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ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/CZE/57/Rev.1 
3 May 2010 
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Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
  
 The following submission from the  Czech Republic , dated 31 March 2010, is being 
circulated at the request of the Delegation of the European Union .  The revised notification concerns 
domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the relevant Supporting Tables) for the calendar year 
2003 . 
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In the present revision, support in respect of vineyards, hop gardens and orchards previously 
notified in Supporting Table DS:9 has been moved to Supporting Table DS:7.    
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Czech Republic  
 
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 
 
 
13,611.32 
 
  
 
million K č  
 
9,248.3 
 
 
  
 
 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Czech Republic 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year  2003  
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion Commitment - "Green Box" 
 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure taking into account  
the criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure  
in year in question  
(million K č) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
(a) General services 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
(c) Domestic food aid 
 
 
(f) Payments for relief from natural 
disasters 
 
 
(h) Structural adjustment assistance 
provided through reti rement programmes 
 
 
(i) Structural adjustment assistance 
provided through investment aids  
Consultation 
Research for agricultural sector 
Assistance to the introduction of the  HACCP system of  quality management
Plant and animal health prevention and control    
Support to the foundation and activity of producer marketing organizations, 
propagation 
Silt removal and renewal of pond functions 
Disease prevention and  control services 
SAPARD Programme (amelioration, ru ral infrastructure, reparcelling) 
 
 
School milk (donation of milk for basic schools) 
 
 
Aid to alleviate the damage caus ed in agriculture by the floods 
 
 
 
Crop production restructuring through afforestation 
and the planting of fast growing trees 
 
 
SAPARD Programme (moderniz ation, reconstruction) 
  
54.0 
292.0 
350.0 
464.0 
48.0 
 
41.0 
461.0 
1,811.7 
 
 
63.0 
 
 
1,480.0 
 
 
 
83.0 
 
 
 
690.5 
   
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Page 4 Measure type Name and description of measure taking into account  
the criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure  
in year in question  
(million K č) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
(j) Environmental programmes 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(k) Regional assi stance programmes 
 
 
TOTAL   
Calcification with help of limestone powder 
Support for bee-keeping 
Support for Ecological Agriculture 
Establishment of the elements of the territorial system of landscape 
ecological stability 
Treatment of grass strips 
Landscape maintenance, revitalization of brooks and streams and 
non-productive function of fish ponds 
 
 
Programme of assistance in less-favoured areas 
  
9.0 
72.0 
231.0 
1.0 
 
904.0 
139.0 
 
 
 
1,507.0 
 
 
8,701.2   
  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:3 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Czech Republic 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003 
 
Measures exempt from the Reduction Commitment – Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programme s – "Exempt Direct Payments"  
 
 
 
Measure type Name and descripti on of measure with reference to 
criteria in Article 6:5 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(million Kč) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a) Payments based on fixed area and yields Set- aside programme 961.5 Ministry of Agriculture 
of the Czech Republic 
(b) Payments based on 85 per cent or  less of base level of production   
(c) Livestock payments on a fixed number of head   
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Czech Republic  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003  
 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
 
 
 
Description of basic product Product-specific AMS (from Supporting Tables 
DS:5 to DS:7 below) 
(million K č) Product-specific equivalent 
measurements of support (from 
Supporting Table DS:8 below) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
 
(million K č) 
1 2 3 4 
Potatoes and wheat for processing to starch 51.0  51.0 
Cattle 46.0  46.0 
Sheep and goats 85.0  85.0 
Suckler cow 520.0  520.0 
Poppy harvest 1.0  1.0 
Milk 344.0  344.0 
Vineyards 46.0  46.0 
Hop gardens 41.0  41.0 
Orchards 104.0  104.0 
Total product-specific AMS   1,238.0 
Non-product-specific AMS  (from Supporting Table  
DS:9)   8,010.3 
Total:  Current Total AMS   9,248.3 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Czech Republic 
 
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 2003 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar year 
2003 Measure 
type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(million K č) Other 
product- 
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
 
(million K č) Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)
 
 
(million K č) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)
 
 
(million K č) Total AMS
 
 
 
 
 
 
(million K č) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
           
Potatoes and 
wheat for processing to 
starch  Compensatory 
payments 51.0 - - 51.0 - - 51.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the Czech Republic 
Cattle  Sale support 46.0   46.0   46.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the 
Czech Republic 
Suckler cow   Production 
support 520.0   520.0   520.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the 
Czech Republic 
Sheep and goats  Production 
support 85.0   85.0   85.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the 
Czech Republic  
  G/AG/N/CZE/57/Rev.1 
Page 8 Description of 
basic product Calendar year 
2003 Measure 
type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(million K č) Other 
product- 
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
 
(million K č) Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)
 
 
(million K č) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)
 
 
(million K č) Total AMS
 
 
 
 
 
 
(million K č) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Poppy harvest  Harvest aid 1.0   1.0   1.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the Czech Republic 
Milk  Compensatory 
payments 344.0 - - 344.0 - - 344.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the Czech Republic 
Vineyards  Area payments
 46.0   46.0   46.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the Czech Republic 
Hop gardens  Area payments
 41.0   41.0   41.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the 
Czech Republic 
Orchards  Area payments 104.0   104.0   104.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the 
Czech Republic 
  
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 Page 9Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Czech Republic  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003  
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar year 
2003 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
 
(million K č) Other non-product-
specific support (include 
calculation details) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support 
 
(million K č) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Support and Guarantee Farmer and 
Forestry Fund  994.0   994.0  
Genetic sources  490.0   490.0  
Support for the construction of drip 
irrigation in orchards, hop gardens and 
vineyards  23.0   23.0  
Support for young farmers  106.0   106.0  
Support for reduction of proportion of 
arable land  2,278.3   2,278.3  
Support to forest and water 
management  2,547.0   2,547.0  
Assistance to the purchase of 
agriculture machinery  300.0   300.0  
Refund of the consumption tax on 
diesel fuel  1,272.0   1,272.0  
Total non-product-sp ecific AMS  8,010.3   8,010.3  
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