WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/CHE/34 
8 November 2005 
 (05-5247) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
The following communication, dated 29 August 2005,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Swiss  delegation.  The notification con cerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the 
relevant Supporting Tables) for the calendar years 1999 , 2000  and 2001 . 
 
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1999 
 
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 
4,434 Swiss francs  (million) 2,762.2 
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1999 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and description of measure with referenc e to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(Sw F million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
a)  General services   
Family allowances for small farmers and agricultural workers (1) 135.2 OFAS 
Research and dissemination of information 80.2 OFAG 
Disease and epizootic control 4.2 OFAG/OVF 
Cantonal spending on agriculture:  administration, la nd improvement and rural buildings, animal tending, 
health and social measures 382.3 AFF 
Dissemination of informatio n (arboriculture) 0.2 OFAG 
Milk quality control 4.0 OVF 
Fruit and juice quality control  0.1 OFAG 
Grape harvest control 1.4 OFAG 
b)  Public stockholding for food security purposes   
Guarantee stocks (potatoes) 0.3 OFAG 
Guarantee stocks (concentrated fruit juice) 0.1 OFAG 
c)  Domestic food aid   
Sale of fruit at reduced prices to people in need 0.1 OFAG 
d)  Decoupled income support   
Payments for herding roughage -consuming animals  254.6 OFAG 
General direct payments (according to surface area):  payment for services provided in the general interest 
(protection and maintenance of the countryside, sa feguarding the viability of  rural areas, supply of 
foodstuffs, preservation of the basic natural environmen t necessary to life);  suppl ement to market earnings 1,163.1 OFAG 
Payments for arable farming 53.0 OFAG  G/AG/N/CHE/34 
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e)  Income insurance and income safety-net programmes  
None -  
f)  Natural disaster relief payments   
None -  
g)  Structural adjustment assistance pr ovided through producer-retirement programmes  
None -  
h)  Structural adjustment assistance provided through resource-retirement programmes  
None -  
i)  Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids   
Assistance to improve livestock breeding 19.3  OFAG 
Assistance to small farms (loss of intere st on total credits granted) 4.9  OFAG 
Agricultural structural adjustment 75.0  OFAG 
Investment credits (loss of interest  on total credits granted) 72.0  OFAG 
j)  Environmental programmes   
Payments for special ecological serv ices (intensive production, organic farming, development and working 
of environmental compensation ar eas, animal-keeping programmes) 252.3  OFAG/OFEFP 
Payments to egg producers for special ecological services 5.8  OFAG 
Payments for summer pasturing  67.6  OFAG 
k)  Regional assistance programmes   
Non-silage allowances (2) 38.9  OFAG 
Non-silage allowances  - Agricu ltural policy (PA) 2002 (3) 30.0  OFAG 
Allowances for milk processed into cheese (2) 83.8  OFAG 
Allowances for milk processed into cheese - PA 2002 (3) 109.0  OFAG 
Supplements for the manufactu re of hard cheese in the silage area (2) 5.6  OFAG 
Supplements for the manufacture of hard cheese in the silage area - PA 2002 (3) 1.6  OFAG 
Premiums for amalgamation in the cheese industry (2) 0.8  OFAG 
Premiums for amalgamation in the ch eese industry - PA 2002 (3) 0.5  OFAG 
Payments for herding animals unde r difficult conditions 255.9  OFAG 
Payments for farming on steep slopes (including  wine cultivation on steep slopes) 105.2  OFAG   G/AG/N/CHE/34
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l)  Other    
1) Marketing services:   
Advertising to promote milk an d dairy products (2) 43.2  OFAG 
Advertising to promote milk and dairy products - PA 2002 (3) 27.5 OFAG 
Advertising to promote wine and wine products 5.8  OFAG 
Advertising to promote the sale of  other agricultural products 21.1 OFAG 
2) Other:  None   
TOTAL FOR TABLE 3,304.6   
(1) Notified for transparency purposes   
(2) January - April 1999   
(3) May - December 1999 (introduction of the new 2002 agricultural policy)   
Key    
AFF: Federal Fina nce Administration   
OFAG: Federal Office fo r Agriculture, Bern   
OFAS: Federal Office for Social Security, Bern   
OFEFP: Federal Office for the Envi ronment, Forests and Landscape   
OVF: Federal Vete rinary Office    G/AG/N/CHE/34 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1999 
 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Description of basic products  
(including non-product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables D:5 to D:7 
below) 
(Sw F million) Product-specific measurements 
of support (from Supporting 
Table DS:8 below) 
(Sw F million) Current total AMS (aggregate) 
 
 
(Sw F million) 
1 2 3 4 
1) Milk and dairy products 928.0 0 928.0 
2) Wheat 268.2 0 268.2 
3) Secondary cereals (maize , barley, oats) 144.0 0 144.0 
4) Sugar beet 59.4 0 59.4 
5) Oilseeds (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed) 40.3 0 40.3 
6) Bovine meat 553.7 0 553.7 
7) Meat of swine 567.4 0 567.4 
8) Poultry 153.8 0 153.8 
9) Eggs 12.1 0 12.1 
10) Potatoes including seed potatoes 11.5 0 11.5 
11) Cider apples 13.4 0 13.4 
12) Cider pears 2.0 0 2.0 
13) Tobacco 8.3 0 8.3 
TOTAL FOR TABLE 2,762.2  2,762.2 
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1999 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
Description of 
basic products Calendar / 
marketing year Measure type(s) Applied 
administered price
(Sw F / tonne) External 
reference price 
(Sw F / tonne) Eligible 
production 
(thousand tonnes) Associated 
fees/levies 
(Sw F million) Total market price 
support 
(Sw F million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
1) Milk 1999 Guaranteed price 845 483 1,024 79.9 290.8 OFAG 
 Jan.-April Price support 799 483 2,047  646.9 OFAG 
 May-Dec.        
 1999 Price support 814 483 3,071 79.9 937.6 OFAG 
2) Wheat 1999 Guaranteed price 836 281 549 36.5 268.2 OFAG 
3) Secondary cereals:         
   Maize 1999 Price support 510 238 197 0.0 53.6 OFAG 
   Barley 1999 Price support 475 159 267 0.0 84.4 OFAG 
   Oats 1999 Price support 435 226 29 0.0 6.1 OFAG 
       Total     493  144.0  
4) Sugar beet  1999 Price support 120 70 1,187 0.0 59.4 OFAG 
5) Rape-seed 1999 Guaranteed price 1,500 713 38 0.0 30.2 OFAG 
5) Soya beans / 
sunflower 
seed 1999 Guaranteed price 1,650 842 13 0.0 10.1 OFAG 
   Total       40.3  
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6) Bovine meat 1999 Price s upport 6,794 3,027 147 0.0 553.7 OFAG 
7) Meat of swine 1999 Price support 4,259 1,750 226 0.0 567.0 OFAG 
8) Poultry 1999 Price support 4,016 673 46 0.0 153.8 OFAG 
9) Eggs in shell 1999 Price support 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
10) Potatoes 1999        
  (a) Seed 
potatoes  Price support 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
  (b) Other  Price support 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
11) Cider apples 1999 Price support 285 117 80 0.0 13.4 OFAG 
12) Cider pears 1999 Price support 227 96 15 0.0 2.0 OFAG 
13) Tobacco 1999 Price support 15,350 8,993 1.3 0.0 8.3 OFAG 
TOTAL FOR TABLE      2,747.8  
Key 
OFAG: Federal Office fo r Agriculture, Bern 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1999 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Pr oduct-Specific AMS 
Description 
of basic 
products Calend
ar year 
1999 Measure type(s) Other product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(Sw F million) Other product-
specific support 
(including 
calculation 
details) 
(Sw F million) Associated 
fees/levies 
  
 
(Sw F million) Total other 
product-specific 
support 
 
 
(Sw F million) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
 
(Sw F million) Non-exempt 
direct payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
 
(Sw F million) Total AMS 
 
  
 
(Sw F million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
1) MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS  
 1999 Market price support     937.6   OFAG 
  Individual tax on 
surplus production   9.6     OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 9.6 -9.6 937.6 0.0 928.0  
2) WHEAT  
 1999 Market price support     268.2   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 268.2 0.0 268.2  
3) SECONDARY CEREALS (maize, barley, oats)  
 1999 Market price support     144.0   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 144.0 0.0 144.0  
4) SUGAR BEET  
 1999 Market price support     59.4   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 59.4 0.0 59.4  
5) OILSEEDS (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed)  
 1999 Market price support     40.3   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 40.3 0.0 40.3  
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6) BOVINE MEAT  
 1999 Market price 
support     553.7   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 553.7 0.0 553.7  
7) MEAT OF SWINE  
 1999 Market price 
support     567.0   OFAG 
  Swine health 
service 0.4       OVF 
  TOTAL 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 567.0 0.0 567.4  
8) POULTRY  
 1999 Market price 
support     153.8   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 153.8 0.0 153.8  
9) EGGS  
 1999 Market price 
support     0.0   OFAG 
  Budget support 12.1       OFAG 
  TOTAL 12.1 0.0 0.0 12.1 0.0 0.0 12.1  
10) POTATOES INCLUDING SEED POTATOES  
 1999 Seed potatoes 0.1        OFAG 
  Utilization of 
surpluses within the 
country through 
drying 0.3        OFAG 
  Utilization of 
surpluses within the 
country through 
green feeding 2.1        OFAG 
  Promotion of potato 
production 9.0       OFAG 
  TOTAL 11.5  0.0  0.0  11.5  0.0  0.0  11.5   
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11) CIDER APPLES  
 1999 Market price 
support     13.4    OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  13.4  0.0  13.4   
12) CIDER PEARS  
 1999 Market price 
support     2.0    OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  2.0  0.0  2.0   
13) TOBACCO 
 1999 Market price 
support     8.3    OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  8.3  0.0  8.3   
  TOTAL FOR TABLE      2,762.2   
Key 
OFAG: Federal Office fo r Agriculture, Bern 
OVF: Federal Vete rinary Office 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2000 
 
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 Swiss francs  (million) 3,091.7 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2000 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure 
in year in question 
(Sw F million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
a)  General services   
 Family allowances for small farmer s and agricultural workers 127.5  OFAG 
 Research and dissemination of information 91.3  OFAG 
 Disease and epizootic control 8.0  OFAG/OVF 
 Cantonal spending on agriculture:  administration, land im provement and rural buildings, animal tending, health 
and social measures 399.7  AFF 
 Dissemination of information (arboriculture) 0.1  OFAG 
 Milk quality control 4.0  OVF 
 Fruit and juice quality control  0.1  OFAG 
 Grape harvest control 1.1  OFAG 
b)  Public stockholding for food security purposes   
Guarantee stocks (potatoes) 0.6  OFAG 
Guarantee stocks (concentrated fruit juice) 1.3  OFAG 
c)  Domestic food aid   
Sale of fruit at reduced prices to people in need 0.3  OFAG 
d)  Decoupled income support   
Payments for herding roughage-c onsuming animals  258.5  OFAG 
General direct payments (according to surface area):  payment for services provided in the general interest 
(protection and maintenance of the c ountryside, safeguarding the viability of rural areas, supply of foodstuffs, 
preservation of the basic natural environment nece ssary to life);  supplement to market earnings 1,186.8  OFAG 
Payments for arable farming 56.4 OFAG  G/AG/N/CHE/34 
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e)  Income insurance and income safety-net programmes  
None -  
f)  Natural disaster relief payments   
Extreme weather conditions  7.0 OFAG 
g)  Structural adjustment assistance pr ovided through producer-retirement programmes  
None -  
h)  Structural adjustment assistance provided through resource-retirement programmes  
None -  
i)  Structural adjustment assistan ce provided through investment aids   
Assistance to improve livestock breeding 19.3  OFAG 
Assistance to small farms (loss of intere st on total credits granted) 4.9  OFAG 
Agricultural structural adjustment 75.0  OFAG 
Investment credits (loss of interest  on total credits granted) 72.0  OFAG 
j)  Environmental programmes   
Payments for special ecological servi ces (intensive production, organic fa rming, development and working of 
environmental compensation area s, animal-keeping programmes) 274.0  OFAG/OFEFP 
Payments to egg producers for special ecological services  3.4  OFAG 
Payments for summer pasturing  81.2  OFAG 
k)  Regional assistance programmes   
Non-silage allowances - PA 2002 50.7  OFAG 
Allowances for milk processed into cheese - PA 2002 280.1  OFAG 
Allowances for milk processed into cheese - PA 2002 2.7  OFAG 
Manufacture of hard cheese in the silage area - PA 2002 0.4  OFAG 
Premiums for amalgamation in the cheese industry - PA 2002 0.4  OFAG 
Payments for herding animals unde r difficult conditions 251.6  OFAG 
Payments for farming on steep slopes (including  wine cultivation on steep slopes) 106.8  OFAG   G/AG/N/CHE/34
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l)  Other    
1) Marketing services:   
Advertising to promote milk an d dairy products - PA 2002 35.8 OFAG 
Advertising to promote wine and wine products 4.6  OFAG 
Advertising to promote the sale of  other agricultural products 23.7 OFAG 
2) Other:  None   
TOTAL FOR TABLE 3,429.3  
Key    
AFF: Federal Fina nce Administration   
OFAG: Federal Office fo r Agriculture, Bern   
OFAS: Federal Office for Social Security, Bern   
OFEFP: Federal Office for the Envi ronment, Forests and Landscape   
OVF: Federal Vete rinary Office    G/AG/N/CHE/34 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND – LIECHTENSTEIN 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2000 
 
Calculation of the Current Total Ag gregate Measurement of Support 
Description of basic products  
(including non-product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables D:5 to D:7 below) 
(Sw F million) Product-specific measurements of support 
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below) 
(Sw F million) Current total AMS (aggregate) 
 
(Sw F million) 
1 2 3 4 
1) Milk and dairy products 986.4 0 986.4 
2) Wheat 241.7 0 241.7 
3) Secondary cereals (maize , barley, oats) 169.1 0 169.1 
4) Sugar beet 64.6 0 64.6 
5) Oilseeds (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed) 26.0 0 26.0 
6) Bovine meat 748.7 0 748.7 
7) Meat of swine 648.2 0 648.2 
8) Poultry 154.6 0 154.6 
9) Eggs 9.3 0 9.3 
10) Potatoes including seed potatoes 19.8 0 19.8 
11) Cider apples 13.4 0 13.4 
12) Cider pears 2.0 0 2.0 
13) Tobacco 7.9 0 7.9 
TOTAL FOR TABLE 3,091.7  3,091.7 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2000 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measuremen ts of Support:  Market Price Support  
Description of basic 
products Calendar / 
marketing year Measure type(s) Applied 
administered price
(Sw F / tonne) External 
reference price 
(Sw F / tonne) Eligible 
production 
(thousand tonnes) Associated 
fees/levies 
(Sw F million) Total market price 
support 
(Sw F million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
1) Milk 2000 Price support 794 483 3,176 0.0 987.7 OFAG 
2) Wheat 2000 Guaranteed price 752 281 561 22.5 241.7 OFAG 
3) Secondary cereals:         
   Maize 2000 Price support 490 238 212 0.0 53.5 OFAG 
   Barley 2000 Price support 470 159 274 0.0 85.2 OFAG 
   Oats 2000 Price support 430 226 26 0.0 5.4 OFAG 
       Total       144.1  
4) Sugar beet  2000 Price s upport 115.8 70 1,410 0.0 64.6 OFAG 
5) Rape-seed 2000 Price support 720 713 39 0.0 0.3 OFAG 
5) Soya beans / 
sunflower seed 2000 Price support 750 842 15 0.0 -1.4 OFAG 
   Total       -1.1  
6) Bovine meat 2000 Price s upport 8,876 3,027 128 0.0 748.7 OFAG 
7) Meat of swine 2000 Price support 4,629 1,750 225 0.0 647.8 OFAG 
8) Poultry 2000 Price support 3,828 673 49 0.0 154.6 OFAG 
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9) Eggs in shell 2000 Price support 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
10) Potatoes 2000        
  (a) Seed 
potatoes  Price support 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
  (b) Other  Price support 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
11) Cider apples 2000 Price support 285 117 80 0.0 13.4 OFAG 
12) Cider pears 2000 Price support 227 96 15 0.0 2.0 OFAG 
13) Tobacco 2000 Price support 15,570 8,993 1.2 0.0 7.9 OFAG 
TOTAL FOR TABLE      3,011.4   
Key 
OFAG: Federal Office fo r Agriculture, Bern 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2000 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Pr oduct-Specific AMS 
Descripti
on of 
basic 
products Calendar 
year 
2000 Measure type(s) Other product-
specific budgetary 
outlays 
 
(Sw F million) Other product-
specific support 
(including 
calculation details) 
(Sw F million) Associated 
fees/levies 
  
(Sw F million) Total other 
product-specific 
support 
 
(Sw F million) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
(Sw F million) Non-exempt  
direct payments 
(Supporting Table 
DS:6) 
(Sw F million) Total AMS 
 
  
(Sw F million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
1) MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS  
 2000 Market price support     987.7   OFAG 
  Individual tax on 
surplus production   1.3     OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 1.3 -1.3 987.7 0.0 986.4  
2) WHEAT  
 2000 Market price support     241.7   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 241.7 0.0 241.7  
3) SECONDARY CEREALS (maize, barley, oats)  
 2000 Market price support 25.0    144.1   OFAG 
  TOTAL 25.0 0.0 0.0 25.0 144.1 0.0 169.1  
4) SUGAR BEET  
 2000 Market price support     64.6   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 64.6 0.0 64.6  
5) OILSEEDS (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed)        
 2000 Market price support 27.2    -1.1   OFAG 
  TOTAL 27.2 0.0 0.0 27.2 -1.1 0.0 26.0  
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6) BOVINE MEAT  
 2000 Market price support     748.7   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 748.7 0.0 748.7  
7) MEAT OF SWINE  
 2000 Market price support     647.8   OFAG 
  Swine health service 0.4       OVF 
  TOTAL 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 647.8 0.0 648.2  
8) POULTRY  
 2000 Market price support     154.6   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 154.6 0.0 154.6  
9) EGGS  
 2000 Market price support     0.0   OFAG 
  Budget support 9.3       OFAG 
  TOTAL 9.3 0.0 0.0 9.3 0.0 0.0 9.3  
10) POTATOES INCLUDING SEED POTATOES  
 2000 Seed potatoes 1.8        OFAG 
  Utilization of surpluses 
within the country 
through drying        OFAG 
  Utilization of surpluses 
within the country 
through green feeding        OFAG 
  Promotion of potato 
production 18.0       OFAG 
  TOTAL 19.8  0.0  0.0  19.8  0.0  0.0  19.8   
11) CIDER APPLES  
 2000 Market price support     13.4    OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  13.4  0.0  13.4   
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12) CIDER PEARS  
 2000 Market price support     2.0    OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  2.0  0.0  2.0   
13) TOBACCO 
 2000 Market price support     7.9    OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  7.9  0.0  7.9   
  TOTAL FOR TABLE      3,091.7   
Key 
OFAG: Federal Office fo r Agriculture, Bern 
OVF: Federal Vete rinary Office 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2001 
 
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 Swiss francs  (million) 2,754.5 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2001 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(Sw F million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
a)  General services   
Family allowances for small farmer s and agricultural workers 127.5 OFAG 
Research and dissemination of information 95.3 OFAG 
Disease and epizootic control 30.4 OFAG/OVF 
Cantonal spending on agriculture:  administration, la nd improvement and rural buildings, animal tending, 
health and social measures 407.1 AFF 
Milk quality control 4.0 OVF 
Fruit and juice quality control  0.1 OFAG 
Grape harvest control 1.1 OFAG 
b)  Public stockholding for food security purposes   
Guarantee stocks (potatoes) 2.0 OFAG 
c)  Domestic food aid   
Sale of fruit at reduced prices to people in need 0.4 OFAG  G/AG/N/CHE/34 
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d)  Decoupled income support   
Payments for herding roughage -consuming animals  268.3 OFAG 
General direct payments (according to surface area):  payment for services provided in the general interest 
(protection and maintenance of the countryside, sa feguarding the viability of  rural areas, supply of 
foodstuffs, preservation of the basic natural environmen t necessary to life);  suppl ement to market earnings 1,303.9 OFAG 
Payments for arable farming 31.7 OFAG 
e)  Income insurance and income safety-net programmes  
None -  
f)  Natural disaster relief payments   
Extreme weather conditions  12.0 OFAG 
g)  Structural adjustment assistance pr ovided through producer-retirement programmes  
None -  
h)  Structural adjustment assistance provided through resource-retirement programmes  
None -  
i)  Structural adjustment assistan ce provided through investment aids   
Assistance to improve livestock breeding 19.9 OFAG 
Assistance to small farms (loss of inte rest on total credits granted) 4.8 OFAG 
Agricultural structural adjustment 90.0 OFAG 
Investment credits (loss of interest  on total credits granted) 80.6 OFAG 
j)  Environmental programmes   
Payments for special ecological serv ices (intensive production, organic farming, development and working 
of environmental compensation ar eas, animal-keeping programmes) 343.3 OFAG/OFEFP 
Payments to egg producers for special ecological services  1.4 OFAG 
Payments for summer pasturing  80.5 OFAG 
k)  Regional assistance programmes   
Non-silage allowances - PA 2002 48.7 OFAG 
Allowances for milk processed into cheese - PA 2002 331.8 OFAG 
Payments for herding animals un der difficult conditions 250.2 OFAG 
Payments for farming on steep slopes (includi ng wine cultivation on steep slopes) 106.7 OFAG   G/AG/N/CHE/34
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l)  Other    
1) Marketing services:   
Advertising to promote milk an d dairy products - PA 2002 40.6 OFAG 
Advertising to promote wine and wine products 4.4 OFAG 
Advertising to promote the sale of  other agricultural products 19.3 OFAG 
2) Other:  None   
TOTAL FOR TABLE 3,706.0  
Key    
AFF: Federal Fina nce Administration   
OFAG: Federal Office fo r Agriculture, Bern   
OFAS: Federal Office for Social Security, Bern   
OFEFP: Federal Office for the Envi ronment, Forests and Landscape   
OVF: Federal Vete rinary Office    G/AG/N/CHE/34 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2001 
 
Calculation of the Current Total Ag gregate Measurement of Support 
Description of basic products 
(including non-product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Tables D:5 to D:7 below)
(Sw F million) Product-specific measurements of support 
 (from Supporting Table DS:8 below) 
(Sw F million) Current total AMS (aggregate) 
 
(Sw F million) 
1 2 3 4 
1) Milk and dairy products 1,014.3 0 1,014.3 
2) Wheat 143.5 0 143.5 
3) Secondary cereals (maize , barley, oats) 116.1 0 116.1 
4) Sugar beet 67.4 0 67.4 
5) Oilseeds (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed) 26.3 0 26.3 
6) Bovine meat 515.2 0 515.2 
7) Meat of swine 674.1 0 674.1 
8) Poultry 147.6 0 147.6 
9) Eggs 6.0 0 6.0 
10) Potatoes including seed potatoes 19.8 0 19.8 
11) Cider apples 13.4 0 13.4 
12) Cider pears 2.0 0 2.0 
13) Tobacco 8.8 0 8.8 
TOTAL FOR TABLE 2,754.5  2,754.5 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND – LIECHTENSTEIN 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2001 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measuremen ts of Support:  Market Price Support 
Description of basic 
products Calendar / 
marketing 
year Measure type(s) Applied 
administered price
(Sw F / tonne) External 
reference price 
(Sw F / tonne) Eligible 
production 
(thousand tonnes) Associated 
fees/levies 
(Sw F million) Total market price 
support 
(Sw F million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
1) Milk 2001 Price support 799 483 3,210 0.0 1,014.4 OFAG 
2) Wheat 2001 Guaranteed price 570 281 496 0.0 143.5 OFAG 
3) Secondary cereals:         
   Maize 2001 Price support 445 238 218 0.0 45.0 OFAG 
   Barley 2001 Price support 435 159 245 0.0 67.7 OFAG 
   Oats 2001 Price support 395 226 20 0.0 3.3 OFAG 
      Total       116.1  
4) Sugar beet  2001 Price s upport 134.2 70 1,050 0.0 67.4 OFAG 
5) Rape-seed 2001 Price support 700 713 39 0.0 -0.5 OFAG 
5) Soya beans / 
sunflower seed 2001 Price support 816 842 13 0.0 -0.3 OFAG 
   Total       -0.8  
6) Bovine meat 2001 Price s upport 6,760 3,027 138 0.0 515.2 OFAG 
7) Meat of swine 2001 Price support 4,629 1,750 234 0.0 673.7 OFAG 
8) Poultry 2001 Price support 3,624 673 50 0.0 147.6 OFAG 
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((4-5*6)-7) 9 
9) Eggs in shell 2001 Price support 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
10) Potatoes 2001        
  a) Seed potatoes  Price support 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
  b) Other  Price support 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
11) Cider apples 2001 Price support 283 117 81 0.0 13.4 OFAG 
12) Cider pears 2001 Price support 227 96 15 0.0 2.0 OFAG 
13) Tobacco 2001 Price support 15,760 8,993 1.3 0.0 8.8 OFAG 
TOTAL FOR TABLE      2,701.0  
Key 
OFAG: Federal Office fo r Agriculture, Bern 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  SWITZERLAND - LIECHTENSTEIN 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2001 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar 
year 
2001 Measure type(s) Other product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(Sw F million) Other product-
specific support 
(including 
calculation 
details) 
(Sw F million) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
  
(Sw F million) Total other 
product-specific 
support 
  
(Sw F million) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
 
(Sw F million) Non-exempt  
direct payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
 
(Sw F million) Total AMS 
 
 
  
(Sw F million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
1) MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS  
 2001 Market price support     1,014.4   OFAG 
  Individual tax on 
surplus production   0.1     OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 1,014.4 0.0 1,014.3  
2) WHEAT  
 2001 Market price support     143.5   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 143.5 0.0 143.5  
3) SECONDARY CEREALS (maize, barley, oats)  
 2001 Market price support 0.0    116.1   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 116.1 0.0 116.1  
4) SUGAR BEET  
 2001 Market price support     67.4   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 67.4 0.0 67.4  
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5) OILSEEDS (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed)  
 2001 Market price support 27.2    -0.8   OFAG 
  TOTAL 27.2 0.0 0.0 27.2 -0.8 0.0 26.3  
6) BOVINE MEAT  
 2001 Market price support     515.2   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 515.2 0.0 515.2  
7) MEAT OF SWINE  
 2001 Market price support     673.7   OFAG 
  Swine health service 0.4       OVF   TOTAL 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 673.7 0.0 674.1  
8) POULTRY  
 2001 Market price support     147.6   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 147.6 0.0 147.6  
9) EGGS  
 2001 Market price support     0.0   OFAG 
  Budget support 6.0       OFAG 
  TOTAL 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0  
10) POTATOES INCLUDING SEED POTATOES  
 2001 Market price support 19.8    0.0   OFAG 
  TOTAL 19.8 0.0 0.0 19.8 0.0 0.0 19.8  
11) CIDER APPLES  
 2001 Market price support     13.4   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  13.4 0.0 13.4  
12) CIDER PEARS  
 2001 Market price support     2.0   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 2.0  
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(7+8+9) 11 
13) TOBACCO 
 2001 Market price support     8.8   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.8 0.0 8.8  
  TOTAL FOR TABLE      2,754.5  
Key 
OFAG: Federal Office fo r Agriculture, Bern 
OVF: Federal Vete rinary Office 
 
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