WORLD TRADE                 
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/EST/12 
16 December 2005 
 (05-6058) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission from Estonia , dated 14 September 2005, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the European Communities .  The notification concerns domestic 
support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the relevant Supporting Tables) for 2003 . 
   
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia 
 
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 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from Section 1 of  Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
   
 million EEK de minimis  
   
 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
 
 
Measure type Name and description of m easure taking into account the criteria 
 in Annex 2 Monetary value of measur e in year in question 
(million EEK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
General services Research (incl. agricultural sector research for developing agricultural 
policies, applied research for plant and livestock production and veterinary 
activities, applied research for land amelioration, research related to 
breeding)  38.52 State budget 
 Pest and disease control  2.00 State budget 
 Training, extension and advisory se rvices (incl. farmers' training and 
consultation services, Jäne da Training and Advisory Center, agricultural 
extension service program and ot her advisory/extension activities)  22.79 State budget 
 Inspection services (incl. inspection se rvices concerning veterinary and food 
control, food quality and safety inspection programs)  73.8 State budget 
 Marketing and promotion services (e xpenditures to support participation in 
exhibitions and trade fairs, expenditure s for gathering market information, 
promotion of cooperative actions of farmers)  11.8 State budget 
 Infrastructure services (maintenance of amelioration structures, construction 
and reconstruction of power lines  for agricultural producers)  21.40 State budget 
Public stockholding for  
food security purposes Expenditures to store reserve stocks of  grain and food items   9.99 State budget 
Domestic food aid School milk  programme  14.54 State budget 
SAPARD Programme (Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and 
Rural Development)    389.85 State budget and 
cofinancing Structural adjustment  
assistance provided through  
investment aids Loan Guarantees provided by Rural Life  Development Fund (RLDF)  9.29 RLDF 
Payment under  
environmental programmes Supporting growing certified seeds in order to increase protection against 
plant diseases and wild oats  35.11 State budget 
 Agri-environment programmes (i ncluding converting to organi c farming)  40.10 State budget  
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Page 4 Measure type Name and description of m easure taking into account the criteria 
 in Annex 2 Monetary value of measur e in year in question 
(million EEK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Payment under regional  
assistance programmes 
 
 Liming of acid soils in areas determined by the respective soil research 
laboratories  14.16 State budget 
TOTAL    683.35  
 
 
  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:3 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payments"  
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6.5 
of the Agreement on Agriculture Monetary value of measure  
in year in question 
(million EEK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 Payments made on cereal produ ction (Art. 6.5(a)(ii)) 76.96  State budget (b) Payments made on 85 per cent or less 
of the base level of production  
 Payments made on m ilk production (Art. 6.5(a)(ii)) 109.97 State budget 
  Payments made on mutton and lamb meat  production (Art. 6.5(a )(ii)) 3.81 State budget 
  Payments made on fruit and vegetable production (Art. 6.5(a)(ii)) 5.02 State budget 
TOTAL  195.76  
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003 
 
Calculation of the Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Description of Basic Products  
(including non-product-specific AMS) Product-Specific AMS (from Supporting Tables  
DS:5 to DS:7) 
 
 
 
(million EEK) 
 Product-Specific Measurements of 
Support (from Supporting Table DS:8 
below) 
 
 
(million EEK) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
 
 
 
 
(million EEK) 
1 2 3 4 
    
Support for raising suckler cows 4.00 1 - de minimis 
Support for raising young bovines and beef 
animals 28.60 1 - de minimis 
    
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting 
Table DS:9) 13.53 2 - de minimis  
    
 
 
1 Value of cattle production for the year 2003 as the basis of de minimis  calculation is 2,007 million EEK (estim ated EAA data as of January 2004).  
2 Agricultural output for the year 2003 as the basis of de minimis  calculation is 5,549 million EEK (estimated EAA data as of January 2004).   
 
 
 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia 
 
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 
 
(million EEK) Other product- 
specific support 
(include 
calculation 
details) 
 Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-specific 
support 
  
(million EEK) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) Total AMS 
 
 
  
(million EEK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Raising suckler 
cows 1 January 
2003 Support 4.00 - - 4.00 - - 4.00 State Budget 
Raising young 
bovines and beef 
animals 1 January 
2003 Support 28.60 - - 28.60 - - 28.60 State Budget 
Total product-
specific AMS         32.60  
 
  
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Page 8  
Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar year 
2003 Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
(million EEK) Other non-product- 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) 
(million EEK) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
(million EEK) Total non-product-specific 
support 
 
 
(million EEK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
       
Interest subsidy  
 1 January 2003 13.12   13.12 State budget 
Insurance support 1 January 2003 0.41   0.41 State budget 
       
Total non-product-specific AMS     13.53 
  
 
 
 
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