WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/ROU/24 
18 December 2009 
 (09-6598) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission from Romania , dated 29 June 2009, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the  European Communities .
1  The notification concerns export subsidy 
commitments ( Tables ES:1 and ES:2 ) for the calendar years 2003 to 2006. 
 
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 In accordance with the Articles 10 and 18:2 of the Agreement on Agriculture and notification 
requirements and formats (document G/AG/2, relati ng to export subsidy commitments – Table ES:1), 
Romania wishes to inform the Comm ittee that there have not been any export subsidies provided to 
any agricultural product in calendar year 2003. Romani a also has the honour to inform that it is not a 
food aid donor country and did not apply any quan tities of food aid for the calendar year 2003. 
 
 During the calendar years 2004, 2005 and 2006, export subsidies were only applied to the 
products appearing in Table ES:1.  Other products  subject to reduction commitments, as shown in 
Section II of Part IV of Schedule LXIX – Roma nia, received no export subsidies during the said 
periods, neither was any food aid provi ded with respect to these products. 
 
  
 
                                                      
1 On 1 December 2009, the Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty 
establishing the European Community  (done at Lisbon, 13 December 2007) entered into force.  On 
29 November 2009, the WTO received a Verbal Note (WT /L/779) from the Council of the Eu ropean Union and 
the Commission of the European Communities stating that, by virtue of the Treaty of Lisbon , as of 1 December 
2009, the European Union replaces an d succeeds the European Community.  
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Page 2 Table ES:2 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Romania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Calendar year 2003 Quantity of total exports 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 
Cereals   129,409 
Oilseeds   398,555 
Vegetable oils   52,307 
Sugar   979 
Butter and vegetable fats   4 
Cheese   3,014 
Beef meat, pork meat, sheepmeat and meat preparations   4,287 
Poultry meat   2,656 
Live animals   104,278 
Eggs   22,855 (th. pcs.) 
Wine and spirits   425,957 (hl) 
Fruit   18,194 
Vegetables   12,038 
 
Source :  Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development.  
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 Page 3Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Romania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2004 
 
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of products Calendar year 2004 Subs idized exports Food aid Annual commitment levels 
  Outlays * 
(billion lei) Quantity 
(th. hl) Quantity Outlays ** 
(million lei) Quantity 
(th. hl) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Wine  0.6 1.3 - 50.4 8.08 
 
 
* Current prices 2004 (1 US$ = 32,636.57 lei).   
** Current prices 1986-1989 (1 US$ = 24 lei).    
  
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Page 4 Supporting Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Romania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2004 
 
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of products Direct 
export 
subsidies 
 
(billion lei) Sales of 
stocks Producer 
financed 
subsidies Cost reduction 
measures Internal 
transport 
subsidies Total product 
specific 
export 
subsidies 
(billion lei) Quantity of 
subsidised 
exports 
 
(th. hl) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
Wine 0.6     0.6 1.3 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Forests and Rural 
Development 
  
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 Page 5Table ES:2 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Romania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2004 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Calendar year 2004 Quantity of total exports 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 
Cereals   399,722 
Oilseeds   366,282 
Vegetable oils   117,652 
Sugar   2,903 
Butter and vegetable fats   193 
Cheese   3,946 
Beef meat, pork meat, sheepmeat and meat preparations   6,016 
Poultry meat   3,801 
Live animals   105,452 
Eggs   24,952 (th. pcs.) 
Wine and spirits   389,994 (hl) 
Fruit   12,795 
Vegetables   9,763 
 
Source :  Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development.  
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Page 6 Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Romania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2005 
 
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of products Calendar year 2005 Subs idized exports Food aid Annual commitment levels 
  Outlays * 
(billion lei) Quantity 
(th. hl) Quantity Outlays ** 
(million lei) Quantity 
(th. hl) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Wine  0.6 0.8 - 50.4 8.08 
 
 
* Current prices 2005 (1 US$ = 29,136.55 lei).   
** Current prices 1986-1989 (1 US$ = 24 lei).    
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Romania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2005 
 
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of products Direct 
export 
subsidies 
 
(billion lei) Sales of 
stocks Producer 
financed 
subsidies Cost reduction 
measures Internal 
transport 
subsidies Total product 
specific 
export 
subsidies 
(billion lei) Quantity of 
subsidised 
exports 
 
(th. hl) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
Wine 0.6     0.6 0.8 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Forests and Rural 
Development 
  
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Page 8 Table ES:2 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Romania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2005 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Calendar year 2005 Quantity of total exports 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 
Cereals   1,009,941 
Oilseeds   352,642 
Vegetable oils   108,293 
Sugar   6,596 
Butter and vegetable fats   145 
Cheese   4,299 
Beef meat, pork meat, sheepmeat and meat preparations   7,740 
Poultry meat   2,593 
Live animals   82,711 
Eggs   1,704 (th. pcs.) 
Wine and spirits   285,610 (hl) 
Fruit   9,358 
Vegetables   16,104 
 
Source :  Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development.  
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 Page 9Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Romania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2006 
 
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of products Calendar year 2006 Subs idized exports Food aid Annual commitment levels 
  Outlays * 
(billion lei) Quantity 
(th.  hl) Quantity Outlays ** 
(million lei) Quantity 
(th. hl) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Wine  1.5 1.7 - 50.4 8.08 
 
 
* Current prices 2006 (1 US$ = 28,089.83 lei).   
** Current prices 1986-1989 (1 US$ = 24 lei).    
  
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Page 10 Supporting Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Romania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2006 
 
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of products Direct 
export 
subsidies 
 
(billion lei) Sales of 
stocks Producer 
financed 
subsidies Cost reduction 
measures Internal 
transport 
subsidies Total product 
specific 
export 
subsidies 
(billion lei) Quantity of 
subsidised 
exports 
 
(th. hl) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
Wine 1.5     1.5 1.7 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Forests and Rural 
Development 
  
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 Page 11Table ES:2 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Romania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2006 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Calendar year 2006 Quantity of total exports 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 
Cereals   1,267,711 
Oilseeds   824,788 
Vegetable oils   97,105 
Sugar   30,871 
Butter and vegetable fats   300 
Cheese   4,571 
Beef meat, pork meat, sheepmeat and meat preparations   10,178 
Poultry meat   57 
Live animals   89,223 
Eggs   291 (th. pcs.) 
Wine and spirits   197,165 (hl) 
Fruit   11,438 
Vegetables   21,311 
 
Source :  Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development. 
 
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