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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/CGR/1/Add.1 
30 May 2006 
 (06-2576) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Montenegro Original:   English 
 
 
  
ACCESSION OF MONTENEGRO 
 
Domestic Support and Export Subsidies in the Agricultural Sector
 
 
Addendum  
 
 The following submission, dated 12 May 2006, is  being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Montenegro. 
 
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  WT/ACC/SPEC/CGR/1/Add.1 
Page 2 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  The Republic of Montenegro 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year - 2005 
Measures exempt from the re duction commitment – "Green box" 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture Monetary value 
of measure 
(in Euros) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Total value of green box measures   6,189,232 
a)  General services   3,684,232 
Exempt under Paragraph 2(a) of Annex 2 115,000 
Funding for medium-term weathe r forecasting, including procurement of models 10,000 
Preparation of studies, projects, drafts of new laws, public discussion for defining development 
directions and reforms in agriculture 60,000 
Purchase of equipment for educational institutions and research laboratories to improve 
technical level of secondary education and enab le analysis of seed and planting material 30,000 1. Research 
Financial support for the activities of the Mycology Center which collects and performs 
laboratory processing of mycological materials,  provides scientific and specialized 
publications, renders specialist assistance concerning protection of the environment and 
endangered species, organizes educative lectures, exhibitions and workshops 15,000 
Exempt under Paragraph 2(b) of Annex 2 995,000 
Monitoring epizoology and diagnostic testing of diseases and determining cause of death of 
animals when contagious diseases are suspected 40,265 
Controlling and eradicating tuberculosis in animals 240,800 
Controlling and eradicating brucellosis in cattle, sheep, and goats 226,450 
Controlling and eradicating enzootic leucosis in cattle 34,650 
Diagnostic examination and eradication of mastitis in cows 18,000 
Preventing and reducing the inciden ce of classic hog cholera 94,650 
Preventing and eradicating rabies in dogs, ca ts and other domestic animals; eradicating 
echinococcus in dogs 105,745 
Preventing and eradication of anthrax 4,060 
Prevention and eradication of enterotoxaemia in sheep and dysentery in lambs 1,480 
Prevention and eradication of Newcastle disease 12,600 
Prevention and eradication of honeybee diseases 31,300 2.   Pest and disease control 
Control of plum podge virus expansion: inspection of plum trees and eradication of the virus in 
infected orchards 65,000 Ministry of 
Agriculture, Forestry and 
Water 
Management of the Republic of 
Montenegro, 
Agricultural budget for the 
year 2005  
   WT/ACC/SPEC/CGR/1/Add.1
 Page 3Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture Monetary value 
of measure 
(in Euros) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Monitoring of the emergence and density of the olive fly population and control of such 50,000 
Control of pests through application of various methods pursuant to the reports and findings of 
the Reporting-Prognostication Service 15,000 
Control and monitoring of animals, food and animal feed on content of residues of medicines 40,000  
Control of cicada infestations and monitoring th eir emergence and invasion intensity 15,000  
3.   Training services Exempt under Paragraph 2(c) of Annex 2 0 
Exempt under Paragraph 2(d) of Annex 2 552,850 
Support for the activities of the Department for Livestock Selection, including, inter alia, 
identifying quality breeding livestock, control of breeding, milk supply quality control, 
licensing of bulls, selection of semen for artificial insemination, control of artificial insemination, regional livestock exhibitions and expert counselling 160,000 
Expert training of beekeepers through organization of lectures and exhibitions, participation in 
exhibitions abroad, publishing a magazine for beekeepers, and procuring scientific and expert 
publications 14,250 
Support for establishing and operating Agency for Tobacco, which will be responsible for 
maintaining the registry of legal entities a nd entrepreneurs engaged in production and 
circulation of tobacco products  42,000 
Breeding program for auth entic strains of bees to increas e productivity and resistance to 
diseases 16,500 
Control of the soil fecundity through taking samples for chemical analysis, interpretation of the 
findings and provision of the fertilization instructions 25,000 
Formation of experimental plots of various European and Mediterranean fruit tree varieties 10,000 
Funding activities of the Horticulture Extension Service which provides professional assistance 
to farmers, organizes training courses and seminars 158,000 
Support for the re-establishment of farmer  cooperatives and associations 60,000 
Monitoring production of planting material of pe rrenial plants, certification of planting material, 
registration of nurceries  15,000 
Funding for an administrative support for flock sheep and goat herd increase incentive 2,100 
Funding for an administrative support for cattle herd increase incentive 2,000 
Education and training of farmers establishing new raspberry plantation 45,000 
Education and training of farmers in fig cultivation 1,000 4.   Extension and advisory 
services 
Education and training of farmers in ray, barley and buckwheat production 2,000 Ministry of 
Agriculture, 
Forestry and Water 
Management of 
the Republic of Montenegro, 
Agricultural 
budget for the year 2005  
  WT/ACC/SPEC/CGR/1/Add.1 
Page 4 Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture Monetary value 
of measure 
(in Euros) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Exempt under Paragraph 2(e) of Annex 2 89,000 
Funding activities of the Dairy Industry Labora tory related to the milk quality tests and 
provision of field professional assistance to farmers with the aim of improving hygienic safety 
of milk 49,000 5.  Inspection services 
Equipping of the inspection service 40,000 
Exempt under Paragraph 2(f) of Annex 2 1,432,382 
Organization of regional breeding livestock exhibitions 35,000 
Development of organic agriculture through edu cation of farmers and promotion activities, as 
well as establishment of the Ag ency for Organic Agriculture 112,382 
Development of information system in vine growing, including registry of vine plantations and  
cultivators 50,000 6.   Marketing and promotion 
services 
Organization of national campaign for marketing presentation of Montenegrin agricultural 
products  1,235,000 
Exempt under Paragraph 2(g) of Annex 2 500,000 7.   Infrastructural services 
Construction of roads and water-supply systems in mountainous regions 500,000 
b)   Public stockholding for food 
security purposes Exempt under Paragraph 3 of Annex 2 0 
c)   Domestic food aid Exempt under Paragraph 4 of Annex 2 0 
Exempt under Paragraph 6 of Annex 2 2,310,000 
Providing old-age pensions for peasant farmers aged over 65 (women over 60) who do not have 
income from the social security progra m due to their status as land-owners 2,160,000 d)   Decoupled income support 
"Young Farmers" program to keep young persons in the rural areas: payment of the social and 
pension insurance  150,000 
e)  Income insurance and income 
safety-net programmes Exempt under Paragraph 7 of Annex 2 0 
Exempt under Paragraph 8 of Annex 2 105,000 f)  Payments for relief from 
natural disaster Payments for the relief from natural disasters (budget allocation) 105,000 
g)  Structural adjustment 
assistance provided through 
producer retirement progammes Exempt under Paragraph 9 of Annex 2 0 
h)  Structural adjustment 
assistance provided through 
resource retirement progammes Exempt under Paragraph 10 of Annex 2 0 Ministry of 
Agriculture, 
Forestry and 
Water Management of 
the Republic of 
Montenegro, Agricultural 
budget for the 
year 2005  
   WT/ACC/SPEC/CGR/1/Add.1
 Page 5Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture Monetary value 
of measure 
(in Euros) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
i)  Structural adjustment 
assistance provided through 
investment aid Exempt under Paragraph 11 of Annex 2 0 
Exempt under Paragraph 12 of Annex 2 90,000 
Preservation of livestock genetic resources to prevent extinction of an endangered local cattle 
specie (buša), sheep specie (zetska žulja) and goat specie (original Balkan goat)   20,000 
Preservation of the autochthonous grapevine varieties (Crmni čki vranac and Kratošija) from 
permanent loss since these varieties are cultivated only in Montenegro 40,000 j)  Environmental programmes 
Provision of olive tree seedlings  for inaccessible mountain regions to reduce and/or prevent soil 
erosion 30,000 
k)  Regional assistance 
programmes Exempt under Paragraph 13 of Annex 2 0 
l)  Other   0 Ministry of 
Agriculture, 
Forestry and 
Water Management of 
the Republic of 
Montenegro, Agricultural 
budget for the 
year 2005 
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  The Republic of Montenegro 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year - 2005 
Measures exempt from the reducti on commitment – Special and differential treatment – "Development programmes"  
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Article 6:2 of the Agreement on Agriculture Monetary value of measure in year in 
question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
NIL 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:3 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  The Republic of Montenegro 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year - 2005 
Measures exempt from the reduc tion 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 Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
NIL 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  The Republic of Montenegro 
 REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year – 2005 
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 below)  
(in Euros) Product specific measur ements of support  
(from Supporting Tables DS:8 below) Current Total AMS (in Euros) 
1 2 3 4 
Basic products          
Cattle 814,000 (de minimis) 0 0 
Milk 70,000 (de minimis) 0 0 
Sheep 385,000 (de minimis) 0 0 
Goats 67,900 (de minimis) 0 0 
Stallions 10,000 (de minimis) 0 0 
Bees 26,250 (de minimis) 0 0 
Grass and lucerne 13,000 (de minimis) 0 0 
Ray, barley and buckwheat 90,000   0 90,000 
Potatoes 85,000 (de minimis) 0 0 
Tobacco 224,000  0 224,000 
Figs 14,000 (de minimis) 0 0 
Non-product specific AMS 0   0 0 
Total AMS       314,000 
De minimis  exclusions based on the following: 
 AMS before de minimis adjustment Value of production AMS share of value of production 
 (in Euros) (in Euros) (per cent) 
Cattle 814,000 45,667,440 1.8% 
Milk 70,000 70,727,396 0.1% 
Sheep 385,000 19,297,278 2.0% 
Goats 67,900 4,385,745 1.5% 
Stallions 10,000 757,120 1.3% 
Bees 26,250 3,007,368 0.9% 
Grass and lucerne 13,000 5,536,307 0.2% 
Ray, barley and buckwheat 90,000 1,094,134 8.2% 
Potatoes 85,000 26,942,405 0.3% 
Tobacco 224,000 1,382,000 16.2% 
Figs 14,000 374,850 3.7% 
All agriculture 0 254,077,505 0.0% 
  
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 Page 9Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  The Republic of Montenegro 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2005 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measuremen t of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of 
the products Calendar/marketing 
year Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference price Eligible 
production Associated 
fees/levies Total market 
price support Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7 9 
NIL 
  
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Page 10 Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  The Republic of Montenegro 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year – 2005 
Product-Specific Aggregate Meas urements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
Product Year or 
period Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference 
price Eligible 
production Total 
price- 
related 
direct 
payments Other non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(in Euros) Associated 
fees/levies Total 
direct 
payments 
(in Euros) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4-5)*6 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Cattle 2005 Quality breeding stock programme: direct per head 
payment for raising quality breeding heifers and 
bulls          130,000   130,000 
Cattle 2005 Herd increase incentive : direct per head payments 
to farmers with more than 5 breeding females 
outside the milk purchase zone         318,000   318,000 
Cattle 2005 Artificial insemination programme: purchase of 
semen and artificial insemination of 30,000 cows          330,000   330,000 
Cattle 2005 Utilization of grazing land: direct payment to 
farmers per kilogram of weight gain of grazed 
cattle and of barn fed cattle          36,000   36,000 
Milk 2005 Milk procurement pr emium: direct payment per 
litre of milk in excess of 10,000 litres delivered in 
the year for up to 2.8 million litres in the milk 
purchase zone         70,000   70,000 
Sheep 2005 Flock increase incentive: direct per head payment 
to farmers owning breeding sheep, for the number 
of sheep over the minimum flock size of 40 head, 
and with maximum total flock size of 140 head.          385,000   385,000 
Goats 2005 Herd increase incentive: direct per head payment 
to farmers owning breedi ng goats, for the number 
of goats over the minimum herd size of 30 head, 
and with maximum total herd size of 130 head.          67,900   67,900 
Stallions 2005 Quality breeding stoc k programme: direct per head 
payment for raising qualit y breeding stallions          10,000   10,000 
Bees 2005 Modern beehive purchases: refunds for purchased 
beehives and feds         10,500   10,500 
Bees 2005 Foundation frames purchase: Refund for purchase 
of varoosis-sanitary foundation frames for         15,750   15,750 Ministry of 
Agriculture, 
Forestry and 
Water 
Management of 
the Republic of 
Montenegro, 
Agricultural 
budget for the 
year 2005  
   WT/ACC/SPEC/CGR/1/Add.1
 Page 11Product Year or 
period Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference 
price Eligible 
production Total 
price- 
related 
direct 
payments Other non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(in Euros) Associated 
fees/levies Total 
direct 
payments 
(in Euros) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4-5)*6 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
beehives   
Grass and 
lucerne 2005 Increased production of forage: refunds for 
purchasing seed for production of grass or lucerne         13,000   13,000 
Ray, 
barley and 
buckwheat 2005 Increased production of ray, barley and 
buckwheat: refunds for purchasing seed for 
production of ray, barley and buckwheat and 
machinery         90,000   90,000 
Potatoes 2005 Seed potato production programme: refund for 
purchase and sowing quality seed potatoes for 
production of seed potatoes         85,000   85,000 
Tobacco 2005 Tobacco premiums: pr emiums based on quality of 
delivered tobacco from contracted tobacco farmers         224,000   224,000 
Figs 2005 Fig production incentive: purchase of planting 
material for new fig plantations          14,000   14,000 Ministry of 
Agriculture, 
Forestry and 
Water 
Management of 
the Republic of Montenegro, 
Agricultural 
budget for the 
year 2005 
  
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Page 12 Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  The Republic of Montenegro 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year – 2005 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Pr oduct-Specific AMS 
Product Year 
or 
period Measure type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
product 
specific 
support Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product 
specific 
support Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
(in Euros) Total AMS 
(in Euros) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Cattle 2005           814,000 814,000 
Milk 2005           70,000 70,000 
Sheep 2005           385,000 385,000 
Goats 2005           67,900 67,900 
Stallions 2005           10,000 10,000 
Bees 2005           26,250 26,250 
Grass and 
lucerne 2005           13,000 13,000 
Ray, barley and 
buckwheat 2005           90,000 90,000 
Potatoes 2005           85,000 85,000 
Tobacco 2005           224, 000 224,000 
Figs 2005 (please see 
Supporting 
Table DS:6 for 
description of measures) 
          14,000 14,000 Ministry of 
Agriculture, 
Forestry and 
Water Management of 
the Republic of 
Montenegro, 
Agricultural 
budget for the year 2005 
  
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 Page 13Supporting Table DS:8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  The Republic of Montenegro 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year – 2005 
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar/marketing 
year Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments Other 
product-
specific 
support Associated 
fees/levies Total 
monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9-10) 12 
NIL 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  The Republic of Montenegro 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year – 2005 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Year or period Non-product-
specific budgetary 
outlays Other non-
product-specific 
support Associated 
fees/levies Total non-product 
specific- support Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
NIL 
  
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 Page 15Supporting Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  The Republic of Montenegro 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year – 2005 
Export Subsidies:  Outlay and Quantity 
Description of 
products Direct export 
subsidies Sales of stock Producer 
financed 
subsidies Cost reduction 
measures Internal transport 
subsidies Total product -
specific export 
subsidies Quantity of 
subsidised 
exports Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
NIL 
 
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