G/AG/N/CHE/63  
13 September 2013  
(13-4850)  Page: 1/13  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: French  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 3 September 2013,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Switzerland . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  
and the relevant Supporting Tables) for the calendar year 2011. 
 
   
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- 2 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2011 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Total AMS commitment level 
for period in question 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 
4,257 CHF (million) 2,375.0 
   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND – LIECHTENSTEIN 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2011 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment – "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and desc ription of measure with 
reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(CHF million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services    
 (a) Research 67.2 OFAG 
 (b) Pest and disease control 3.1 OFAG/OVF/CFL 
 (c) Training services -  
 (d) Extension and advisory services 12.0 OFAG 
 (e) Inspection services: quality control of milk, grape crops and fruit 5.6 OFAG/OVF/CFL 
 (f) Marketing and promotion services: sales promotion 55.6 OFAG/CFL 
 (g) Infrastructural services: structural improvements, including land improvements 
(in general and in the event of severe weather conditions) 83.0 OFAG 
 Other general services:   
  Family allowances for small farmers and agricultural workers (notified for 
transparency purposes) 88.4 DFF/CdC 
  Cantonal spending on agriculture: administration, land improvement and rural 
buildings, animal tending, health and social measures 313.6 AFF   
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- 4 - Measure type Name and desc ription of measure with 
reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(CHF million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(b) Public stockholding for food security purposes   
 None -  
(c) Domestic food aid   
 None -  
(d) Decoupled income support   
 Payments for herding roughage-consuming animals 507.9 OFAG/CFL 
 General direct payments (according to surface area): payment for services provided 
in the general interest (protection and maintenance of the countryside, safeguarding of the viability of rural areas, supply of foodstuffs, and preservation of the basic 
natural environment necessary to life) 1,214.4 OFAG/CFL 
(e) Income insurance and income safety-net programmes  
 None -  
(f) Payments for relief from natural disasters   
 None -  
(g) Structural adjustment a ssistance provided through pr oducer retirement programmes  
 None -  
(h) Structural adjustment a ssistance provided through re source retirement programmes  
 None -  
(i) Structural adjustment  assistance provided through investment aids   
 Assistance to improve livestock breeding 35.5 OFAG/CFL 
 Assistance to small farms (loss of interest on total credits granted) 0.9 OFAG 
 Investment credits (loss of interest on total credits granted) 13.0 OFAG 
 Payments for vineyard reconversion 0.6 OFAG   
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- 5 - Measure type Name and desc ription of measure with 
reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(CHF million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(j) Environmental programmes    
 Payments for special ecological services (extensive production, organic farming, 
development and working of environmental compensation areas, animal-keeping programmes) 517.1 OFAG/CFL 
 Payments for summer pasturing 101.6 OFAG/CFL 
(k) Regional assistance programmes   
 Non-silage allowances 32.5 OFAG 
 Allowances for milk processed into cheese 259.5 OFAG 
 Payments for herding animals under difficult conditions 352.0 OFAG/CFL 
 Payments for farming on steep slopes (inc luding wine cultivation on steep slopes) 114.15 OFAG/CFL 
(l) Other    
 None -  
TOTAL FOR TABLE 3,777.62  
Key: 
AFF: Federal Finance Administration 
OFAG: Federal Office for Agriculture OVF: Federal Veterinary Office DFF/CdC: Federal Finance Departmen t/Central Compensation Office 
CFL: Government Chancellery of the Principality of Liechtenstein   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND – LIECHTENSTEIN 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2011 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Description of basic products 
(including non-product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Tables 
DS:5 to DS:7 below) 
(CHF million)  Product-specific 
measurements of support  
(from Supporting Table 
DS:8 below) 
(CHF million) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
 
(CHF million) 
1 2 3 4 
(1) Milk and milk products  501.1   501.1  
(2) Wheat 121.1  121.1 
(3) Secondary cereals (maize, barley, oats) 53.9  53.9 
(3)a Pulses 6.0  6.0 
(3)b Fibre plants 0.2  0.2 
(4) Sugar beet 5.7  5.7 
(5) Oilseeds (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed) 39.4  39.4 
(6) Bovine meat 827.3  827.3 
(7) Meat of swine 450.6  450.6 
(8) Poultry 203.0  203.0 
(9) Eggs 1.8  1.8 
(10) Potatoes including seed potatoes 119.5  119.5 
(11) Cider apples 30.9  30.9   
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- 7 - Description of basic products 
(including non-product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Tables 
DS:5 to DS:7 below) 
(CHF million)  Product-specific 
measurements of support  
(from Supporting Table 
DS:8 below) 
(CHF million) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
 
(CHF million) 
(12) Cider pears 2.5  2.5 
(13) Tobacco 8.4  8.4 
(14) Wool 0.7  0.7 
(15) Vegetables 2.9  2.9 
Total for table 2,375.0  2,375.0 
 
   
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND – LIECHTENSTEIN 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2011 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support 
Description of basic 
products Calendar/ 
marketing year Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
(CHF/tonne)  External 
reference 
price 
(CHF/tonne)  Eligible 
production  
 
(thousand 
tonnes) Associated 
fees/levies 
(CHF million) Total market 
price support 
 
(CHF million) Data 
source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
(1) Milk 2011 Price support 627 483 3,472.0  500.0 OFAG 
(2) Wheat 2011 Price support 495 281 565.9  121.1 OFAG 
(3) Secondary cereals:         
Maize 2011 Price support 365 238 151.0  19.2 OFAG 
Barley 2011 Price support 345 159 183.0  34.0 OFAG 
Oats 2011 Price support 305 226 8.7  0.7 OFAG 
Total       53.9  
(3)a Pulses 2011 Price support 380 238 15.4  2.2 OFAG 
(3)b Fibre plants 2011 Price support 140 150 2.0  0.0 OFAG 
(4) Sugar beet 2011 Price support 53 70 1,828.0  -31.1 OFAG   
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- 9 - Description of basic 
products Calendar/ 
marketing year Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
(CHF/tonne)  External 
reference 
price 
(CHF/tonne)  Eligible 
production  
 
(thousand 
tonnes) Associated 
fees/levies 
(CHF million) Total market 
price support 
 
(CHF million) Data 
source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
(5) Oilseeds:         
Rape-seed 2011 Price support 906 713 70.3  13.6 OFAG 
Soya beans/ 
Sunflower seed 2011 Price support 843 842 13.2  0.0 OFAG 
Total       13.6  
(6) Bovine meat 2011 Price support 8,804 3,027 143.2  827.3 OFAG 
(7) Meat of swine 2011 Price support 3,566 1,750 247.9  450.2 OFAG 
(8) Poultry 2011 Price support 3,461 673 72.8  203.0 OFAG 
(9) Eggs in shell 2011 Price support - 928 -  0.0 OFAG 
(10) Potatoes         
(a) Seed potatoes 2011 Price support 708 405 24.0  7.3 OFAG 
(b) Other 2011 Price support 418 200 515.0  112.3  OFAG  
Total       119.5  
(11) Cider apples 2011 Price support 300 117 166.3  30.4 OFAG 
(12) Cider pears 2011 Price support 228 96 18.4  2.4 OFAG 
(13) Tobacco 2011 Price support 15,810 8,993 1.2  8.4 OFAG 
Total for table       2,300.9  
Key: 
OFAG: Federal Office for Agriculture, Bern   
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND – LIECHTENSTEIN 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2011 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
Description of 
basic products Calendar 
year 
2011 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
 
(CHF/tonne) External 
reference price 
 
(CHF/tonne) Eligible 
production 
 
(thousand 
tonnes) Total  
price-related 
direct payments 
 
(CHF million) Other  
non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(CHF million) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
(CHF million) Total direct 
payments 
 
 
(CHF million) Data 
source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6)  8 9 10 
(7+8-9)  11 
(15) Vegetables 2011 One-off payment 
in connection with 
EHEC outbreak      2.9  2.9 OFAG 
Total for table        2.9  2.9  
   
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- 11 - Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2011 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar 
year Measure type(s) Other  
product-specific 
budgetary outlays  
 
(CHF million) Other  
product-specific 
support (include 
calculation details)  
(CHF million) Associated 
fees/levies 
  
(CHF million)Total
 other  
product-specific  
support 
(CHF million) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
(CHF million)  Non-exempt 
direct payments  
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
(CHF million) Total AMS  
 
  
(CHF million)
 Data source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
(1) MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS 
 2011 Market price support 1.1    500.0   OFAG/CFL 
  TOTAL 1.1 0.0 0.0 1.1 500.0 0.0 501.1  
(2) WHEAT 
 2011 Market price support     121.1   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 121.1 0.0 121.1  
(3) SECONDARY CEREALS (maize, barley, oats) 
 2011 Market price support     53.9   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 53.9 0. 0 53.9  
(3)a Pulses 2011 Market price support     2.2   OFAG 
  Crop premium for pulses 3.8       OFAG 
  TOTAL 3.8 0.0 0.0 3.8 2.2 0. 0 6.0  
(3)b Fibre plants 2011 Market price support     0.0   OFAG 
  Crop premium for fibre plants 0.2       OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0. 0 0.2  
(4) SUGAR BEET 
 2011 Market price support     -31.1   OFAG 
  Crop premium for sugar beet 36.8        
  TOTAL 36.8 0.0 0.0 36. 8 -31.1 0.0 5.7 OFAG   
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- 12 - Description 
of basic 
products Calendar 
year Measure type(s) Other  
product-specific 
budgetary outlays  
 
(CHF million) Other  
product-specific 
support (include 
calculation details)  
(CHF million) Associated 
fees/levies 
  
(CHF million)Total
 other  
product-specific  
support 
(CHF million) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
(CHF million)  Non-exempt 
direct payments  
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
(CHF million) Total AMS  
 
  
(CHF million)
 Data source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
(5) OILSEEDS (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed) 
 2011 Market price support     13.6   OFAG 
  Crop premium for oilseeds 25.8       OFAG 
  TOTAL 25.8 0.0 0.0 25.8 13.6 0. 0 39.4  
(6) BOVINE MEAT 
 2011 Market price support     827.3   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 827.3 0.0 827.3  
(7) MEAT OF SWINE 
 2011 Market price support     450.2   OFAG 
  Swine health service 0.4       OVF 
  TOTAL 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 450.2 0.0 450.6  
(8) POULTRY 
 2011 Market price support     203.0   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 203.0 0.0 203.0  
(9) EGGS 
 2011 Market price support     0.0   OFAG 
  Budget support 1.8       OFAG 
  TOTAL 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0. 0 1.8  
(10) POTATOES INCLUDING SEED POTATOES 
 2011 Market price support     119.5   OFAG 
  Support for seed potatoes 0.0        
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 119.5 0.0 119.5  
(11) CIDER APPLES 
 2011 Market price support     30.4   OFAG 
  Guarantee stocks 
(concentrated fruit juice) 0.5       OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 30.4 0. 0 30.9    
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- 13 - Description 
of basic 
products Calendar 
year Measure type(s) Other  
product-specific 
budgetary outlays  
 
(CHF million) Other  
product-specific 
support (include 
calculation details)  
(CHF million) Associated 
fees/levies 
  
(CHF million)Total
 other  
product-specific  
support 
(CHF million) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
(CHF million)  Non-exempt 
direct payments  
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
(CHF million) Total AMS  
 
  
(CHF million)
 Data source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
(12) CIDER PEARS 
 2011 Market price support     2.4   OFAG 
  Guarantee stocks 
(concentrated fruit juice) 0.1       OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.4 0. 0 2.5  
(13) TOBACCO 
 2011 Market price support     8.4   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.4 0. 0 8.4  
(14) WOOL 
 2011 Utilization of sheep's wool 
- support per kg of wool 
(CHF2.0/kg for 137 tonnes) 
 
- support for innovative 
projects  
    
 
0.5  
 
0.2 
((2.0*100,000)/ 
1,000,000) 
       OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.0 0. 0 0.7  
(15) VEGETABLES 
 2011 One-off payment in 
connection with EHEC 
outbreak      2.9  OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 2.9  
  TOTAL FOR TABLE       2,375.0  
 
Key: 
OFAG: Federal Office for Agriculture, Bern OVF: Federal Veterinary Office CFL: Government Chancellery of the Principality of Liechtenstein  
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