G/AG/N/ALB/7  
 
22 June 2015  
(15-3228)  Page: 1/8  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 17 April 2015, is be ing circulated 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 2013 . 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ALBANIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency Current Total AMS 
(from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedu le) (from Section 1 of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached  Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
 Lek ('000) de minimis 
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ALBANIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and description of measure with refere nce to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
 
('000 lek1) Data Sources2 
1 2 3 4 
a) General services Research services: Research expenditures funded 12 scientific institutions such as 
universities, technical institutions and other intitutions involved in primary scientific 
investigation. 0 MARDWA 
 Training services: Expenditures on training  services were for funding an agricultural 
mechanization school. 0 MARDWA 
 Extension and advisory services: Expendit ures for extension and advisory services 
consist of funding for an agricultural info rmation centre and for a veterinary project 
for pest and diseases control. 32,482 MARDWA  
 Certification of agricultural products BIO. 280 MARDWA 
 Inspection services: Inspection services include expenditures to fund diagnostic 
veterinary services, diagnostic agricult ural services, control services include 
veterinary, food and seed control and for ch emicals used in agricultural laboratories 
for food/veterinary control. 218,113 MARDWA  
 Infrastructural services (including those for environmental measur es): Infrastructural 
services provided funding for water suppl y facilities (e.g. drainage and pumping 
station), the restoration of rural infrastruct ure, restoration of irrigation systems and 
the small-scale irrigation schemes throughout the country that are provided by the 
water enterprises. Infrastru ctural services include environmental protection and 
conservation measures of the following type s: dams for rivers to avoid flooding, to 
prevent bush fires, soil erosion,  and salinity of lands, etc. 310,311 MARDWA  
 Total general services 840,906   
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- 4 - Measure type Name and description of measure with refere nce to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
 
('000 lek1) Data Sources2 
1 2 3 4 
b) Public stockholding for 
food security purposes  0 MARDWA 
f) Payments for relief 
from natural disasters  0  
i) Structural adjustment 
assistance through investment aids  
0 MARDWA 
k) Regional assistance programmes These programmes consist in supporting loca l government for buil ding and managing 
local markets and slaughterhouses. 0 MARDWA 
l) Other programmes Other programmes consist of proj ects associated 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 general services provided for the commis s i o n  o f  l a n d  a r e  t o  a s s i s t  i n  c o v e r i n g  
court costs associated with land settlement , land ownership, and privatization issues. 0 MARDWA
 
Total "Green Box"  840,906  
1 The value of the exchange rate for the year 2013 is: 1 US$ = 105.67 lek. 
2 MARDWA refers to the Ministry of Agricultur e, Rural Development and Water Administration. 
  
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ALBANIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
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) Product-specific 
equivalent 
measurements 
of support 
(from Supporting 
Table DS:8 below) Value of agricultural 
production Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
 ('000 lek)   ('000 lek)  ('000 lek)  
1 2 3 4 5 
Orchards (olive trees, fruit trees, nuts trees, subtropical trees and 
vineyard) 325,616  
35,051,000 de minimis  
Olive oil 5,400  3,179,000 de minimis  
Cows for milk 44,309  32,864,500 de minimis  
Matriculated sheep 162,066  5,702,500 de minimis  
Bee 19,233  2,268,000 de minimis  
Snails 2,207  61,600 de minimis  
Indigenous breed 33,430  44,370,000 de minimis  
Chestnut, blueberry and pomegranate and medicinal plants 101,724  2,249,000 de minimis  
Non-product-specific (from Supporting Table DS:9) 109,622  186,290,0001 de minimis 
Current Total AMS  803,607   de minimis  
1 Total Agricultural Production.  
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: RE PUBLIC OF ALBANIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
Description of basic 
product Calendar 
year 
2013 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference 
price Eligible 
production  Total 
price-
related 
direct 
payments Other 
non-exempt 
direct 
payments Associated 
fees/levies  Total 
direct 
payments Data 
sources 
       ('000 lek)   ('000 lek)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Orchards       325,616    
 Olive trees  Investment premium 
for planting new olive trees     
219,043   
MARDWA 
 Nuts trees  Investment premium for planting new seedlings (walnuts, hazelnuts, pomegranate)     
35,718   
MARDWA 
 Fruit trees  Investment premium for planting new arboriculture trees     
46,267   
MARDWA 
Citrus and Subtropical  Investment premium for planting new citrus and subtropical trees     
12,955   
MARDWA 
 Vineyard  Investment premium for planting new vineyard     
11,632   
MARDWA  
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- 7 - Description of basic 
product Calendar 
year 
2013 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference 
price Eligible 
production  Total 
price-
related 
direct 
payments Other 
non-exempt 
direct 
payments Associated 
fees/levies  Total 
direct 
payments Data 
sources 
       ('000 lek)   ('000 lek)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Cows for milk  Investment premium 
for breeding cows for milk     
44,309   
MARDWA 
Matriculated sheep  Investment premium for breeding matriculated sheep     
162,066   
MARDWA 
Olive oil  Investment Premium for production of extra-virgin olive oil     
5,400   
MARDWA 
Bee  Investment Premium for bee hives     
19,233   
MARDWA 
Indigenous breed includes: support for pure race heifer, meat calf and for pure race sheep and goats  Investment Premium for breeding indigenous breed     
33,430   
MARDWA 
Snails  Investment Premium for breeding snails     
2,207   
MARDWA 
Chestnut, blueberry and pomegranate and planting of medicinal plants  Investment premium collection of Chestnut, blueberry and pomegranate and planting of medicinal plants     
101,724   
MARDWA 
Total       693,984    
  
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ALBANIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Calendar 
year 2013 Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
non-product 
specific support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total 
non-product-
specific support Data sources 
  ('000 lek)  ('000 lek)  ('000 lek)  ('000 lek)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Drip irrigation  66,918   66,918  
Purchase of plastic for solar gr eenhouses  16,917   16,917  
Purchase of plastic for production of melons in tunnels  13,963   13,963  
Cooperatives  11,824   11,824  
Total non-product-specific AMS      109,622  
 
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