WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/SVK/45 
3 March 2005 
 (05-0916) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 The following submission, dated 27 January 2005, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Slovak Republic .  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:  Slovak 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 
10,140.0 million Sk* 2,181.7 
 
*  Exchange rate:  1 EUR = approx. 40 Sk  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type Name and description of m easure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question  
(million Sk) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a) "general services"    
 1. advisory services 
2. marketing services 5.8 
1.2 
(b) "public stockholding for food security 
purposes"   Agricultural Paying Agency of the Slovak 
Republic (APA of SR)  
(c) "domestic food aid"  school milk 9.1  
(d) "decoupled income support"    
(e) "income insurance and income safety-net 
programmes"    
(f) "payments for relief from natu ral disasters"  disaster-rela ted damage reimbursement 373  
(g) "structural adjustme nt assistance provided 
through producer retirement programmes"    
(h) "structural adjustme nt assistance provided 
through resource retire ment programmes"  permanent grassing 36.8  
(i) "structural adjustme nt assistance provided 
through investment aids"  reconstruction and modernization 367.2  
(j) "environmental programmes" 1. ecological procedures 
2. conservation of genetic resources 3. bee and fish breeding 421.4 
187 
44.7  
(k) "regional assistance progr ammes" 1. agri-tourism  
2. worse natural conditions 
 78.7 
3,261.6   
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Page 4 Measure type Name and description of m easure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question  
(million Sk) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(l) "other"  cultivation methods development 40 Agricultural Paying Agency of the Slovak 
Republic (APA of SR) 
    
Total Green Box  4,826.5   
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:3 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programmes – "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 Sk) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a) "payments based on fixed area  and yields"  countervailing payments in crops production 991.9 
(b) "payments based on 85 per cen t or less of the base level 
of production"   
(c) "livestock payments made on a fixed number of head"  cows w ithout market milk production 127.9 Agricultural Paying Agency of the Slovak 
Republic (APA of SR) 
Total Exempt Direct Payments  1,119.8   
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003  
Calculation of the Current 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 below) 
(million Sk) Product-specific equiva lent measurements 
of support 
 (from Supporting Table DS:8 below) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
 
(million Sk) 
1 2 3 4 
    
Cow breeding for fresh milk 817.1 - 817.1  
Bulls for slaughter 63 - 63  
Sheep and goats 257.4 - 257.4  
   
Total Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting 
Table DS:9) - 1,044.2  
Current Total AMS - 2,181.7  
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic  
 
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 External 
reference price 
(generally from 
AGST/...) Eligible 
productionTotal price-
related direct 
payments Other non-
exempt direct 
payments 
 
(million Sk) Associated 
fees/levies Total direct 
payments 
  
(million Sk) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Cow breeding 
for fresh milk  Milk production 
and sale support - - - - 817.1 - 817.1 
Bulls for 
slaughter  Production and 
sale support - - - - 63 - 63 
Sheep and 
goats  Production and 
sale support - - - - 257.4 - 257.4 
Total Non-Exempt Direct Payments      1,137.5  1,137.5 Agricultural Paying 
Agency of the 
Slovak Republic 
(APA of SR) 
 
  
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003  
Non-Product-Specific AMS  
Measure type(s) Calendar year
2003 
 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
(million Sk) Other non-product-
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support 
(million Sk) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
 Partial insurance reimbursement  148 - - 148 
 Partial interest reimbursement from 
credits  530.6 - - 530.6 
 Reimbursement of partial down-
payment of investment credits  365.6 - - 365.6 
Total non-product-specific AMS   1,044.2   1,044.2 Agricultural Paying Agency of the 
Slovak Republic (APA of SR) 
 
 
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