998 the following projects financed by the European
Union were executed:
Country Projects Expenditures
(*)
(Mio ECU)
Bangladesh Agricultural Project (CARE NOPEST) (1995-2000)  6.0
National Minor Irrigation Development Project (NMIDP) (1991-2000) 17.6
South Asia Rinderpest Eradication Campaign Support Project  7.7Improvement of Local food Grain Storage (1990-1998) 15.0Rehabilitation of Food Grain Storage (1994-1998)   2.9Agro-Forestry and Block Plantation-Brack (1997-1999)   1.5Forestry and Poverty Alleviation Programme-Proshika (1997-1999)   1.7
Food and Locally Intensified Farming Enterprises-Care (1997-2001)   1.7
Promotion of Household-Food Security (1997-2000) 1.5River Survey Project ((1991-1998)  12.6Jamuna/Dhaleshwari Left Bank Studies (1995-1998)    4.0Coastal Embankment Rehabilitation Project (1996-2004)  15.0Rehabilitation Projects (SRP) (1990-1999)  14.4
Rangpur Region Rural Development Project  28.3
PROSHIKA : Poverty Alleviation Phase V  30.0BRAC Development (1997-2003)  33.0Cereal seeds II    8.3IFADEP + Development 30.0
NNIDP irrigation development 65.0
Bolivia Rural development project  Valle de Tarija  18.5G/AG/N/EEC/25
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Country Projects Expenditures
(*)
(Mio ECU)
Buthan Integrated Pest Management Project (1993-1999) 2.6
Strengthening of Veterinary Services for Livestock Disease Control
(1992-1999)   4.0
Renewable Natural Resources- Extension Support Project    6.2
Wang Watershed Management Project (1997-2005)    9.2
Cambodia Support Programme for the Agricultural Sector (Phase II)  39.8
Colombia Rural development Tierradentro  10.9Ecuador Rural development  COTOPAXI    6.8
Egypt Kafr El Sheik Soil Improvement   8.0
Agricultural Sector Development Programme (1995-2000) 75.0Veterinary Support Programme (1995-2000) 20.0Bustan Agricultural Development Project 15.0Bardawil Lagoon Development Project   3.0
Nile Valley Regional Programme  5.0
El Salvador Rural development projects Chalatennango/Usulutan II  32.8Guatemala Rural development Programme Coatepeque, Totonicapan & Verapaz 48.3
Honduras Programme to Support Small and Medium Sized farms in the Olancho
Area (1996-2000)9.86
Programme for Agricultural Development and Land Conservation (1998-
2004)  6.9
India Coconut development Kerala 21.5
Coop. storrage in Bihar 21.2Agricultural markets in Kerala 18.9Kerala horticultural development programme  28.7Irrigation development in Kerala
Minor irrigation in Orissa11.8G/AG/N/EEC/25
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Country Projects Expenditures
(*)
(Mio ECU)
Indonesia Punggur Utara irrigation project 32.8
North Bali groundwater irrigation Water supply 10.3SARI 3.0
Laos Irrigation Project (1991-1996)   1.0
Micro projects in Luang Prahang (1996-2002) 12.8
Rural Development in the Province of Luang Namtha (1994-1999)   8.0Strengthening of Livestock Services (1997-2002)   5.7Phong Sali Forest Conservation and Rural Development (1998-2003)   9.5
Morocco Programme for Integrated Rural Development 28.4
Nepal Programme for Strengthening of Veterinary Services For Livestock
Disease Control (1996-2001)  8.7
Rural Development Programme in Gulmi and Arghankhanchi (1996-
2001)14.7
Bagmati Integrated Watershed Management (1997-2001) 12.2
Irrigation Development in Mid-Western Regions (1997-2003)   8.1
Pakistan Strengthening of veterinary services 15.6
Environmental rehabilitation In NWFP &Punjab 25.2Rural social development Programme 25.0
Peru Rural Micro-Projects 21.4
Rural Development Project in the Region Renom-Inka 10.0Rural Development Project (Majes II) 11.0Project for Women in the Rural Areas   5.0Poverty Alleviation in Rural Areas of the Chavin 16.0
Project for Integrated Rural Development in the Region of Libertad-
Cajamarca  8.5
Sri Lanka National Irrigation Rehabilitation Programme   3.3
Moneragala Irrigation and Community Development   5.7Mahalawi Consolidation Project   6.0
Dry Zone Agricultural Development   5.1G/AG/N/EEC/25
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Country Projects Expenditures
(*)
(Mio ECU)
Thailand N.E. water management & irrigation  29.0
Pilot project  for development of rubber tree cultivation    6.0CHARM Coastal habitat and resource Management    8.0
Tunisia Programme for Integrated rural Development and Management of
Natural Resources50.0
Vietnam Cao Bang-Bac Can Rural Dev. Project 19.5
Strengthening of veterinary services livestock disease control   9.0
Yemen TITTAMA V, Barquqa irrigation project   6.7
* or committed total EC contributions
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the
Decision :
None.G/AG/N/EEC/25
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Annex 1
Food Aid Provided by the European Communities
1 July 1998 - 30 June 1999
Country Product Quantity
(tonnes)Wheat equivalent
N&C America
Cuba beans, rice 5,696 9,993
Dominican Rep. split peas 1,098 2,169
El Salvador beans, maize, rice, split peas 2,919 5,230
Haiti maize, rice, split peas, wheat flour 2,747 4,314
Honduras beans, maize,  rice, wheat flour 12,394 17,133
Nicaragua beans, maize, rice, split peas 21,683 32,285
Total N&C America 46,537 71,124
South America
Bolivia wheat flour 137 137
Colombia beans, rice 362 615
Ecuador beans, maize 820 1,032
Guyana split peas, wheat flour  2,160 2,538
Peru split peas, wheat four 7,168 7,924
Total South America 10,647 12,246
Asia: Near East
Iran beans, rice 965 1,781
Iraq lentils, rice 7,901 13,450
Syria wheat flour 13,731 13,731
Yemen Rep. Of beans, split peas, wheat, wheat flour 20,270 20,671
Asia N.E. unspecified rice, wheat, wheat flour 19,340 21,719
Total Asia: Near East 62,207 71,353
Asia: Far East
Afghanistan Wheat 11,970 11,970
Bangladesh lentils, rice, wheat 363,684 367,731
Bhutan beans, maize meal, rice 2,990 4,663
China Wheat 20,930 20,930
India beans, peas, rice, wheat 73,474 83,947
Indonesia Rice 22,214 37,762
Kampuchea Dem. Rice 4,579 7,784
Korea Dem. Rep. (North) beans, maize, rice, wheat, wheat flour 118,313 165,752
Laos Rice 2,410 4,097
Myanmar Rice 460 782G/AG/N/EEC/25
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Country Product Quantity
(tonnes)Wheat equivalent
Nepal beans, rice 17,434 30,053
Pakistan beans 230 460
Philippines Semolina 2,548 2,548
Sri Lanka Rice 4,005 6,809
Thailand Beans 80 160
Vietnam Rep. Of rice, wheat flour 46,079 46,520
Total Asia: Far East 691,400 791,968
Africa
Algeria rice, lentils, wheat flour 14,484 15,370
Angola Beans, maize, rice, peas 44,818 53,561
Benin Maize 1,500 1,500
Burkina Faso Sorghum, millet, maize meal 14,667 15,567
Burundi rice, lentils, wheat flour 714 1,214
Cameroon Maize 700 700
Cape Verde Islands Maize, rice, wheat 17,264 19,958
Chad Beans, sorghum, maize 1,009 1,009
Congo Rep. Rice 1,732 2,944
Congo Dem. Rep. rice, wheat flour 9,395 11,815
Côte d'Ivoire Maize flour 1,695 1,965
Djibouti Pasta, split peas, wheat flour, unsp. 6,072 6,114
Egypt (Arab. Rep. Of.) Lentils 880 1,760
Eritrea Rice 3,528 5,997
Ethiopia Beans, maize, sorghum, wheat 383,126  386,514
Gambia Rice 959 1,630
Ghana rice, maize 480 480
Guinea Bissau Rice 2,600 4,420
Kenya Beans, maize, wheat flour 34,028 34,595
Lesotho Maize meal, split beans 556 703
Liberia Beans, wheat four, maize 30,577 32,134
Madagascar Beans, maize, rice, wheat flour 7,354 9,138
Malawi Beans, maize, wheat flour 21,873 22,082
Mali Millet, rice, sorghum 5,309 5,421
Mauritania rice, wheat flour  6,398 8,749
Mozambique Beans, maize 5,212 5,724
Namibia Beans, maize 138 138
Niger Maize, millet, rice 30,150 32,250
Rwanda Beans, maize, sorghum, wheat 76,515 95,554
Sao Tome & Principe split peas 84 168
Senegal Beans, rice, sorghum 4,753 5,898
Sierra Leone Maize meal, rice 9,428 11,315G/AG/N/EEC/25
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Country Product Quantity
(tonnes)Wheat equivalent
Somalia Beans, maize, wheat flour 6,918 8,546
Sudan Beans, maize, rice, sorghum 74,156 86,615
Tanzania Maize, rice, split peas 21,580 22,903
Uganda beans, maize, maize meal, rice 18,337 21,634
Zambia maize, rice, maize meal 11,592 12,674
Total Africa 870,581 948,759
Central/Eastern Europe
Albania wheat flour, rice, pasta 744 751
Bosnia  wheat flour 2,368 3,268
Yugoslavia Fed. Rep. wheat flour, split peas 8,202 8,587
E&Cen. Europe unspecified wheat flour 3,157 4,347
Total Central/Eastern E. 14,471 16,953
C.I.S
Armenia wheat flour 2,000 2,740
Azerbaijan wheat flour 1,540 1,540
Georgia pasta, wheat flour 1,417 1,417
Tadjikistan wheat flour 7,764 7,764
Total C.I.S. 12,721 13,461
EC TOTAL 1,708,564 1,925,864
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