G/AG/N/PER/16  
15 December  2016 
(16-6838) Page: 1/8 
Commit tee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 21 November 2 016, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation  of Peru. The notification concerns new or modified domestic support measures exempt 
from reduction ( Table DS: 2). 
 
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  Table D S:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PERU  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures  
Exempt from Reduction  
 
 
(1) Full title of measure : Payments for Competitiveness Programme  (AGROIDEAS ) 
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference : Legislative Decree No. 1077 of 22 June 2008. 
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in : The 
provisions are consistent with the criteria in Annex 2, paragraph 2 . 
 
Annex 2: Green Box : General services . The AGROIDEAS programme grant s funding  to 
support  business management , creation of producer associations and adoption of technology 
to sustainable businesses involving  small and medium -sized agricultural, livestock or forest 
producers that form part of an organization , with a view to  enhancing  their competitiveness 
and strengthening  their market share . The programme  provides non-reimbursable financing 
that must be used  in a transparent manner for : 
 
 business management ; 
 the legal establishment of organization s not yet registered  in the  public records ; or 
 technological improvement of production . 
To secure  benefits  under the programme , an agricultural organization must first demonstrate 
its eligibility and provide a financial counterpart contribution (co-financing resources ) in order 
to ensure the  implementation and execution of viable business plans . 
 
The percentage of  co-financing provided by AGROIDEAS  generally varies between  60% and 
80% in accordance with  the total amount  of resources requested ; only in cases of support for 
producer ass ociations are organizations exempted from the co -financing requirements . 
 
Law No. 30049 of 25 June 2 013 extended the period of validity of AGROIDEAS for a further  
three  years in order to assist  small and medium -sized agricultural producers throughout the 
country  that develop their activities  in sustainable production units . 
 
(4) Cost of measure : Estimate for  2010: US$2.9 million; e stimate for  2013: US$12.9 million . 
 
(5) Date of entry into effect : 11 July 2 009 ( approval and publication of the  regulation  - 
Supreme De cree No. 014-2009-AG). The programme's period of validity  was extended 
on 25 June 2 013. 
 
(6) Period of application : Five years , plus a three -year extension . 
 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s) ): No individual product . G/AG/N/PER/16  
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  Table DS: 2 
DOM ESTIC SUPPORT: PERU  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures  
Exempt from Reduction  
 
 
(1) Full title of measure : Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Machinery  Programme  (PMAA ) 
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference : Ministerial Resolution No. 0564-96-AG of 25 August 1 996. 
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in : The 
provisions are consistent with the criteria in Annex 2, paragraph 2 . 
 
Annex 2: Green Box : General services . The Agricultura l and Agro -Industrial Machinery 
Programme ( PMAA ) was renamed the  Agricultural, Agro -Industrial and Heavy Machinery 
Programme (PMAAP ) pursuant to  Ministerial Resolution No. 0131-98-AG of 26 March 1 998. 
The PMAAP  was integrated into  the Directorate -General f or Water Resource Infrastructure of 
the Ministry of Agriculture pursuant to Ministerial Resolution No. 0799-2009-AG of 
20 November 2 009 given the need to reassess the  programme's functions following  the 
transfer of machinery from the Ministry of Agricultur e to the regional governments  and the 
consequent advisability of provisionally establish ing its administrative attachment . 
 
(4) Cost of measure : Estimate for  2009: US$0.8 million . 
 
(5) Date of entry into effect : 25 August 1 996. 
 
(6) Period of application : Programme  terminated . 
 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s) ): No individual product . G/AG/N/PER/16  
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PERU  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures  
Exempt from Reduction  
 
 
(1) Full ti tle of measure : National Food Assistance Programme  (PRONAA ) 
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference : Supreme Decree No. 020-92-PCM of 3 February 1 992. 
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in : The 
provisions are consistent with th e criteria in Annex 2, paragraph 4 . 
 
Annex  2: Green Box : Domestic food aid . The aims of the Ministry of Development and Social 
Inclusion  (MIDIS ), created pursuant to  Law No. 29792  of 20 October 2 011, are to improve 
the quality of life of the vulnerable and  poor sections of the population  and to promote the 
exercise of their rights , their access to opportunities and the strengthening of their capacities . 
It is responsible for social  programmes , including  the National Food Assistance 
Programme  (PRONAA ). 
 
Pursuant to  Supreme Decree  No. 002-2012-MIDIS of 24 January 2 012, the Council of 
Ministers authorized the MIDIS to evaluate the services  and activities  developed  on a 
temporary basis by the social  programmes under its ambit  to determine whether or not they 
should be continued . 
 
Given that PRONAA 's procedures  and mechanisms had proved unable  to ensure  the 
satisfactory achievement  of its objectives , the programme was terminated pursuant to 
Supreme Decree  No. 007-2012-MIDIS of 31 May 2 012. 
 
(4) Cost of measure : Estima te for  2012: US$231.9  million . 
 
(5) Date of entry into effect : 20 October 2 011. 
 
(6) Period of application : Programme  terminated . 
 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s) ): No individual product . G/AG/N/PER/16  
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PERU  
Notificatio n under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures  
Exempt from Reduction  
 
 
(1) Full title of measure : Agricultural Research and Extension  Project  (INCAGRO ) 
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference : Supreme Decree No. 093-2000-EF of 30 Augu st 2000. 
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in : The 
provisions are consistent with the criteria in Annex 2, paragraph 2 . 
 
Annex 2: Green Box : General services . Departmental Resolution No. 0262-2010-INIA of 
22 September 2010 provided for the appointment of the members of the  INCAGRO Project 
Closeout  Coordination Commission , in view of  the expiry  of Loan Agreement No. 7285-PE on 
31 December 2 010. 
 
Departmental Resolution No. 00021 -2013-INIA of 31 January 2 013 formalizes , through  legal 
regularization , the closure of Executive Unit No. 002-INCAGRO.  
 
(4) Cost of measure : Estimate for  2010: US$3.7 million . 
 
(5) Date of entry into effect : 27 January 2 001 (aut horization of a supplemental  appropriation 
from the public sector budget for th e Agricultural Research and Extension Project (INCAGRO) 
of the Ministry of Agriculture  - Emergency Decree No. 012-2001) . 
 
(6) Period of application : Project  terminated . 
 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s) ): No individual product . G/AG/N/PER/16  
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PERU  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures  
Exempt from Reduction  
 
 
(1) Full title of measure : "Qali Warma" National School Nutrition Programme  
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference : Supreme Decree No. 008-2012-MIDIS of 31 May 2 012. 
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in : The 
provisions are consistent with the criteria in Annex 2, paragraph 4 . 
 
Annex 2: Green Box : Domestic food aid . The aim of the "Qali Warma" National School 
Nutrition Programme is to provide a  quality  food service for pre -school children (as of 
three  years of age) and primary school children attending  State educational establishments  
throughout Peru  with a view to improving  the pupils' concentration  levels and attendance and  
retention  rates. 
 
The "Qali Warma" programme was created pursuant to Supreme Decree No. 008-2012-MIDIS 
of 31 May 2 012. 
 
Under this  programme , pupils who attend schools located in areas with high poverty levels 
are pr ovided with  two meals  per day (breakfast and lunch ) and pupils who attend schools 
located in areas with lower poverty levels are provided with one meal per day (breakfast ). 
 
(4) Cost of measure : Estimate for  2012: US$0.4 million . 
 
(5) Date of entry into effect : 31 May 2 012. 
 
(6) Period of application : Indefinite . 
 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s) ): No individual product . G/AG/N/PER/16  
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PERU  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Mea sures  
Exempt from Reduction  
 
 
(1) Full title of measure : Special Project for the Provinces of Datem del Mar añon, 
Alto Amazonas , Loreto and  Condorcanqui (PEDAMAALC)  
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference : Supreme Decree No. 010-2013-MINAGRI of 
22 September  2013. 
 
(3) Deta iled description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in : The provisions 
are consistent with the criteria in Annex 2, paragraph 2 . 
 
Annex 2: Green Box : General services . The PEDAMAALC , the aims of which  are territorial 
rural development and  social inclusion , seeks  to enhance  the competitiv eness  of agricultural 
producers and  local businesses and to support the production development of less 
economically developed farming families , inter alia . The project's  main activities are 
as follows : 
 
 develo pment and implementation  of public investment projects with a view to developing 
agricultural , forestry  and livestock production and agricultural and 
forestry  infrastructure ; 
 development  and implementation of public investment projects with a view to ensur ing 
the food security of less economically developed communities ; and 
 promotion of  producer associations and producers' articulation with the market s. 
(4) Cost of measure : Estimate for  2014: US$0.1 million . 
 
(5) Date of entry into effect : 14 February 2 014 ( approva l and publicatio n of the  operations 
manual  - Ministerial Resolution No. 050-2014-MINAGRI) . 
 
(6) Period of application : 10 years. 
 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s) ): No individual product . G/AG/N/PER/16  
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PERU  
Notifica tion under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures  
Exempt from Reduction  
 
 
(1) Full title of measure : National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR ) 
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference : Law No. 29763 of 22 July 2 011. 
 
(3) Detailed des cription of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in : 
 
Annex 2: Green Box : Other measures . The National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) is 
a government agency attached to the Ministry of Agriculture  and Irrigation  and responsible 
for implem enting the national forestry and wildlife policy through joint action  with national 
and regional authorities , indigenous and farmers' associations , the private sector and 
civil society . 
 
Law No. 29763 of 2 2 July 2 011 approved the Forestry and Wildlife Law creating the National 
Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) under the Ministry of Agriculture . SERFOR is 
responsible for promoting the sustainable use, conservation and protection of forest and 
wildlife resources, managing access to genetic resources, and  implementing Peru's 
international commitments in respect of forests and wildlife.  
 
Ministerial Resolution No. 0424-2014-MINAGRI of 2 6 July 2 014 provides for the completion of 
the merger by absorption of the Directorate -General of Forestry and Wildlife of the Ministry of 
Agriculture and Irrigation into SERFOR . 
 
(4) Cost of measure : Estimate for  2014: US$6.4 million . 
 
(5) Date of entry into effect : 18 July 2 013 ( approval and publication of the  Regulations on the 
organization and functions of the SERFOR - Supreme Dec ree No. 084-2013-MINAGRI) . 
 
(6) Period of application : Indefinite . 
 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s) ): No individual product . 
 
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