G/SCM/N/315/LIE  
 
26 March 2018  
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Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
SUBSIDIES  
NEW AND FULL NOTIFIC ATION PURSUANT TO AR TICLE XVI:1  
OF THE GATT 1994 AND  ARTICLE 25 OF THE AG REEMENT  
ON SUBSIDIES AND COU NTERVAILING MEASURES  
LIECHTENSTEIN  
The following communication, dated  23 March 2018,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Liechtenstein . 
 
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PERIOD COVERED 2015 -2016  
In accordance with Article 25.2 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 
meaning of Article 2 o f 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 not ification 
(G/SCM/N/315/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 below not covered by the aforem entioned notification.  
 
AGRICULTURE  
Decoupled income support  
1  GENERAL DIRECT PAYME NTS 
1. Title of the subsidy programme  
 
General direct payments: payment for services provided in the general interest (protection and 
maintenance of the countryside, safeguard ing of the viability of rural areas), supplement to market 
earnings  
 
2. Period covered  
 
2015-2016 
 
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 contribut ion 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 a re paid directly to the farmer.  
 
7. Amount of the subsidy  
 
Year Total amount (millions of CHF)  
2015 3.4 
2016 3.3 
 
8. Duration of the subsidy  
 
The subsidy is in place since 2010 and payments ar e usually made in three instal ments (two down 
payments and one final payment) per year.  
 
9. Statistical data enabling the effects of the subsidy on trade to be as sessed  
 
Farms in Liechtenstein1 
 
Year Number of farms in Liechtenstein  
2005 128 
2007 127 
2009 123 
2010 118 
2013 109 
2016 102 
 
2  ROUGHAGE -CONSUMING ANIMALS  
1. Title of the subsidy programme  
 
Payments for herding roughage -consuming animals2 
 
2. Period covered  
 
2015-2016 
 
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.  
 
                                                
1 Source: Agricultural Statistic 2016 (table 4.01); available under 
https://www.llv.li/files/as/landwirtschaftsstatistik -2016-internet.pdf  
2 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_tex t=lbav&search_loc=abk_list&lrnr=&lgblid_von=&observ
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  4. Background and a uthority  
 
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  
 
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)  
2015 2.2 
2016 2.2 
 
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  
2015 4.0 
2016 3.9 
2017 3.9 
 
 
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