WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/MKD/4 
3 March 2005 
 (05-0920) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 25 January 2005, 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 2003 .  
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
 
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 
   
16.3 Million Euro 4.7 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2003 
 
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 Program2 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 contaminates) 
land and animal feed (paragraph 2(b)).  
3,052,368  
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 (under the Program for Agricultural Development Incentives)3 
(paragraph 2(a)).  
440,716  
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 Program for Agricultural Development 
Incentives) (paragraph 2(g)).  
930,401  
Budget 
  
Agricultural training and advisory services on agro-production technology and 
market promotion for farmers (under the Program for Agricultural Development 
Incentives) (paragraph 2(c) and (d)).    
16,649  
Budget 
  
Maintenance of a network of rocket stations  to disperse clouds containing the threat 
of producing hail storm (paragraph 2(g)).  
114,881  
Budget  
                                                      
1 1 Euro = 61.2639 MKD. 
2 Animal Health Protection Program for 2003 wa s published in the Official Gazette 39/2003.  
3 Program for Agricultural Development Incentives fo r 2003 was published in the Official Gazette 46/2003.   
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Page 4 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 
  
Introduction of modern tobacco technology: 
- For the production of quality tobacco seeds (paragraph 2(d)).  
- For the protection against pests and diseases (paragraph 2(b)).  
16,323  
Budget 
  
Agricultural market information services through the centres for agricultural stock 
exchange4 (paragraph 2(f))  
73,453  
Budget 
 
3. Public stockholding for 
food security purposes   
Maintenance of stock reserves for food security purposes5, as defined in Annex 2 
paragraph 3  
0  
Budget  
 
13. Regional assistance 
programme  
The measures are described below6:  
  
 (1) Funds for infrastructure projects for lives tock  farms in officially classified 
disadvantaged regions. Funds are al located through the Bureau for 
Development of Underdeveloped Regions.   
86,739  
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.  
48,789  
Budget  
Total  "Green Box" 
measures  4,780,319  
 
                                                      
4 Legal basis for establishing stock exchange centres and th eir activities is provided by the Law on Agricultural and Food Produ cts Stock Exchange (Official Gazette 32/1992). 
5 Legal basis is provided by the Law on Stock Reserves (Official Ga zette 47/1987 and 13/1993). 
6 Criteria for classification of disadvantaged  (underdeveloped) regions are provided in the Law for Encouraging Development of U nderdeveloped Regions (Offi cial 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 2003 
 
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 3,370,488   3,370,488 
Sheep 1,306,185   1,306,185 
Non-product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Table DS:9 below) 1,686,702   0 ( de minimis ) 
TOTAL:  Current Total AMS    4,676,673 
 
 
 
Total Values of Production for All Produc ts Listed in Supporting Table DS:4.  
 
Description of product 2003 
(Euro) 
 
Wheat 38,614,094 
Sheep 9,369,041 Value of Total Agricultural Production 975,292,072 
 
 
1 Euro = 61.2639 MKD 
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 2003 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of basic 
product Calendar year 
2003 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
(Euro/t)7 External reference 
price (generally 
from AGST/...) 
(Euro/t) Eligible 
production
 
(t) 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 171.39 156.43 225,300 0 3,370, 488 Protective price:  Legislation 
Eligible production:   Statistical 
Office 
 
 
 
 
  
  
                                                      
7 1 Euro = 61.2639 MKD. 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2003 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description of basic 
product Calendar year 
2003 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
 
 
(Euro/t) External 
reference price 
  
 
(Euro/t) Eligible 
production
  
 
(million t) 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 
Sheep  Direct 
payments     1,306,185  1,306,185 Agricultural Fund 
and Budget 
 
 
 
 
  
  
                                                      
8 1 Euro = 61.2639 MKD.   
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2003 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description of basic 
product Calendar year 
2003 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       3,370,488  3,370,488  
Sheep        1,306,185 1,306,185  
Total       3,370,488 1,306,185 4,676,673  
 
   
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 Page 9Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2003 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar 
year 2003 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 crop and livestock 
production  1,531,276 73,812 0 1,605,088 Agricultural Fund 
Esparzeta grass  81,614  0 81,614 Budget 
Total non-product-specific AMS   1,612,890 73,812 0 1,686,702  
 
 
 
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