G/SCM/N/343/LIE  
G/SCM/N/372/LIE  
26 August  2021 
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Committee on Subsidies and  
Countervailing Measures  Original:  English  
 
  
SUBSIDIES  
NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XVI:1  
OF THE GATT 1994 AND ARTICLE 25 OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES  
LIECHTENSTEIN  
The following communication, dated 24 August 2021 and received on 25 August 2021 , is being 
circulated at the request of the delegation of Liechtenstein.  
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PERIOD COVERED 2017 -2020  
In accordance with Article 25  of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and 
Article  XVI:1 of the G ATT 1994 , the Gov ernment of Liechtenstein wishes to inform that Liechtenstein 
does not grant or maintain within its territory any subsidy within the meaning of Article 1.1 of the 
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures which is specific within the meaning of 
Article 2 of the Agreement, or which operates directly or indirectly to increase exports from or reduce 
imports into its territory within the meaning of Article XVI:1 of the G ATT 1994 . 
 
Due to the customs union between Liechtenstein and Switzerland, Switzerla nd's not ification 
(G/SCM/N/343 /CHE) relating to agriculture subsidies  also covers Liechtenstein . This notification does 
therefore not include agriculture subsidies granted or maintained within Liechtenstein, except the 
two mentioned below not covered by th e aforementioned notification.  
 
AGRICULTURE  
Decoupled income support  
1  GENERAL DIRECT PAYMENTS  
1. Title of the subsidy programme  
General direct payments : payment for services provided in the general interest (protection and 
maintenance of the countryside, safeguarding of the viability of rural areas), supplement to market 
earnings  
2. Period covered  
2017-2020. 
3. General goal and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The purpose of the subsidy is to improve the income of farmers, compensate for difficult conditions 
when livestock farming in mountain area, support certain crops and to secure a socially acceptable 
development of agriculture.  G/SCM/N/343/LIE • G/SCM/N/372/LIE  
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  4. Background and authority  
a. Law On Agriculture of 1 1 December 2 008 (LR 910.0) . 
b. Ordinance of 2 3 March 2 010 concerning income contribution in the field of agriculture 
(LR 910. 023).  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Contributions (grants) . 
6. How the subsidy is granted and to whom  
Contributions a re paid directly to the farmer.  
7. Amount of the subsidy  
Year Total amount (millions of CHF)  
2017 3.3 
2018 3.3 
2019 3.5 
2020 3.5 
 
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The subsidy is in place since 2010 and payments ar e usually made in three instal ments (two down 
payments and one final payment) per year.  
9. Statistical data enabling the effects of the subsidy on trade to be assessed  
Farms in Liechtenstein  
Year Number of farms in Liechtenstein  
2005 128 
2007 127 
2009 123 
2010 118 
2013 109 
2016 102 
2017 106 
2018 104 
2019 103 
2020 99 
 
2  ROUGHAGE -CONSUMING ANIMALS  
1. Title of the subsidy programme  
Payments for herding roughage -consuming animals .1 
2. Period covered  
2017-2020. 
 
1 Roughage -consuming animals are cattle, horses, sheep, goats, bison, water buffalo, deer, llamas, and 
alpacas. The payment is not made per animal, but per livestock unit (LU) of roughage -consuming animals. For 
further information on these livestock units, p lease refer to the relevant ordinance (available in German): 
https://www.gesetze.li/konso/2009264000?search_tex t=lbav&search_loc=abk_list&lrnr=&lgblid_von=&observ
e_date=30.01.2018 . G/SCM/N/343/LIE • G/SCM/N/372/LIE  
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  3. General goal and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The purpose of the subsidy is to allow this kind of herding to compete with herding for milk 
production, thereby also contributing to the upkeeping of the countryside.  
4. Background and authority  
a. Law On Agriculture of 1 1 December 2 008 (LR 910.0) . 
b. Ordinance of 2 3 March 2 010 concerning income contribution in the field of agriculture 
(LR 910.02 3). 
5. Form of the subsidy  
Contributions (grants) . 
6. How the subsidy is granted and to whom  
Contribution per livestock units, varying between CHF 450 .- to 690. - per unit per year, paid directly 
to the stock farmer.  
7. Amount of the subsidy  
Year Total amou nt (millions of CHF)  
2017 2.2 
2018 2.2 
2019 2.4 
2020 2.5 
 
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The subsidy is in place since 2010 and payments are usually made in three instalments (two down 
payments and one final payment) per year.  
9. Statistical data enabling the effects of the subsidy on trade to be assessed  
Roughage -consuming animals in Liechtenstein  
Year Thousand livestock units  
2017 3.9 
2018 3.9 
2019 4.0 
2020 4.1 
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