WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/ALB/4 
4 November 2009 
 (09-5486) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 22 September 2009, is being 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 2008 . 
  
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Albania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2008 
 
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 Schedule) (from Section 1 of  Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
 Leks ('000) de minimis 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Albania 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar years 2008 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Anne x 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
('000 leks1) Data Sources2 
1 2 3 4 
    
(a) General services   
 Research services :  Research expenditures funded 12 scientific institutions such as 
universities, techni cal institutions, and othe r institutions involved in primary scientific 
investigation. 64,800 MAFCP; MES 
 Training services :  Expenditures on training services were for funding an agricultural 
mechanization school. 24,000 MAFCP 
 Extension and advisory services :  Expenditures for extension and advisory services 
consist of funding for an agricultural inform ation center and for a veterinary project for 
pest and diseases control. 9,000 MAFCP 
 Inspection services :  Inspection services include expenditures to fund diagnostic 
veterinary services, di agnostic agricultural services, cont rol services include veterinary, 
food and seed control, and for chemicals used  in agricultural laboratories for food/vet 
control. 345,000 MAFCP 
 Infrastructural services  (including those for environmen tal measures):  Infrastructural 
services provided funding for water supply 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.  Infrastructural services incl ude environmental protection and conservation 
measures of the following types: dams for rive rs to avoid flooding, to prevent brush fires, 
soil erosion, and the salination of land, etc. 323,000 MAFCP 
 Total general services 765,800  
     
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Page 4 Measure type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Anne x 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
('000 leks1) Data Sources2 
1 2 3 4 
    
(b) "public stockholding for food security purposes"   
 The GOA has maintained grain reserves.  The budget data reflec ts storage costs, 
transportation and other marketing costs. The grain reserves maintained by the 
government of Albania do not affect prices, because the grain is sold by auction and 
quantities kept under state rese rves account for less than one  per cent of total domestic 
requirements.  Moreover,  the quantity kept under state reserves is being reduced as a 
commitment taken in the framework of the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facilities 
(ISAF) program of the IMF. 10,000 MAFCP 
(f) "payments for relief from natural disasters"   
 Extraordinary intervention in the form of direct payments to producers for relief from 
natural disasters (e.g., in times of severe flooding).   0 MAFCP 
(i) "structural adjustment assi stance through investment aids"    
 Structural adjustment assist ance through investment in agriculture in the form of: (1) a 
land registration program following the land priv atization process and (2) the creation of 
a market for land to facilitate the conso lidation of ownership of land and physical 
holdings (i.e., other immovable assets). 0 MAFCP 
(k) "regional assistance programs"   
 The regional assistance progr ammes consist of setting up of trade and building of butcher 
shops. 78,000 MAFCP 
(l) "other programs"   
 Other programs consist of projects associated with central- and district-level 
administration which provide general services including th e commission of land (i.e., 
involving ownership related matters such as th e 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 commission of land are to assist  in covering court costs associated with 
land settlement, land ownership, and privatization issues. 0 MAFCP 
Total of domestic support- "Green Box" 853,800 MAFCP 
   
 
 1  The value of the exchange rate for the year 2008 is:  1US$ = 93.3 leks.   
 2  MAFCP refers to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection;  MF re fers to the Ministry of Finance;  and MES refe rs to the Ministry of Education and Science. 
  
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Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Albania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2008 
 
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) 
 
('000 leks) Product-specific equivalent 
measurements of support  
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
 Value of the total agricultural 
production 
  
('000 leks) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
 
  
('000 leks) 
1 2 3 4 5 
Non-product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Table 
DS:9) 854,000  196,398,000  0 de minimis 
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Albania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2008 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar 
year 2008 Non-product-
specific budgetary 
outlays 
  
('000 leks) Other non-
product specific 
support (include 
calculation 
details) 
('000 leks) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
  
('000 leks) Total non-product-
specific support 
 
  
('000 leks) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Plant trees like grape, apples and olives at subsidized rates 
provided to producers   854,000 0 0 854,000 " 
 
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