WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/MKD/11 
15 February 2011 
 (11-0766) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
  The following submission, dated 27 December 2010, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia .  The notification concerns new or 
modified domestic s upport measures exem pt from reduction ( Table DS:2 ). 
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  Table DS:2 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction 
 
(1) Full title of measure: Investment Scheme 
 
(2) Domestic legislation: Programme for Rural Development for 2006 (Official Gazette 
no. 19/2006) ; Programme for Rural Development for 2007 (Official 
Gazette no. 46/2007 and 125/2007). 
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria:  
  The investment scheme is a structural meas ure designated to improve farm modernization, 
purchase of machinery, equipment and other fa rm mechanization by supporting investments. 
  The investment aid may be granted to both phy sical and legal persons for restructuring of a 
producer's operations. 
 
 Notified scheme is in accordance with the re quirements of Annex 2, paragraph 11 of the 
Agreement on Agriculture:  "Structural adjust ment assistance provide d through investment 
aids". 
 
(4) Cost of measure: Year 2006 735,560 Euro 
    Year 2007       1,226,009 Euro  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:   8 February 2006 
 (6) Period of application:   Duration of the measure is not specified.  
 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s)):  None. 
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  Table DS:2   
 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Republic of Macedonia 
 
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement: 
New or modified domestic support  measures exempt from reduction  
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  (1) Full title of measure: Research Programme 
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference: Programme for Development of Organic Agricultural 
Production (Official Gazette no. 15/2005);
 Programme for Development of Organic 
Agricultural Production for 2007 (Official Gaze tte no. 46/2007 and 125/2007); Programme 
for Agricultural Development Incentives for 2005 (Official Gazette no. 15/2005) Programme 
for Agricultural Development Incentives for 2007 (Official Gazette no. 45/2007, 125/2007 
and 138/2007). 
 
(3) Detailed description of meas ure with reference to criteria:  
 
The aim of the programme is to encourage orga nic agricultural production through research for 
development of organic farming technology and methodology, and extension and advisory 
services to disseminate the re sults of research to the produc ers regarding GIs (geographical 
indications) and OI (origin indications).  The aid may be granted to both physical and legal persons for improvement of organic 
agricultural production. 
 Notified scheme for research is in accordance with the requirements of Annex 2, paragraph 2 of 
the Agreement on Agriculture: (a) "research, incl uding general research, research in connection 
with environmental prog rammes, and research programmes re lating to particular products" and 
(d) "extension and advisory services, including th e provision of means to facilitate the transfer 
of information and the results of re search to producers and consumers". 
 (4) Cost of measure:   Year 2005      163,157 Euro 
     Year 2007      343,283 Euro  
 
(5) Date of entry into effect:   28 February 2005      
 (6) Period of application: Duration of the measure is not specified. 
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s)):  None. 
 
 
 
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