WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/CHE/38 
28 February 2007 
 (07-0852) 
Committee on Agriculture  
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following communication, dated 22 February 2007, is being circulated at the request of 
the Swiss  delegation.  The notification concer ns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the 
relevant Supporting Tables) for the calendar years 2002 , 2003  and 2004 .  
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2002 
 
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) 2,756.6 
   
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2002 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion 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    
(a) Research  70.5  OFAG/OVF 
(b) Pest and disease control  39.4  AFF 
(c) Training services  -  OFAG 
(d) Extension and advisory services  18.9  OVF 
(e) Inspection services:  quality control of milk, grape crops and fruit and concentrated fruit juice  
 5.2  OFAG 
(f) Marketing and promotion se rvices:  sales promotion  58.8  OFAG 
(g) Infrastructural services:  structural improvements,  including land improvements (in general and in the 
event of severe weather conditions)  90.0  OFAG 
Other general services:    
Family allowances for small farmers and agricultural workers (notified for transparency purposes)  123.0  OFAS 
Cantonal spending on agriculture:  administration, land improvement an d rural buildings, animal tending, 
health and social measures 389.0  AFF 
(b) Public stockholding for food security purposes   
Guarantee stocks (concentrated fruit juice) 1.1  OFAG 
(c) Domestic food aid   
Sale of fruit at reduced prices to people in need 0.2  OFAG 
(d) Decoupled income support   
Payments for herding roughage -consuming animals 283.2  OFAG  
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General direct payments (according to surface area):  payment for services provided in the general interest 
(protection and maintenance of the count ryside, safeguarding of the viability of rural areas, supply of foodstuffs, 
and preservation of the basic natural environment necessary to life);  supplement to market earnings 1,316.2  OFAG 
(e) Income insurance and income safety-net programmes   
None -  
(f) Payments for relief from natural disasters   
None -  
(g) Structural adjustment assistance provided through producer retirement programmes  
None -  
(h) Structural adjustment assistance provid ed through resource retirement programmes  
None -  
(i) Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids   
Assistance to improve livestock breeding 19.8  OFAG 
Assistance to small farms (loss of intere st on total credits granted) 9.0  OFAG 
Investment credits (loss of interest  on total credits granted) 70.0  OFAG 
(j) Environmental programmes   
Payments for special ecological servi ces (intensive production, organic fa rming, development and working of 
environmental compensation areas, an imal-keeping progra mmes, egg producers)  363.2  OFAG/OFEV  
Payments for summer pasturing  89.6  OFAG 
(k) Regional assistance programmes    
Non-silage allowances 44.8  OFAG 
Allowances for milk processed into cheese 318.6  OFAG 
Payments for herding animals unde r difficult conditions 289.6  OFAG 
Payments for farming on steep slopes (including  wine cultivation on steep slopes) 105.9  OFAG 
(l) Other     
None -  
TOTAL FOR TABLE 3,706.0    
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Key:    
AFF: Federal Fina nce Administration   
OFAG: Federal Office  for Agriculture    
OFAS: Federal Office for Social Security, Bern   
OFEV: Federal Office for the Environmen t (formerly Federal Office for the Envi ronment, Forests and Landscape, OFEFP)    
OVF: Federal Vete rinary Office    
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2002 
 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Description of basic products (including non-pr oduct-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to 
DS: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 milk products 963.6 0 963.6 
(2) Wheat 149.1 0 149.1 
(3) Secondary cereals (maize , barley, oats) 111.6 0 111.6 
(3)a Pulses  8.8 0 8.8 
(3)b Fibre plants 0.5 0 0.5 
(4) Sugar beet 65.3 0 65.3 
(5) Oilseeds (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed) 35.7  0 35.7 
(6) Bovine meat 529.5 0 529.5 
(7) Meat of swine 621.8 0 621.8 
(8) Poultry 157.4 0 157.4 
(9) Eggs 3.6 0 3.6 
(10) Potatoes including seed potatoes 75.7 0 75.7 
(11) Cider apples 14.7 0 14.7 
(12) Cider pears 2.2 0 2.2 
(13) Tobacco 10.2 0 10.2 
(14) Grapes  6.9 0 6.9 
TOTAL FOR TABLE 2,756.6  2,756.6 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2002 
 
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 sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
(1) Milk 2002 Price support 784 483 3,213 0.0 967.1 OFAG 
(2) Wheat 2002 Price support 548 281 502 0.0 149.1 OFAG 
(3) Secondary cereals:         
   Maize 2002 Price support 450 238 188 0.0 39.9 OFAG 
   Barley 2002 Price support 435 159 247 0.0 68.2 OFAG 
   Oats 2002 Price support 395 226 21 0.0 3.5 OFAG 
   Total       111.6  
(3)a   Pulses 2002 Price support 471 238 10.1 0.0 2.4 OFAG 
(3)b   Fibre plants 2002 Price support 150 150 2.6 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
(4) Sugar beet  2002 Price support 116 70 1,422 0.0 65.3 OFAG 
(5) Oilseeds:         
  Rape-seed 2002 Price support 810 713 39 0.0 3.8 OFAG 
  Soya beans/ 
 sunflower seed 2002 Price support 820 842 13 0.0 -0.3 OFAG 
    Total        3.5  
 
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(6) Bovine meat 2002 Price s upport 6,890 3,027 140 0.0 529.5 OFAG 
(7) Meat of swine 2002 Price support 4,383 1,750 236 0.0 621.4 OFAG 
(8) Poultry 2002 Price support 3,587 673 54 0.0 157.4 OFAG 
(9) Eggs in shell 2002 Price support 0 928 0 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
(10) Potatoes 2002        
  (a) Seed potatoes  Price support 685 405 28 0.0 7.8 OFAG 
  (b) Other  Price support 427 200 299 0.0 67.9 OFAG 
(11) Cider apples 2002 Price support 286 117 87 0.0 14.7 OFAG 
(12) Cider pears 2002 Price support 227 96 17 0.0 2.2 OFAG 
(13) Tobacco 2002 Price suppor t 15,760 8,993 1,5 0.0 10.2 DGD 
TOTAL FOR TABLE       2,710.1   
Key: 
 
OFAG: Federal Office fo r Agriculture, Bern 
DGD:  Directorate-Gene ral of Customs, Bern  
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2002 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar 
year 
2002 Measure type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
(Sw F 
million) Other product-
specific support 
(include 
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 sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
(1) MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS  
 2002 Market price support     967.1 0.0  OFAG 
  Individual tax on surplus 
production   3.5     OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 3.5 -3.5 967.1 0.0 963.6  
(2) WHEAT  
 2002 Market price support     149.1   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 149.1 0.0 149.1  
(3) SECONDARY CEREALS (maize, barley, oats)  
 2002 Market price support     111.6   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 111.6 0.0 111.6  
(3)a Pulses 2002  Market price support     2.4   OFAG 
  Crop premium for pulses 6.4       OFAG 
  TOTAL 6.4 0.0 0.0 6.4 2.4 0.0 8.8  
(3)b Fibre 
 plants 2002 Market price support     0.0   OFAG 
  Crop premium for fibre plants 0.5       OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5  
 
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(4) SUGAR BEET  
 2002 Market price support    65.3    OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 65.3 0.0 0.0 65.3  
(5) OILSEEDS (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed)  
 2002 Market price support     3.5   OFAG 
  Crop premium for oilseeds 32.2       OFAG 
  TOTAL 32.2 0.0 0.0 32.2  3.5 0.0 35.7  
(6) BOVINE MEAT  
 2002 Market price support     529.5   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 529.5 0.0 529.5  
(7) MEAT OF SWINE  
 2002 Market price support     621.4   OFAG 
  Swine health service 0.4       OVF 
  TOTAL 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 621.4 0.0 621.8  
(8) POULTRY  
 2002 Market price support     157.4   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 157.4 0.0 157.4  
(9) EGGS  
 2002 Market price support     0.0   OFAG 
  Budget support 3.6       OFAG 
  TOTAL 3.6 0.0 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 3.6  
(10) POTATOES INCLUDING SEED POTATOES  
 2002 Market price support     75.7   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  75.7 0.0  75.7   
(11) CIDER APPLES  
 2002 Market price support     14.7    OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  14.7 0.0  14.7   
 
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(12) CIDER PEARS  
 2002 Market price support     2.2    OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  2.2  0.0  2.2   
(13) TOBACCO 
 2002 Market price support     10.2   DGD 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  10.2 0.0  10.2  
(14) GRAPES  
 2002 Budget support 6.9       OFAG 
  TOTAL 6.9  0.0  0.0  6.9  0.0 0.0  6.9  
  TOTAL FOR TABLE       2,756.6   
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003 
 
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) 2,749.7 
   
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion Commitment - "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e 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   
(a) Research 75.0  OFAG 
(b) Pest and disease control  5.8  OFAG/OVF 
(c) Training services -  OFAG 
(d) Extension and advisory services 18.4  OFAG 
(e) Inspection services:  quality control of milk, grape crops and fruit and concentrated fruit juice  5.1  OFAG 
(f) Marketing and promotion se rvices:  sales promotion  59.2  OFAG 
(g) Infrastructural services:  structural improvements,  including land improvements (in general and in the 
event of severe weather conditions)  102.0  OFAG 
Other general services:    
Family allowances for small farmers and agricultural workers (notified for transparency purposes)  116.8  OFAS 
Cantonal spending on agriculture:  administration, land improvement an d rural buildings, animal tending, 
health and social measures 398.0  AFF 
(b) Public stockholding for food security purposes   
Guarantee stocks (concentrated fruit juice) 0.7  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 287.7  OFAG  
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General direct payments (according to surface area):  payment for services provided in the general interest 
(protection and maintenance of the count ryside, safeguarding of the viability of rural areas, supply of foodstuffs, 
and preservation of the basic natural environment necessary to life);  supplement to market earnings 1,318.0  OFAG 
(e) Income insurance and income safety-net programmes   
None -  
(f) Payments for relief from natural disasters   
None -  
(g) Structural adjustment assistance provided through producer retirement programmes  
None -  
(h) Structural adjustment assistance provid ed through resource retirement programmes  
None -  
(i) Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids   
Assistance to improve livestock breeding 19.4  OFAG 
Assistance to small farms (loss of intere st on total credits granted) 11.7  OFAG 
Investment credits (loss of interest  on total credits granted) 79.4  OFAG 
Payments for vineyard reconversion  4.9 OFAG 
(j) Environmental programmes   
Payments for special ecological servi ces (intensive production, organic fa rming, development and working of 
environmental compensation areas, an imal-keeping progra mmes, egg producers)  385.4  OFAG/OFEV  
Payments for summer pasturing  91.4  OFAG 
(k) Regional assistance programmes   
Non-silage allowances 42.9  OFAG 
Allowances for milk processed into cheese 306.3  OFAG 
Payments for herding animals unde r difficult conditions 287.3  OFAG 
Payments for farming on steep slopes (including  wine cultivation on steep slopes) 106.1  OFAG 
(l) Other    
None -  
TOTAL FOR TABLE 3,721.6    
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Key:    
AFF: Federal Fina nce Administration   
OFAG: Federal Office  for Agriculture    
OFAS: Federal Office for Social Security, Bern   
OFEV: Federal Office for the Environmen t (formerly Federal Office for the Envi ronment, Forests and Landscape, OFEFP)    
OVF: Federal Vete rinary Office    
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003 
 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Description of basic products (including non-pr oduct-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to 
DS: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 milk products 860.8 0 860.8 
(2) Wheat 122.6 0 122.6 
(3) Secondary cereals (maize , barley, oats) 87.5 0 87.5 
(3)a Pulses 10.3 0 10.3 
(3)b Fibre plants 0.5 0 0.5 
(4) Sugar beet 59.0 0 59.0 
(5) Oilseeds (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed) 38.1  0 38.1 
(6) Bovine meat 634.6 0 634.6 
(7) Meat of swine 662.3 0 662.3 
(8) Poultry 163.0 0 163.0 
(9) Eggs 3.0 0 3.0 
(10) Potatoes including seed potatoes 75.2 0 75.2 
(11) Cider apples 14.8 0 14.8 
(12) Cider pears 2.4 0 2.4 
(13) Tobacco 10.3 0 10.3 
(14) Grapes  5.3 0 5.3 
TOTAL FOR TABLE 2,749.7  2,749.7 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003 
 
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 sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
(1) Milk 2003 Price support 755 483 3 175 0.0 863.6 OFAG 
(2) Wheat 2003 Guaranteed price 580 281 410 0.0 122.6 OFAG 
(3) Secondary cereals:         
   Maize 2003 Price support 475 238 104 0.0 24.7 OFAG 
   Barley 2003 Price support 435 159 214 0.0 59.0 OFAG 
   Oats 2003 Price support 395 226 22 0.0 3.8 OFAG 
   Total       87.5  
(3)a  Pulses 2003 Price support 471 238 10.1 0.0 2.4 OFAG 
(3)b  Fibre plants 2003 Price support 150 150 2.6 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
(4) Sugar beet  2003 Price s upport 116.9 70 1,258 0.0 59.0 OFAG 
(5) Oilseeds:         
  Rape-seed 2003 Price support 800 713 39 0.0 3.4 OFAG 
  Soya beans/ 
 sunflower seed 2003 Price support 803 842 13 0.0 -0.5 OFAG 
   Total       2.9  
 
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(6) Bovine meat 2003 Price s upport 7,659 3,027 137 0.0 634.6 OFAG 
(7) Meat of swine 2003 Price support 4,628 1,750 230 0.0 661.9 OFAG 
(8) Poultry 2003 Price support 3,584 673 56 0.0 163.0 OFAG 
(9) Eggs in shell 2003 Price support 0 928 0 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
(10) Potatoes         
  (a) Seed potatoes 2003 Price support 680 405 27 0.0 7.4 OFAG 
  (b) Other 2003 Price support 443 200 279 0.0 67.8 OFAG 
(11) Cider apples 2003 Price support 285 117 88 0.0 14.8 OFAG 
(12) Cider pears 2003 Price support 227 96 18 0.0 2.4 OFAG 
(13) Tobacco 2003 Price suppor t 15,450 8,993 1.6 0.0 10.3 DGD 
TOTAL FOR TABLE       2,700.2   
Key: 
OFAG: Federal Office fo r Agriculture, Bern 
DGD:  Directorate-Gene ral of Customs, Bern  
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar 
year  Measure type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
(Sw F 
million) Other product-
specific support 
(include 
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 sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
(1) MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS  
 2003 Market price support     863.6   OFAG 
  Individual tax on surplus 
production   2.8     OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 2.8 -2.8 863.6 0.0 860.8  
(2) WHEAT  
 2003 Market price support     122.6   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 122.6 0.0 122.6  
(3) SECONDARY CEREALS (maize, barley, oats)  
 2003 Market price support     87.5   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 87.5 0.0 87.5  
(3)a Pulses 2003  Market price support     2.4   OFAG 
  Crop premium for pulses 7.9       OFAG 
  TOTAL 7.9 0.0 0.0 7.9 2.4 0.0 10.3  
(3)b Fibre 
 plants 2003 Market price support     0.0   OFAG 
  Crop premium for fibre plants 0.5       OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5  
 
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(4) SUGAR BEET  
 2003 Market price support     59.0   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 59.0 0.0 59.0  
(5) OILSEEDS (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed)  
 2003 Market price support     2.9   OFAG 
  Crop premium for oilseeds 35.2       OFAG 
  TOTAL 35.2 0.0 0.0 35.2  2.9 0.0 38.1  
(6) BOVINE MEAT  
 2003 Market price support     634.6   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 634.6 0.0 634.6  
(7) MEAT OF SWINE  
 2003 Market price support     661.9   OFAG 
  Swine health service 0.4       OVF 
  TOTAL 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 661.9 0.0 662.3  
(8) POULTRY  
 2003 Market price support     163.0   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 163.0 0.0 163.0  
(9) EGGS  
 2003 Market price support     0.0   OFAG 
  Budget support 3.0       OFAG 
  TOTAL 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0  
(10) POTATOES INCLUDING SEED POTATOES  
 2003 Market price support     75.2   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  75.2 0.0  75.2   
(11) CIDER APPLES  
 2003 Market price support     14.8    OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  14.8 0.0  14.8   
 
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(12) CIDER PEARS  
 2003 Market price support     2.4    OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  2.4  0.0  2.4   
(13) TOBACCO 
 2003 Market price support     10.3   DGD 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  10.3 0.0  10.3  
(14) GRAPES  
 2003 Budget support 5.3       OFAG 
  TOTAL 5.3  0.0  0.0  5.3  0.0 0.0  5.3  
  TOTAL FOR TABLE       2,749.7   
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
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 
   
4,257 Swiss francs (million) 3,044 
   
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2004 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion 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   
(a) Research 71.4  OFAG/OVF 
(b) Pest and disease control  3.6  AFF 
(c) Training services -  OFAG 
(d) Extension and advisory services 18.3  OVF 
(e) Inspection services:  quality control of milk, grape crops and fruit and concentrated fruit juice  5.0  OFAG 
(f) Marketing and promotion se rvices:  sales promotion  63.7  OFAG 
(g) Infrastructural services:  structural improvements,  including land improvements (in general and in the 
event of severe weather conditions)  
 94.5  OFAG 
Other general services:    
Family allowances for small farmers and agricultural workers (notified for transparency purposes)  115.8  OFAS 
Cantonal spending on agriculture:  administration, land improvement an d rural buildings, animal tending, 
health and social measures 378.1  AFF 
(b) Public stockholding for food security purposes   
Guarantee stocks (concentrated fruit juice) 0.8  OFAG 
(c) Domestic food aid   
Sale of fruit at reduced prices to people in need 0.2  OFAG 
(d) Decoupled income support   
Payments for herding roughage -consuming animals 286.1  OFAG  
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General direct payments (according to surface area):  payment for services provided in the general interest 
(protection and maintenance of the count ryside, safeguarding of the viability of rural areas, supply of foodstuffs, 
and preservation of the basic natural environment necessary to life);  supplement to market earnings 1,317.8  OFAG 
(e) Income insurance and income safety-net programmes   
None -  
(f) Payments for relief from natural disasters   
None -  
(g) Structural adjustment assistance provided through producer retirement programmes  
None -  
(h) Structural adjustment assistance provid ed through resource retirement programmes  
None -  
(i) Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids   
Assistance to improve livestock breeding 19.4  OFAG 
Assistance to small farms (loss of intere st on total credits granted) 8.8  OFAG 
Investment credits (loss of interest  on total credits granted) 76.5  OFAG 
Payments for vineyard reconversion 3.0 OFAG 
(j) Environmental programmes   
Payments for special ecological servi ces (intensive production, organic fa rming, development and working of 
environmental compensation areas, an imal-keeping progra mmes, egg producers)  403.7  OFAG/OFEV  
Payments for summer pasturing  91.1  OFAG 
(k) Regional assistance programmes   
Non-silage allowances 41.3  OFAG 
Allowances for milk processed into cheese 290.4  OFAG 
Payments for herding animals unde r difficult conditions 284.0  OFAG 
Payments for farming on steep slopes (including  wine cultivation on steep slopes) 106.0  OFAG 
(l) Other    
None -  
TOTAL FOR TABLE 3,679,5    
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Key:    
AFF: Federal Fina nce Administration   
OFAG: Federal Office  for Agriculture    
OFAS: Federal Office for Social Security, Bern   
OFEV: Federal Office for the Environmen t (formerly Federal Office for the Envi ronment, Forests and Landscape, OFEFP)    
OVF: Federal Vete rinary Office    
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2004 
 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Description of basic products (including non-pr oduct-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to 
DS: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 milk products 962.6 0 962.6 
(2) Wheat 149.1 0 149.1 
(3) Secondary cereals (maize , barley, oats) 112.0 0 112.0 
(3)a Pulses 8.8 0 8.8 
(3)b Fibre plants 0.5 0 0.5 
(4) Sugar beet 65.3 0 65.3 
(5) Oilseeds (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed) 35.7  0 35.7 
(6) Bovine meat 750.4 0 750.4 
(7) Meat of swine 681.6 0 681.6 
(8) Poultry 168.6 0 168.6 
(9) Eggs 2.9 0 2.9 
(10) Potatoes including seed potatoes 78.9 0 78.9 
(11) Cider apples 15.5 0 15.5 
(12) Cider pears 2.5 0 2.5 
(13) Tobacco 9.7 0 9.7 
TOTAL FOR TABLE 3,044.1  3,044.1 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2004 
 
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 sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
(1) Milk 2004 Price support 784 483 3,211 0.0 966.5 OFAG 
(2) Wheat 2004 Guaranteed price 578 281 502 0.0 149.1 OFAG 
(3) Secondary cereals:         
  Maize 2004 Price support 450 238 181 0.0 38.4 OFAG 
  Barley 2004 Price support 435 159 257 0.0 70.9 OFAG 
  Oats 2004 Price support 395 226 16 0.0 2.7 OFAG 
  Total       112.0  
(3)a   Pulses 2004 Price support 471 238 10.1 0.0 2.4 OFAG 
(3)b   Fibre 
plants 2004 Price support 150 150 2.6 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
(4) Sugar beet  2004 Price support 116 70 1,422 0.0 65.3 OFAG 
(5) Oilseeds:         
  Rape-seed 2004 Price support 810 713 39 0.0 3.8 OFAG 
  Soya beans/ 
 sunflower seed2004 Price support 820 842 13 0.0 -0.3 OFAG 
  Total       3.5  
 
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(6) Bovine meat 2004 Price s upport 8,627 3,027 134 0.0 750.4 OFAG 
(7) Meat of swine 2004 Price support 4,751 1,750 227 0.0 681.2 OFAG 
(8) Poultry 2004 Price support 3,531 673 59 0.0 168.6 OFAG 
(9) Eggs in shell 2004 Price support 0.0 928 0,0 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
(10) Potatoes         
  (a) Seed potatoes 2004 Price support 685 405 28 0.0 7.8 OFAG 
  (b) Other 2004 Price support 445 200 290 0.0 71.1 OFAG 
(11) Cider apples 2004 Price support 289 117 90 0.0 15.5 OFAG 
(12) Cider pears 2004 Price support 225 96 19 0.0 2.5 OFAG 
(13) Tobacco 2004 Price suppor t 15,450 8,993 1,5 0.0 9.7 DGD 
TOTAL FOR TABLE       2,924.2   
Key: 
OFAG: Federal Office fo r Agriculture, Bern 
DGD: Directorate-Genera l of Customs, Bern 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2004 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar 
year  Measure type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
(Sw F 
million) Other product-
specific support 
(include 
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 sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
(1) MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS  
 2004 Market price support     966.5   OFAG 
  Individual tax on surplus 
production   3.9     OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 3.9 -3.9 966.5 0.0 962.6  
(2) WHEAT  
 2004 Market price support     149.1   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 149.1 0.0 149.1  
(3) SECONDARY CEREALS (maize, barley, oats)  
 2004 Market price support     112.0   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 112.0 0.0 112.0  
(3)a Pulses 2004  Market price support     2.4   OFAG 
  Crop premium for pulses 6.4       OFAG 
  TOTAL 6.4 0.0 0.0 6.4 2.4 0.0 8.8  
(3)b Fibre 
 plants 2004 Market price support     0.0   OFAG 
  Crop premium for fibre plants 0.5       OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5  
 
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(4) SUGAR BEET  
 2004 Market price support     65.3   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 65.3 0.0 65.3  
(5) OILSEEDS (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed)  
 2004 Market price support     3.5   OFAG 
  Crop premium for oilseeds 32.2       OFAG 
  TOTAL 32.2 0.0 0.0 32.2  3.5 0.0 35.7  
(6) BOVINE MEAT  
 2004 Market price support     750.4   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 750.4 0.0 750.4  
(7) MEAT OF SWINE  
 2004 Market price support     681.2   OFAG 
  Swine health service 0.4       OVF 
  TOTAL 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 681.2 0.0 681.6  
(8) POULTRY  
 2004 Market price support     168.6   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 168.6 0.0 168.6  
(9) EGGS  
 2004 Market price support     0.0   OFAG 
  Budget support 2.9       OFAG 
  TOTAL 2.9 0.0 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 2.9  
(10) POTATOES INCLUDING SEED POTATOES  
 2004 Market price support     78.9   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  78.9 0.0  78.9   
(11) CIDER APPLES  
 2004 Market price support     15.5    OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  15.5 0.0  15.5   
 
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(12) CIDER PEARS  
 2004 Market price support     2.5    OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  2.5  0.0  2.5   
(13) TOBACCO 
 2004 Market price support     9.7   DGD 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  9.7 0.0  9.7  
  TOTAL FOR TABLE       3,044.1   
 
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