G/AG/N/CHE/87  
31 October  2018 
(18-6869) Page: 1/10 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  4 September  2018, 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  2015 . 
 
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Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015  
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 
4,257 CHF ( million ) 1,361.97 
 
    
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Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015  
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex  2 Monetary value  
 
CHF million  Data sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General services      
2 (a) Research   125.2 OFAG   
Subtotal : 125.2   
2 (b) Pest and disease control   51.4 OFAG/OVF/CFL   
Subtotal : 51.4   
2 (c) Training services      
Subtotal :    
2 (d) Extension and advisory services   11.9 OFAG   
Subtotal : 11.9   
2 (e) Inspection services  Quality control of milk, grape crops, fruit and vegetables  4.9 OFAG/OVF/CFL   
Subtotal : 4.9   
2 (f) Marketing and promotion services  Sales promotion  61.8 OFAG/CFL   
Subtotal : 61.8   
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Structural improvements, including land improvements (in general and in 
the event of severe weather conditions)  94.4 OFAG   
Subtotal : 94.4   
2 (h) Other general services  Family allowances for small farmers and agricultural workers (notified for 
transparency purposes)  97.3 AFF/OFAS   
Cantonal spending on agriculture : administration, land improvement and 
rural buildings, animal tending, health and social measures  327 AFF  
Subtotal : 424.3   
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes      
Subtotal :    
4. Domestic food aid      
Subtotal :    
5. Direct payments to producers      
6. Decoupled income support  Transitional payments  177.9 OFAG   
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  3.4 CFL  
Subtotal : 181.3   
7. Income insurance and income safety net      
Subtotal :      
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex  2 Monetary value  
 
CHF million  Data sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
8. Relief from natural disasters   1.3 OFAG   
Subtotal : 1.3   
9. Producer retirement programmes      
Subtotal :    
10. Resource retirement programmes  Assistance for vocational retraining  -   
Subtotal : -   
11. Investment aids  Investment credits (loss of interest on total credits granted)  15.3 OFAG   
Assistance to small farms (loss of interest on total credits granted)  0.2 OFAG   
Assistance to improve livestock breeding  35.1 OFAG/CFL   
Subtotal : 50.6   
12. Environmental programmes  Biodiversity payments  301.8 OFAG/CFL   
Networking payments  90.5 OFAG   
Organic farming payments  42.5 OFAG   
Payments for the extensive farming of cereals, sunflowers, high -protein 
peas, field beans and colza 33.5 OFAG   
Payments for pasture -based milk and meat production  107.9 OFAG   
Animal welfare payments  266.3 OFAG   
Payments for pollutant emission -reducing spreading techniques  6.2 OFAG   
Payments for soil -preserving farming techniques  10.4 OFAG   
Payments for the use of precise application techniques  0.7 OFAG   
Payments for special ecological services (extensive production, organic 
farming, development and working of environmental compensation areas, 
animal -keeping programmes, water protection)  25.9 OFAG   
Payments for summer pasturing  121.6 OFAG/CFL   
Subtotal : 1,007.3   
13. Regional assistance programmes  Open landscape maintenance payments  140.8 OFAG   
Payments for farming on sloping land  108.6 OFAG/CFL   
Payments for farming on steep slopes  13.5 OFAG   
Payments for wine cultivation on steep slopes  11.9 OFAG   
Mountain pasturing payments  107.7 OFAG   
Payments for farming in difficult conditions  160.5 OFAG   
Landscape quality payments  125.5 OFAG   
Subtotal : 668.5   
14. Other direct payments to producers      
Subtotal :    
Total Green Box  2,682.9   
AFF: Federal Finance Administration . 
OFAG : Federal Office for Agriculture . 
OVF: Federal Veterinary Office . 
OFAS : Federal Social Insurance Office . 
CFL: Government Chancellery  of the Principality of Liechtenstein . 
 
    
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Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015  
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)  
 
 
 
CHF million  Product -specific 
equivalent 
measurements of  
support (from 
Supporting 
Table  DS:8)  
 
CHF million  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Value of production1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Current total AMS  
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Note  
    Amount  5% of value    
1 2 3    4  
Other grain legumes  5.4  5.4 11.2 0.6 5.4  
Sugar beet  31.4  31.4 123.1  6.2 31.4  
Fruit 1.8  1.8 335.2  16.8 0 (de minimis )  
Wool 0.4  0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4  
Milk and milk products  293.3   293.3  2,120.4  106.0 293.3   
Eggs 1.8  1.8 245.8  12.3 0 (de minimis )  
Oilseeds  19.5  19.5 88.4 4.4 19.5  
Seeds  1.5  1.5 20.3 1.0 1.5  
Soya beans  1.8  1.8 3.6 0.2 1.8  
Tobacco  7.07  7.07 16.6 0.8 7.07  
Bovine meat  2.7  2.7 1,358.1  67.9 0 (de minimis )  
Total non -product -specific AMS from Supporting Table DS:9  1,001.6 10,212.9  510.6 1,001.6  
TOTAL  1,361.97  
1 Value of Swiss production notified by the Federal Statistical Office (provisional data) . Value of production data is not available for the Principality of Liechtenstein . 
 
    
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Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support : Market Price Support  
Description of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
CHF External 
reference price  
(generally from 
AGST ) 
 
CHF Eligible 
production  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
CHF million  Total market 
price support  
((4-5)*6) -7 
 
 
CHF million  Data 
sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  
Tobacco  CY  01-01-15 31-12-15 Price 
support  16,060/tonne 8,993/tonne 1,000 tonnes  7.07 OFAG   
Total Tobacco          7.07   
OFAG : Federal Office for Agriculture . 
 
    
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Supporting Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support : Non-Exempt Direct Payments  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
CHF External 
reference 
price  
(generally 
from 
AGST ) 
 
CHF Eligible 
production  Total  price -
related 
direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
CHF million  Other  non-
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
 
CHF million  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Total direct 
payments  
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Data 
sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Oilseeds  CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 Crop premium      19.5  19.5 OFAG   
Total 
Oilseeds            19.5   
Soya beans  CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 Crop premium      1.8  1.8 OFAG   
Total Soya 
beans            1.8   
Other grain 
legumes  CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 Crop premium      5.4  5.4 OFAG   
Total Other 
grain 
legumes            5.4   
Seeds  CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 Crop premium      1.5  1.5 OFAG   
Total 
Seeds            1.5   
Sugar beet  CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 Crop premium      31.4  31.4 OFAG   
Total 
Sugar beet            31.4   
OFAG : Federal Office for Agriculture . 
    
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Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support : Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
CHF million  Other product -
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
 
 
CHF million  Associated 
fees/  
levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
 
CHF million  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
 
 
CHF million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Data 
source
s Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Total 
Tobacco          7.07  7.07   
Total 
Oilseeds           19.5 19.5   
Total Soya 
beans           1.8 1.8   
Total Other 
grain 
legumes           5.4 5.4   
Total Se eds          1.5 1.5   
Total Sugar 
beet          31.4 31.4   
Milk and milk 
products  CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 Market price 
support 
(supplements 
for milk 
converted into 
cheese and for 
non-silage feed ) 293.3 0 0 293.3    OFAG/  
CFL  
Total Milk 
and milk 
products         293.3   293.3   
Bovine  meat CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 Market price 
support  2.7 0 0 2.7    OFAG     
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Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
CHF million  Other product -
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
 
 
CHF million  Associated 
fees/  
levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
 
CHF million  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
 
 
CHF million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Data 
source
s Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Total Bovine  
meat         2.7   2.7   
Eggs CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 Market price 
support  1.8 0 0 1.8    OFAG   
Total Eggs        1.8   1.8   
Fruit CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 Guarantee 
stocks  
(concentrated 
pome -fruit 
juices ) 0.8 0 0 0.8    OFAG   
Fruit CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 Value addition 
support for 
fruit 1 0 0 1    OFAG   
Total Fruit         1.8   1.8   
Wool CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 Market price 
support  0.4 0 0 0.4    OFAG   
Total Wool         0.4   0.4   
OFAG : Federal Office for Agriculture . 
CFL: Government Chancellery of the Principality of Liechtenstein . 
    
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Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure type(s)  Reporting period  Non-product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
CHF million  Other non -product -
specific support  
(include calculation 
details ) 
 
CHF million  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
CHF million  Total non -
product -specific 
support  (3+4 -5) 
 
 
CHF million  Data 
sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
Supply security payments : 
• Basic payment  CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 820.7   820.7 OFAG   
Supply security payments : 
• Payment for open land and permanent crops  CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 112.3   112.3 OFAG   
Payments for herding roughage -consuming 
animals  CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 2.2   2.2 CFL (1) 
Refund of fuel tax to farmers  CY 01-01-15 31-12-15 66.4   66.4 DGD  
TOTAL  1,001.6  
OFAG : Federal Office for Agriculture . 
DGD: Directorate -General of Customs . 
CFL: Government  Chancellery of the Principality of Liechtenstein . 
(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, please refer to the relevant ordinance (available in German) : 
https://www.gesetze.li/konso/2009264000?search_text=lbav&search_loc=abk_list&lrnr=&lgblid_von=&observe_date=30.01.2018 . 
 
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