G/AG/N/CHE/109  
11 May 2021 
(21-3985) Page: 1/10 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission from Switzerland and Liechtenstein, dated  29 September 2 020, is being 
circulated at the request of the delegation of Switzerland . The notification concerns domestic 
support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the relevant Supporting Tables) for the 
calendar  year 2019 . 
 
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Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SWITZERLAND -LIECHTENSTEIN  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR Y EAR 2019 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment level  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  
4,257 CHF (million ) 1,434 
   
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Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : SWITZERLAND -LIECHTENSTEIN  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR Y EAR 2019  
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference   
to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
CHF million  Data sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General services      
2 (a) Research   135.7 OFAG   
Subtotal:  135.7   
2 (b) Pest and disease control   49.6 OFAG/OVF/CFL   
Subtotal:  49.6   
2 (d) Extension and advisory services   11.3 OFAG   
Subtotal:  11.3   
2 (e) Inspection services  Quality control of milk, grape crops, fruit and vegetables  2.6 OFAG/OVF/CFL   
Subtotal:  2.6   
2 (f) Marketing and promotion services  Sales promotion  64.9 OFAG/CFL   
Subtotal:  64.9   
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Structural improvements, including land improvements (in general and in 
the event of severe weather conditions)  79.6 OFAG   
Subtotal:  79.6   
2 (h) Other general services  Family allowances for small farmers and agricultural workers (notified for 
transparency purposes)  78.0 AFF/OFAS   
Cantonal spending on agriculture : administration, land improvement and 
rural buildings, animal tending, health and social measures  338.0 AFF  
Subtotal:  416.0   
 Subtotal General services  759.7   
6. Decoupled income support  Transitional payments  104.4 OFAG   
General direct payments : payment for services provided in the general 
interest (protection and maintenance of the countryside, safeguarding of 
the viability of rural areas), supplement to market earnings  3.5 CFL  
Subtotal:  107.9   
8. Relief from natural disasters   3.2 OFAG   
Subtotal:  3.2     
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference   
to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
CHF million  Data sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
11. Structural adjustment assistance provided through 
investment aids  Investment credits (loss of interest on total credits granted)  0.0 OFAG   
Assistance to small farms (loss of interest on total credits granted)  0.2 OFAG   
Assistance to improve livestock breeding  35.4 OFAG/CFL   
Subtotal:  35.6   
12. Environmental programmes  Biodiversity payments  312.0 OFAG/CFL   
Networking payments  105.0 OFAG   
Organic farming payments  60.0 OFAG   
Payments for the extensive farming of cereals, sunflowers, high -protein 
peas, field beans and colza  34.5 OFAG   
Payments for pasture -based milk and meat production  111.7 OFAG   
Animal welfare payments  282.7 OFAG   
Payments for pollutant emission -reducing spreading techniques  13.5 OFAG   
Payments for soil -preserving farming techniques  16.1 OFAG   
Payments for the use of precise application techniques  2.0 OFAG   
Payments for two -phase low -nitrogen swine feeding  2.9 OFAG   
Payments for the reduction of plant protection products in sugar beet 
growing, viticulture and fruit -farming  2.4 OFAG   
Payments for special ecological services (extensive production, organic 
farming, development and working of environmental compensation areas, 
animal -keeping programmes, water protection)  21.5 OFAG   
Payments for summer pasturing  128.3 OFAG/CFL   
Subtotal:  1,092.6   
13. Regional assistance programmes  Open landscape maintenance payments  139.9 OFAG   
Payments for farming on sloping land  127.1 OFAG/CFL   
Payments for farming on steep slopes  11.2 OFAG   
Payments for wine cultivation on steep slopes  11.7 OFAG   
Mountain pasturing payments  110.1 OFAG   
Payments for farming in difficult conditions  159.4 OFAG   
Landscape quality payments  146.1 OFAG   
Subtotal:  705.5   
Total Green Box  2,704.5   
General notes:  
AFF: Federal Finance Administration.  
OFAG : Federal Office for Agriculture.  
OVF: Federal Veterinary Office.  
OFAS : Federal Social Insurance Office.  
CFL: Government Chancellery of the Principality of Liechtenstein.  
    
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Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : SWITZERLAND -LIECHTENSTEIN  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR Y EAR 2019  
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)  
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Product -specific 
equivalent 
measurements of 
support  
(from Supporting 
Table DS:8)  
 
CHF million  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Value of production  
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Support as a  
% of value of 
production  
 Current total AMS  
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Note  
 
1 2 3    4  
Tobacco  6.4  6.4 14.2 45.1% 6.4  
Oilseeds  19.8  19.8 91.0 21.8% 19.8  
Soya beans  1.7  1.7 4.0 42.5% 1.7  
Other grain legumes  5.3  5.3 14.0 37.9% 5.3  
Seeds  1.6  1.6 17.0 9.4% 1.6  
Sugar beet  36.6  36.6 107.0 34.2% 36.6  
Cereals  15.8  15.8 326.3 4.8% 0 (de minimis )  
Milk and milk products  372.5  372.5 2,030.7 18.3% 372.5  
Bovine meat  2.9  2.9 1,382.7 0.2% 0 (de minimis )  
Eggs 1.9  1.9 276.4 0.7% 0 (de minimis )  
Fruit 3.2  3.2 347.2 0.9% 0 (de minimis )  
Wool 0.6  0.6 0.2 300.0% 0.6  
Total non-product -specific AMS from Supporting Table DS:9  989.5 10,980.1 9.0% 989.5  
TOTAL  1,434.0  
General note : 
Value of Swiss production notified by the Federal Statistical Office (provisional data) . Value of production data is not available for the Principality of Liechtenstein.  
    
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Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : SWITZERLAND -LIECHTENSTEIN  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR Y EAR 2019  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support : Market Price Support  
Description of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
CHF External 
reference price 
(generally 
from AGST)  
 
CHF Eligible production  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
CHF million  Total market 
price support  
((4-5)*6) -7 
 
 
CHF million  Data 
sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  
Tobacco  CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Price support  16,390/Tonne  8,993/Tonne  0.865 thousand  tonnes  6.4 OFAG   
Total Tobacco          6.4   
General note : 
OFAG : Federal Office for Agriculture . 
    
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Supporting Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : SWITZERLAND -LIECHTENSTEIN  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR Y EAR 2019  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support : Non-Exempt Direct Payments  
Description of 
basic products  Reporting period  Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
 
CHF External 
reference 
price  
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
 
CHF Eligible 
production  Total 
price -related 
direct  
payments  
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
 
CHF million  Other 
non-exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Total direct 
payments 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Data 
sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Oilseeds  CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Crop premium      19.8  19.8 OFAG   
Total Oilseeds            19.8   
Soya beans  CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Crop premium      1.7  1.7 OFAG   
Total Soya 
beans            1.7   
Other grain 
legumes  CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Crop premium      5.3  5.3 OFAG   
TotalOther  
grain legumes            5.3   
Seeds  CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Crop premium      1.6  1.6 OFAG   
Total Seeds            1.6   
Sugar beets  CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Crop premium      36.6  36.6 OFAG   
Total Sugar 
beets            36.6   
Cereals CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Supplement      15.8  15.8 OFAG   
Total  
Cereal s            15.8   
General note : 
OFAG : Federal Office for Agriculture . 
    
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Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : SWITZERLAND -LIECHTENSTEIN  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR Y EAR 2019  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support : Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description of 
basic pro ducts  Reporting period  Measure 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
 
CHF  
million  Other 
product -
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
 
 
CHF  
million  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
 
 
CHF  
million  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
 
 
 
CHF  
million  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
 
 
 
CHF  
million  Total 
AMS 
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHF 
million  Data 
sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Total Tobacco          6.4  6.4   
Total Oilseeds           19.8 19.8   
Total So ya 
beans           1.7 1.7   
Total Other 
grain legumes           5.3 5.3   
Total Seeds           1.6 1.6   
Total Sugar 
beet          36.6 36.6   
Total C ereals          15.8 15.8   
Milk and milk 
products  CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Supplement s 
for milk 
converted into 
cheese  197.8   197.8    OFAG   
Milk and milk 
products  CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Supplement 
for non -silage 
feed 31.4   31.4    OFAG   
Milk and milk 
products  CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Supplement 
for marketed 
milk 143.3   143.3    OFAG/CFL   
Total Milk and 
milk products         372.5   372.5     
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Description of 
basic pro ducts  Reporting period  Measure 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
 
CHF  
million  Other 
product -
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
 
 
CHF  
million  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
 
 
CHF  
million  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
 
 
 
CHF  
million  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
 
 
 
CHF  
million  Total 
AMS 
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
CHF 
million  Data 
sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Bovine meat  CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Market price 
support  2.9   2.9    OFAG   
Total Bovine 
meat         2.9   2.9   
Eggs CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Market price 
support  1.9   1.9    OFAG   
Total Eggs         1.9   1.9   
Fruit CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Guarantee 
stocks 
(concentrated 
pome -fruit 
juices)  0.9   0.9    OFAG   
Fruit CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Value addition 
support for 
fruit 2.3   2.3    OFAG   
Total Fruit         3.2   3.2   
Wool CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Market price 
support  0.6   0.6    OFAG   
Total Wool         0.6   0.6   
General notes : 
OFAG : Federal Office for Agriculture.  
CFL: Government Chancellery of the Principality of Liechtenstein.  
    
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Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : SWITZERLAND -LIECHTENSTEIN  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR Y EAR 2019  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure type(s)  Reporting period  Non-product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
CHF million  Other  
non-product -
specific support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
 
CHF million  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
 
CHF million  Total  
non-product -
specific support 
(3+4 -5) 
 
 
 
CHF million  Data 
sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
Supply security payments : Basic payment  CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 809.5   809.5 OFAG   
Supply security payments : Payment for open 
land and permanent crops  CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 111.8   111.8 OFAG   
Payments for herding roughage -consuming 
animals  CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 2.5   2.5 CFL (1) 
Refund of fuel tax to farmers  CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 65.7   65.7 DGD (2) 
TOTAL  989.5  
General note s: 
OFAG : Federal Office for Agriculture.  
CFL: Government Chancellery of the Principality of Liechtenstein.  
DGD: Directorate -General of Customs.  
Notes:  
(1) Roughage -consuming animals are cattle, horses, sheep, goats, bison, water buffalo, deer, llamas, and alpacas . The payment is not made per animal, but per livestock 
unit (LU) of roughage -consuming animals . For further information on these livestock units, p lease refer to the relevant ordinance (available in German): 
https://www.gesetze.li/konso/2009264000?search_text=lbav&sea rch_loc=abk_list&lrnr=&lgblid_von=&observe_date=30.01.2018 . 
(2) An estimate was used here as the final figure is not yet available.  
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