WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/MKD/6 
22 June 2006 
 (06-3060) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 1 June 2006, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia .  The notification concerns domestic 
support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the relevant Supporting Tables) for the calendar year 2004 .  
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2004 
 
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 
   
16.3 Million Euro 10.5 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2004 
 
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 
(Euro)1 Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
2.  General Services  
Animal Health Protection Programme2 with the following measures: 
(1) Epizootic and serologic researches for the protection of animal health and for 
the prevention of diseases (paragraph 2(a)); 
(2) Veterinary services (e.g. periodical inspection, vaccination, etc.) to prevent and 
control the spread of animal diseases (paragraph 2(b));  
(3) Maintenance of contamination-free (e.g. biological and chemical contaminants) 
land and animal feed (paragraph 2(b)).  
4,502,125  
Budget and other income of the Ministry 
of Agriculture 
  
Research and development of livestock  breeding technology and methodology; 
extension and advisory services to disse minate the results of research to the 
producers; gene banks for plants (under the Programme for Agricultural Development Incentives)
3 (paragraph 2(a) and (d)).  
725,491  
Budget 
  
Infrastructure building for irrigation purpos es, consisting of financial support to 
water resource management agencies to es tablish and maintain generally available 
reticulation of water supply (under the Programme for Agricultural Development 
Incentives) (paragraph 2(g)).  
815,159  
Budget 
  
Agricultural training and advisory services on agro-production technology and 
market promotion for farmers (under the Programme for Agricultural Development 
Incentives) (paragraph 2(c) and (d)).    
65,212  
Budget 
  
Maintenance of a network of rocket stations  to disperse clouds containing the threat 
of producing hail storm (paragraph 2(g)).  
111,474  
Budget  
  
Promotion of standards, monitoring and la belling, including approximation to EU 
standards (paragraph 2(f)).  
350,518  
Budget 
  
Agricultural market information services th rough the centres for agricultural market 
information4 (paragraph 2(f))  
171,183  
Budget  
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Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in  Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(Euro)1 Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
3. Public stockholding for 
food security purposes   
Maintenance of stock reserves for food security purposes5, as defined in Annex 2 
paragraph 3 of the Agreement on Agriculture  
2,764,208  
Budget  
 
13. Regional assistance 
programme  
The measures are described below6:  
  
 (1) Funds for infrastructure projects for farm s in officially cla ssified disadvantaged 
regions.  Funds are allocated thr ough the Bureau for Development of 
Underdeveloped Regions.   
38,309  
Budget 
 (2) Support to the interest rates for credits gr anted to farmers in officially classified 
disadvantaged regions.  Funds are allocated through the Bureau for 
Development of Underdeveloped Regions.  
14,508  
Budget 
Total  "Green Box" 
measures  9,558,187  
 
 
 11 Euro = 61.3377 MKD. 
2 Animal Health Protection Programme for 2004 wa s published in the Official Gazette 25/2004. 
3 Programme for Agricultural Development Incentives for 2004 was published in the Official Gazette 30/2004. 
4 Legal basis for establishing stock excha nge centres and their activities is provided by the Law on Agricultural and Food Produc ts Stock Exchange (O fficial Gazette 32/1992). 
5 Legal basis is provided by the Law on St ock Reserves (Official Gazette 68/2004). 
6 Criteria for classification of disadvantaged  (underdeveloped) regions are provided in the Law for Encouraging Development of Un derdeveloped Regions (Official Gazette 2/1994). 
Geographical areas designated as  disadvantaged for the period 2003-2007 are listed in the "Government Decision on Determining t he Economically Underdev eloped Regions in the 
Republic of Macedonia in the period 2003-2007" (Official Ga zette n. 28/2003).  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2004 
 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below) Product-specific measurements of support  
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
 Description of basic products  
(including non-product-specific 
AMS) 
(Euro) (Euro) (Euro) 
1 2 3 4 
Wheat 5,263,168   5,263,168 
Maize 1,434,680   1,434,680 
Barley 1,972,685   1,972,685 
Sugar beet 52,170   0 ( de minimis ) 
Sunflower 241,287   241,287 
Sheep 1,630,318   1,630,318 
Pigs 489,095   0 ( de minimis ) 
Honey 32,606   0 ( de minimis ) 
Non-product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Table DS:9 below) 619,520   0 ( de minimis ) 
TOTAL:  Current Total AMS    10,542,138 
 
Total Values of Production for All Produc ts Listed in Supporting Table DS:4.  
 
Description of product 2004 (Euro) 
 
Wheat 55,365,623 
Maize 23,818,956 
Barley 23,639,621 
Sugar beet 2,135,718 
Sunflower 1,565,105 
Sheep 10,580,768 
Pigs 35,655,070 
Honey 2,852,340 
Value of Total Agricultural Production 972,338,382 1 Euro = 61.3377 MKD 
Data source :  State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia. 
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2004 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of basic 
product Calendar year 
2004 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
(Euro/t)7 External reference 
price (generally 
from AGST/...) 
(Euro/t) Eligible 
production
 
(tonnes) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
(Euro) Total market price 
support 
 
(Euro) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6)-7 9 
Wheat  Protective price 171.18 156.43 356,825 0 5,263, 168 Protective price:  Legislation 
Eligible production:   Statistical 
Office 
 
 
 
7 1 Euro = 61.3377 MKD.  
 
 
   
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2004 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description of basic 
product Calendar year 
2004 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
 
 
(Euro/t) External 
reference price 
  
 
(Euro/t) Eligible 
production
  
 
(tonnes) Total price-
related 
direct 
payments 
 
(Euro) Other non-
exempt direct 
payments 
 
 
(Euro)
8 Associated 
fees/levies 
  
 
(Euro) Total direct 
payments 
  
 
(Euro) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Maize  Direct 
payments     1,434,680  1,434,680 Budget 
Barley  Direct 
payments     1,972,685  1,972,685 Budget 
Sugar beet  Direct 
payments     52,170  52,170 Budget 
Sunflower  Direct 
payments     241,287  241,287 Budget 
Sheep  Direct 
payments     1,630,318  1,630,318 Budget 
Pigs  Input subsidy     489,095  489,095 Budget 
Honey  Input subsidy     32,606  32,606 Budget 
 
 
8 1 Euro = 61.3377 MKD.  
 
 
 
 
   
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2004 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description of basic 
product Calendar year 
2004 Measure type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(Euro) Other product 
specific support  
  
 
 
(Euro) Associated 
fees/levies 
  
 
 
(Euro) Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
 
(Euro) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
 
 
(Euro) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
 
(Euro) Total AMS 
 
  
 
 
(Euro) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Wheat       5,263,168  5,263,168  
Maize        1,434,680 1,434,680  
Barley        1,972,685 1,972,685  
Sugar beet        52,170 52,170  
Sunflower        241,287 241,287  
Sheep        1,630,318 1,630,318  
Pigs        489,095 489,095  
Honey        32,606 32,606  
Total         11,116,009  
 
 
  
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 Page 9Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2004 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar 
year 2004 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
 
(Euro) Other non-product-
specific support 
 
(Euro) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
(Euro) Total non-product-
specific support 
 
(Euro) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 9 
Financial support for the 
development of permanent crops   489,095   489,095 Budget 
Esparzeta grass  130,425   130,425 Budget 
Total non-product-specific AMS   619,520   619,520  
 
 
 
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