G/SCM/N/401/LIE  
 
30 August 2023  
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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 and received on 23 August 202 3, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of Liechtenstein.  
 
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PERIOD  COVERED  2021 -2022  
 
In accordance with Article 25 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and 
Article  XVI:1  of the GATT  1994,  the Government  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 m eaning 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 GATT 1994.  
 
Due to the customs union between Liechtenstein and Switzerland, Switzerland's notification 
(G/SCM/N/401/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 b elow not covered by the 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  
 
2021-2022.  
 
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.  
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  4. Background and authority  
 
a. Law on Agriculture of 11 December 2008 (LR 910.0).  
 
b. Ordinance of 23 March 2010 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 are paid directly to the farmer.  
 
7. Amount of the subsidy  
 
Year Total amount (millions of CHF)  
2021 3.4 
2022 3.4 
 
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  
 
Farms in Liechtenstein  
 
Year Number of farms in Liechtenstein  
2021 99 
2022 98 
 
2  ROUGHAGE -CONSUMING ANIMALS  
1. Title of the subsidy programme  
 
Payments for herding roughage -consuming animals.1 
 
2. Period covered  
 
2021-2022.  
 
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 11 December 2008 (LR 910.0).  
 
b. Ordinance of 23 March 2010 concerning income contribution in the field of 
agriculture  (LR 910.023).  
 
 
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_text=lbav&search_loc=abk_list&lrnr=&lgblid_von=&observ 
e_date=30.01.2018.  G/SCM/N/401/LIE  
 
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  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 amount (millions of CHF)  
2021 2.5 
2022 2.6 
 
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  
2021 4.4 
2022 4.4 
 
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