G/AG/N/ALB/8  
 
16 October  2018 
(18-6430) Page: 1/8 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 27 September  2018, is being ci rculated at the request of the 
delegation of Albania . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and 
the relevant supporting tables) for the calendar year  2017 . 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT: ALBANIA  
REPORTING  PERIOD: CALENDAR YE AR 2017  
Current  Total Aggregate Measurement  of Support  
Total AMS commitment level  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)  
1 2 3 
  0 
 
   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: AL BANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 2017  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
ALL, thousand  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General Services      
2 (a). Research  Research expenditures funded 12 scientific institutions such as universities, 
technical institutions and other institutions involved in primary scientific 
investigation.  0 MARD   
Subtotal:  0   
2 (c). Training services  Expenditures on training services were for funding an agricultural 
mechanization school.  0 MARD   
Subtotal:  0   
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Expenditures for extension and advisory services consist of funding for an 
agricultural information centre and for a veterinary project for pest and 
diseases control.  50,860 MARD   
Subtotal:  50,860   
2 (e). Inspection services  Certification of agricultural products BIO  1,200 MARD   
Inspection services include expenditures to fund diagnostic veterinary  
services, diagnostic agricultural services, control services include veterinary, 
food and seed control and for chemicals used in agricultural laboratories for 
food/veterinary control  479,615  MARD   
Subtotal:  480,815    
2 (g). Infrastructural services  (Including those for environmental measures)  Infrastructural services 
provided funding for water supply facilities (e.g. drainage and pumping 
station), the restoration of rural infrastructure, restoration of irrigation 
systems and the small -scale irrigatio n schemes throughout the country that 
are provided by the water enterprises. Infrastructural services include 
environmental protection and conservation measures of the following types: 
dams for rivers to avoid flooding, to prevent bush fires, soil erosion,  and 
salinity of lands, etc.  488,015  MARD   
Subtotal:  488,015     
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- 4 - Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
ALL, thousand  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2 (h). Other general services  Other programmes consist of projects associ ated with central - and 
district -level administration which provide general services including the 
commission of land (i.e. involving ownership related matters such as the 
privatization of agricultural enterprises) and for dispute settlement cases 
(including cases involving joint venture arrangements with foreigners when 
there are dispute settlement issues pending). The g eneral services provided 
for the commission of land are to assist in covering court costs associated 
with land settlement, land ownership, and privatization issues.  0 MARD   
 Subtotal:  0   
13. Regional assistance programmes  These programmes consist in supporting local government for building and 
managing local markets and slaughterhouses.  0 MARD   
Subtotal:  0   
Grand Total Green Box  1,019,690    
The value of the average exch ange rate for the year 2017 is:  1 USD = 119.10 ALL.  
MARD refers to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.  
   
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: AL BANIA  
REPOR TING PERIOD: CALENDA R YEAR 2017  
Calculation of the Current Total A ggregate Measurement of Support  
Description of basic products (including 
non-product specific AMS)  
 
 Product specific 
AMS (from ST DS:5 
to DS:7)  
 
ALL, thousand  Product -specific 
EMS (from ST DS:8)  
 
 
ALL, thousand  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
 
ALL, thousand  Value of production  
 
 
 
ALL, thousand  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  Current Total AMS  
 
 
 
ALL, thousand  Note  
1 2 3    4  
Bee keeping  83,457  83,457 5,378,770 1.55%  0 (de minimis )  
Milk 260  260 52,491,217 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Medecinal plants  15,282  15,282 1,361,676 1.12%  0 (de minimis )  
Orchards  22,789  22,789 50,345,000 0.05%  0 (de minimis )  
Non-product -specific AMS(from ST/DS:9)  74,590 416,581,000 0.02%  0 (de minimis )  
TOTAL  0  
 
   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: AL BANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 2017  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non -Exempt Direct Payments  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
ALL External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
ALL Eligible 
production  Total price 
related direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
 
ALL, thousand  Other non 
exempt direct 
payments  
 
 
 
 
ALL, thousand  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
 
ALL, thousand  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
ALL, thousand  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Medecinal 
plants  CY 01-
01-
17 31-
12-
17 Investment 
premium for 
improving 
technology in 
planting and 
cultivation of 
medicinal plants      15,282  15,282 MARD   
Total 
Medecinal 
plants            15,282   
Milk CY 01-
01-
17 31-
12-
17 Support for milk 
producers      260  260 MARD   
Total milk            260   
Bee keeping  CY 01-
01-
17 31-
12-
17 Investment 
Premium for bee 
hives     83,457  83,457 MARD   
Total Bee 
keeping            83,457   
Nuts trees  CY 01-
01-
17 31-
12-
17 Investment 
premium for 
improving 
technology in 
planting new 
nuts trees      4,672  4,672 MARD    
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- 7 - Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
ALL External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
ALL Eligible 
production  Total price 
related direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
 
ALL, thousand  Other non 
exempt direct 
payments  
 
 
 
 
ALL, thousand  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
 
ALL, thousand  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
ALL, thousand  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Fruit trees  CY 01-
01-
17 31-
12-
17 Investment 
premium for 
improving 
technology in 
planting new 
arboriculture 
trees     7,965  7,965 MARD   
Vineyard  CY 01-
01-
17 31-
12-
17 Investment 
premium for 
improving 
technology in 
planting new 
vineyard      10,152  10,152 MARD   
Total 
Orchards            22,789   
 
 
   
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Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: AL BANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 2017  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure Types  Reporting Year  Non-product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
ALL, thousand  Other non -product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details)  
 
ALL, thousand  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
ALL, thousand  Total non -
product -specific 
support  
(3+4 -5) 
 
ALL, thousand  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
Drip irrigation  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 9,554    9,554  MARD   
Investment in greenhouses  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 38,611    38,611  MARD   
Collection of fruits and vegetables  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 26,425    26,425  MARD   
TOTAL  74,590   
 
 
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