WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/NOR/47 
22 February 2008 
 (08-0802) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 15 February 2008,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Norway .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the 
relevant supporting tables) for the calendar years 2002 , 2003  and 2004 .  
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
 
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 
 
Sum of product-specific AMS, Equivalent commitments and Non-product specific AMS 
 
11,449.0   
  
NOK million  
  
10,399.3 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with referenc e to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(million NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 2. General services:    
Advice and promotion Small Animal Fund;  Advice and promotion fo r small animals.  Compensation for loss 
during pasturing season in the mountains (f) 36.1 A 
Advice and promotion Research an d development support scheme to fruit and berries (f) 56.0 A 
Based on OECD grouping:     
Research Group 1:  Research, advisory and tr aining (Budget items 0278, 1137, 1510 and 
1150.77.13) 397.1 A, E 
Pest and diseases control Group 2:  Vete rinary services, plant and animal diseases (Budget it ems 1107 and 0279) 234.8 A, E 
Infrastructural service Group 3:  Investment, land registration a nd land allocation (Budget items 1140, 1145, 
1146) 78.7 A, E 
 3. Public stockholding for food security purposes:    
Food security purpose Grain price support, payment made to maintain  the gap between administered and external 
prices, and payment to stockhold ing for food security purposes 533.4 A 
Food security purpose Storage of meadow seed 7.0 A 
 8. Payments for relief from natural disasters:    
Compensation for natural 
disaster Natural Disaster Payment, compensation for cr op damage due to natural disasters 32.9 A  
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 9. Structural adjustment assistance provided through producer retirement 
programmes:   
Producer retirement Producer retirement payment, Permanent retirement from marketable agricultural 
production. 103.8 A 
 10. Structural adjustment assistance provided through resource retirement 
programmes:   
Resource retirement Payments to remove resources from marketab le agricultural production 89.7 A 
 11. Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids:    
Investment aid The Agricultural Development Fund, Investment  aid for structural adjustment and rural 
development purposes 853.0 A 
Investment aid Interest con cession.  Investment subsid ies and implementation of st ructural adjustment 0.0 A 
 12. Environmental programmes:    
Environmental programmes Subsidy to Ecological Production,  Subsidy to research on, and to farmers changing to 
ecological production methods 84.8 A 
Environmental programmes Subsidy to producers who refrain fro m field work on areas exposed to erosion in autumn. 158.7 A 
Environmental programmes Subsidy to Summer Da iry Operations in M ountainous Regions 20.7 A 
Environmental programmes Subsidy to  Production on Steep Areas 32.0 A 
Environmental programmes Acreage S upport to Ecological Production 21.3 A 
 13. Regional Assistance Programmes:    
Regional assistance Acreage Support to mountain grass produ ction, Support limited to farmers in 
disadvantaged regions 10.3 A 
 Other:    
Social welfare Vacation and Replacement Scheme, Refund for actual expenses during holidays and to 
alleviate financial difficulties due to illness 1,538.6 A 
Promotion and storage Market regulation - promotion and sa le, Payment made to obtain administered prices 48.0 A 
Sum  4,336.8  
  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:3 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
 
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 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(million NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a)  Payments based on fixed area and yields   
 Fixed area support Acreage and Cultural La ndscape Scheme (Art. 6:5 (a)(i)) 3,023.2 A 
(b)  Payments made on 85 per cent or less of the base level of production   
 Fixed yield support Structural Income Suppor t to Dairy Farmers (Art. 6:5 (a)(ii)) 1,306.2 A 
 Regional Deficiency Payment to Milk Production Support to Milk Production (Art. 6:5 (a)(ii)) 413.7 A 
 Regional Deficiency Paymen t to Meat Production  536.6 A 
(c)  Livestock payments made on a fixed number of head   
 Headage support Headage support,  animals (Art . 6:5 (a)(iii)) 2,251.0 A 
Total "Exempt Direct Payments"  7,530.6  
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
 
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 NOK) Product-specific equivale nt measurements of 
support (from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
(million NOK) 5% of value of 
production, where 
relevant for de minimis 
(million NOK) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
(million NOK) 
1 2 3 4 5 
Wheat 266.1 0.0  266.1 
Barley 582.1 0.0  582.1 
Oats 267.4 0.0  267.4 
Milk 3,811.6 0.0  3,811.6 Beef and veal 1,898.2 0.0  1,898.2 Pork 1,645.7 0.0  1,645.7 Sheep 1,023.9 0.0  1,023.9 Poultry 658.6 0.0  658.6 
Eggs 244.5 0.0  244.5 
Potatoes  0.0
1 29.8  29.8 
Fruit and vegetables 0.0 53.0 67.9 0.02 
Product-Specific AMS    10,428.0 
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9)   -28.7 Total AMS    10,399.3 
 
1 Product-specific EMS is calculated for potat oes from 2002, as administered price at whole sale level is no longer in place. 
2 De minimis .  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of basic 
products Calendar year 
beginning  
1 January 
2002 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
 
 
 
(NOK per 
kg./litre) External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST/…) 
(NOK per 
kg./litre) Eligible 
production 
 
 
 
 
(thousand 
tonnes, 
million litres) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
 
 
(million 
NOK) Total market 
price support
(to Supporting 
Table DS:7) 
 
 
(million 
NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
Wheat  Adm. price 2.16 0.82 200.2 2.1 266.1 A, D 
Barley  Adm. price 1.70 0.71 594.4 6.3 582.1 A, D 
Oats  Adm. price 1.70 0.66 259.8 2.8 267.4 A, D 
Milk  Target price 3.65 0.78 1,504.6 62.0 4,250.2 A, D 
Beef and veal  Target price 36.21 13.20 82.8 69.6 1,836.7 A, D 
Pork  Target price 27.37 7.60 103.3 74.5 1,968.4 A, D 
Sheep  Target price 44.00 10.55 24.5 22.2 798.9 A, D 
Poultry  Target price 26.18 8.45 46.1 32.4 785.6 A, D 
Eggs  Target price 13.59 5.28 44.5 39.9 329.8 A, D 
Total Market Price Support   11,085.2   
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar 
year 
beginning 
1 January 
2002 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
 
(NOK per 
kg./litre) External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST/…) Eligible 
production
 
(tonnes, 
million 
litres) Total price-
related direct 
payments 
 
(million 
NOK) Other non-
exempt direct 
payments 
 
(million 
NOK) Associated 
fees/levies
 
 
(million 
NOK) Total 
direct 
payments
 
(million 
NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Milk  Base deficiency payment3    0.0   
  Total milk    0.0 0.0  
Beef and veal  Base deficiency payment, meat    246.5  E 
  Total beef and veal    246.5 246.5  
Sheep  Base deficiency payment, meat     99.8  E 
  Wool deficiency payment     176.6  A 
  Total sheep     276.4 276.4  
 
3 Base deficiency payments to milk were abolished in 2002.  
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 Page 9Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar year 
beginning 
1 January 
2002 Measure type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
(million 
NOK) Other 
product- 
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies
 
 
 
(million 
NOK) Total 
other 
product-
specific 
support 
(million 
NOK) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)
 
(million 
NOK) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)
(million 
NOK) Total AMS
 
 
 
 
(million 
NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Wheat  -  0.0  0.0 266.1 0.0 266.1 - 
Barley  -  0.0  0.0 582.1 0.0 582.1 - 
Oats  -  0.0  0.0 267.4 0.0 267.4 - 
Milk  Farm feed 
adjustment  0.0 438.7 -438.7 4,250.2 0.0 3,811.6 - 
Beef and veal  Transport subsidy  
Farm feed 
adjustment 20.3 0.0 205.2 -184.9 1,836.7 246.5 1,898.2 - 
Pork  Transport subsidy 
Farm feed adjustment 17.3 0.0 339.9 -322.6 1,968.4 0.0 1,645.7 - 
Sheep  Transport subsidy 
Farm feed 
adjustment 6.3 0.0 57.7 -51.4 798.9 276.4 1,023.9 - 
Poultry  Farm feed 
adjustment  0.0 127.0 -127.0 785.6 0.0 658.6 - 
Eggs  Transport subsidy  
Farm feed 
adjustment 7.0 0.0 92.3 -85.3 329.8 0.0 244.5 - 
  
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Page 10 Supporting Table DS:8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
 
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support 
 
Description of 
basic products Calendar 
year 
beginning 
1 January 
2002 Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(million 
NOK) Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments
 
 
(million 
NOK) Other 
product-
specific 
support Associated 
fees/levees Total monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment 
 (to Supporting 
Table DS:4) 
 
(million NOK) Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9-10) 12 
Fruit, berries 
and vegetables  Regional deficiency 
payment  - - 44.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44.9 A 
  Storage subsidy, 
fruit - - 0.0 0.0 8.1 0.0 0.0 8.1 A 
  Total fruit, berries 
and vegetables        53.0  
Potatoes  Price support4 - - 29.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.8 A 
  Total potatoes        29.8  
Total Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support  44.9 0.0 8.1 0.0 0.0 82.8  
 
4 Notified amount is budgetary payments made as  price support to processed potato products.  
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 Page 11Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar 
beginning 
1 January 2002 Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
(million NOK) Other non-product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
(million NOK) Total non-product-specific 
support 
 
 
(million NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Subsidy to insemination  27.4 0.0 0.0 27.4 A 
Taxes on pesticides  0.0 0.0 56.1 -56.1 A 
Total Non-Product-Specific AMS  (To Supporting Table DS:4)   -28.7  
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
  
Data sources 
 
A:  Ministry of Agriculture (Propositions to the Parliament No. 1 (2003-2004), No. 92 (2001-2002)  and internal calculations). 
B:  Statens Landbruksforvaltning (Norwegian Agricultural Author ity).  Includes the former Meat Transport Funding Office. 
C:  Omsetningsrådet (Norwegian Agricultural Marketing Board). 
D:  Budsjettnemda for jordbruket (Budget Committee for Agriculture). 
E:  Based on OECD. 
  
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 Page 13Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
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 
 
Sum of product-specific AMS, Equivalent commitments and Non-product specific AMS 
 
11,449.0   
  
NOK million  
  
10,830.7 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with referenc e to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(million NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 2. General services:    
Advice and promotion Small Animal Fund;  Advice and promotion fo r small animals.  Compensation for loss 
during pasturing season in the mountains (f) 0.01 A 
Advice and promotion Research an d development support scheme to fruit and berries (f) 51.2 A 
Based on OECD grouping:     
Research Group 1:  Research, advisory and tr aining (Budget items 0278, 1137, 1510 and 
1150.77.13) 446.5 A, E 
Pest and diseases control Group 2:  Vete rinary services, plant and animal diseases (Budget it ems 1107 and 0279) 294.7 A, E 
Infrastructural service Group 3:  Investment, land registration a nd land allocation (Budget items 1140, 1145, 
1146) 82.8 A, E 
 3. Public stockholding for food security purposes:    
Food security purpose Grain price support, payment made to maintain  the gap between administered and external 
prices, and payment to stockhold ing for food security purposes 523.4 A 
Food security purpose Storage of meadow seed 5.6 A 
 8. Payments for relief from natural disasters:    
Compensation for natural 
disaster Natural Disaster Payment, compensation for cr op damage due to natural disasters 49.8 A  
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 Page 151 2 3 4 
 9. Structural adjustment assistance provided through producer retirement 
programmes:   
Producer retirement Producer retirement payment, Permanent retirement from marketable agricultural 
production. 115.7 A 
 10. Structural adjustment assistance provided through resource retirement 
programmes:   
Resource retirement Payments to remove resources from marketab le agricultural production 158.5 A 
 11. Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids:    
Investment aid The Agricultural Development Fund, Investment  aid for structural adjustment and rural 
development purposes 631.6 A 
Investment aid Interest con cession.  Investment subsid ies and implementation of st ructural adjustment 0.0 A 
 12. Environmental programmes:    
Environmental programmes Subsidy to Ecological Production,  Subsidy to research on, and to farmers changing to 
ecological production methods 67.0 A 
Environmental programmes Subsidy to producers who refrain fro m field work on areas exposed to erosion in autumn. 147.0 A 
Environmental programmes Subsidy to Summer Da iry Operations in M ountainous Regions 20.3 A 
Environmental programmes Subsidy to  Production on Steep Areas 29.1 A 
Environmental programmes Acreage S upport to Ecological Production 29.0 A 
 13. Regional Assistance Programmes:    
Regional assistance Acreage Support to mountain grass produ ction, Support limited to farmers in 
disadvantaged regions 10.1 A 
 Other:    
Social welfare Vacation and Replacement Scheme, Refund for actual expenses during holidays and to 
alleviate financial difficulties due to illness 1,161.4 A 
Promotion and storage Market regulation - promotion and sa le, Payment made to obtain administered prices 57.3 A 
Sum  3,881.0  
1 Programme discontinued from 2003.  
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Page 16 Supporting Table DS:3 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
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 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(million NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a)  Payments based on fixed area and yields   
 Fixed area support Acreage and Cultural La ndscape Scheme (Art. 6:5 (a)(i)) 2,975.8 A 
(b)  Payments made on 85 per cent or less of the base level of production   
 Fixed yield support Structural Income Suppor t to Dairy Farmers (Art. 6:5 (a)(ii)) 1,213.8 A 
 Regional Deficiency Payment to Milk Production Support to Milk Production (Art. 6:5 (a)(ii)) 416.3 A 
 Regional Deficiency Paymen t to Meat Production  518.1 A 
(c)  Livestock payments made on a fixed number of head   
 Headage support Headage support,  animals (Art . 6:5 (a)(iii)) 2,235.6 A 
Total "Exempt Direct Payments"  7,359.5  
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
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 NOK) Product-specific equivale nt measurements of 
support (from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
(million NOK) 5% of value of 
production, where 
relevant for de minimis 
(million NOK) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
(million NOK) 
1 2 3 4 5 
Wheat 399.1 0.0  399.1 
Barley 540.8 0.0  540.8 
Oats 314.7 0.0  314.7 
Milk 3,865.4 0.0  3,865.4 Beef and veal 1,934.5 0.0  1,934.5 Pork 1,713.9 0.0  1,713.9 Sheep 998.8 0.0  998.8 Poultry 729.3 0.0  729.3 
Eggs 268.0 0.0  268.0 
Potatoes 0.0 30.5  30.5 Fruit and vegetables 0.0 69.8 
 69.8 
Product-Specific AMS    10,864.9 
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9)   -34.2 
Total AMS    10,830.7 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of basic 
products Calendar year 
beginning  
1 January 
2003 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
 
 
 
(NOK per 
kg./litre) External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST/…) 
(NOK per 
kg./litre) Eligible 
production 
 
 
 
 
(thousand 
tonnes, 
million litres) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
 
 
(million 
NOK) Total market 
price support
(to Supporting 
Table DS:7) 
 
 
(million 
NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
Wheat  Adm. price 2.13 0.82 307.019 3.1 399.1 A, D 
Barley  Adm. price 1.67 0.71 569.281 5.7 540.8 A, D 
Oats  Adm. price 1.67 0.66 314.682 3.2 314.7 A, D 
Milk  Target price 3.68 0.78 1,521.7 121.1 4,288.9 A, D 
Beef and veal  Target price 38.11 13.20 82.7 44.4 2,016.0 A, D 
Pork  Target price 27.37 7.60 105.4 47.5 2,035.4 A, D 
Sheep  Target price 44.00 10.55 23.9 14.2 785.5 A, D 
Poultry  Target price 26.18 8.45 49.4 20.4 855.1 A, D 
Eggs  Target price 13.69 5.28 46.3 33.5 356.0 A, D 
Total Market Price Support   11,591.5   
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar 
year 
beginning 
1 January 
2003 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
 
(NOK per 
kg./litre) External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST/…) Eligible 
production
 
(tonnes, 
million 
litres) Total price-
related direct 
payments 
 
(million 
NOK) Other non-
exempt direct 
payments 
 
(million 
NOK) Associated 
fees/levies
 
 
(million 
NOK) Total 
direct 
payments
 
(million 
NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Beef and veal  Base deficiency payment, meat    101.3  E 
  Total beef and veal    101.3 101.3  
Sheep  Base deficiency payment, meat     91.5  E 
  Wool deficiency payment     172.9  A 
  Total sheep     264.4 264.4  
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
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 
beginning 
1 January 
2003 Measure type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
(million 
NOK) Other 
product- 
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies
 
 
 
(million 
NOK) Total 
other 
product-
specific 
support 
(million 
NOK) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)
 
(million 
NOK) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)
(million 
NOK) Total AMS
 
 
 
 
(million 
NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Wheat  -  0.0  0.0 399.1 0.0 399.1 - 
Barley  -  0.0  0.0 540.8 0.0 540.8 - 
Oats  -  0.0  0.0 314.7 0.0 314.7 - 
Milk  Farm feed 
adjustment  0.0 423.4 -423.4 4,288.9 0.0 3,865.4 - 
Beef and veal  Transport subsidy  
Farm feed 
adjustment 20.6 0.0 203.4 -182.8 2,016.0 101.3 1,934.5 - 
Pork  Transport subsidy 
Farm feed adjustment 18.0 0.0 339.5 -321.5 2,035.4 0.0 1,713.9 - 
Sheep  Transport subsidy 
Farm feed 
adjustment 6.1 0.0 57.2 -51.1 785.5 264.4 998.8 - 
Poultry  Farm feed 
adjustment  0.0 125.9 -125.9 855.1 0.0 729.3 - 
Eggs  Transport subsidy  
Farm feed 
adjustment 6.1 0.0 94.1 -88.0 356.0 0.0 268.0 - 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003 
 
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support 
 
Description of 
basic products Calendar 
year 
beginning 
1 January 
2003 Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(million 
NOK) Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments
 
 
(million 
NOK) Other 
product-
specific 
support Associated 
fees/levees Total monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment 
 (to Supporting 
Table DS:4) 
 
(million NOK) Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9-10) 12 
Fruit, berries 
and vegetables  Regional deficiency 
payment  - - 61.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 61.7 A 
  Storage subsidy, 
fruit - - 0.0 0.0 8.1 0.0 0.0 8.1 A 
  Total fruit, berries 
and vegetables        69.8  
Potatoes  Price support - - 30.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.5 A 
  Total potatoes        30.5  
Total Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support  61.7 0.0 8.1 0.0 0.0 100.4   
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar 
beginning 
1 January 2003 Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
(million NOK) Other non-product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
(million NOK) Total non-product-specific 
support 
 
 
(million NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Subsidy to insemination  31.2 0.0 0.0 31.2 A 
Taxes on pesticides  0.0 0.0 65.4 -65.4 A 
Total Non-Product-Specific AMS  (To Supporting Table DS:4)   -34.2  
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2003 
  
Data sources 
 
A:  Ministry of Agriculture (Propositions to the Parliament No. 1 (2004-2005), No. 92 (2002-2003)  and internal calculations). 
B:  Statens Landbruksforvaltning (Norwegian Agricultural Author ity).  Includes the former Meat Transport Funding Office. 
C:  Omsetningsrådet (Norwegian Agricultural Marketing Board). 
D:  Budsjettnemda for jordbruket (Budget Committee for Agriculture). 
E:  Based on OECD. 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2004 
 
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 
 
Sum of product-specific AMS, Equivalent commitments and Non-product specific AMS 
 
11,449.0   
  
NOK million  
  
10,665.0 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2004 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with referenc e to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(million NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 2. General services:    
Advice and promotion Research an d development support scheme to fruit and berries (f) 32.2 A 
Based on OECD grouping:     
Research Group 1:  Research, advisory and tr aining (Budget items 0278, 1137, 1510 and 
1150.77.13) 528.9 A, E 
Pest and diseases control Group 2:  Vete rinary services, plant and animal diseases (Budget it ems 1107 and 0279) 312.5 A, E 
Infrastructural service Group 3:  Investment, land registration a nd land allocation (Budget items 1140, 1145, 
1146) 115.9 A, E 
 3. Public stockholding for food security purposes:    
Food security purpose Grain price support, payment made to maintain  the gap between administered and external 
prices, and payment to stockhold ing for food security purposes 670.7 A 
Food security purpose Storage of meadow seed 0.7 A 
 8. Payments for relief from natural disasters:    
Compensation for natural 
disaster Natural Disaster Payment, compensation for cr op damage due to natural disasters 42.8 A  
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 9. Structural adjustment assistance provided through producer retirement 
programmes:   
Producer retirement Producer retirement payment, Permanent retirement from marketable agricultural 
production. 119.0 A 
 10. Structural adjustment assistance provided through resource retirement 
programmes:   
Resource retirement Payments to remove resources from marketab le agricultural production 0.0001 A 
 11. Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids:    
Investment aid The Agricultural Development Fund, Investment  aid for structural adjustment and rural 
development purposes 664.3 A 
Investment aid Interest con cession.  Investment subsid ies and implementation of st ructural adjustment 0.0 A 
 12. Environmental programmes:    
Environmental programmes Subsidy to Ecological Production,  Subsidy to research on, and to farmers changing to 
ecological production methods 55.3 A 
Environmental programmes Subsidy to producers who refrain fro m field work on areas exposed to erosion in autumn. 120.5 A 
Environmental programmes Subsidy to Summer Da iry Operations in M ountainous Regions 19.5 A 
Environmental programmes Subsidy to  Production on Steep Areas 28.1 A 
Environmental programmes Acreage S upport to Ecological Production 25.4 A 
 13. Regional Assistance Programmes:    
Regional assistance Acreage Support to mountain grass produ ction, Support limited to farmers in 
disadvantaged regions 10.0 A 
 Other:    
Social welfare Vacation and Replacement Scheme, Refund for actual expenses during holidays and to 
alleviate financial difficulties due to illness 1,191.2 A 
Promotion and storage Market regulation - promotion and sa le, Payment made to obtain administered prices 49.0 A 
Sum  3,985.9  
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2004 
 
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 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(million NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a)  Payments based on fixed area and yields   
 Fixed area support Acreage and Cultural La ndscape Scheme (Art. 6:5 (a)(i)) 3,003.1 A 
(b)  Payments made on 85 per cent or less of the base level of production   
 Fixed yield support Structural Income Suppor t to Dairy Farmers (Art. 6:5 (a)(ii)) 1,175.3 A 
 Regional Deficiency Payment to Milk Production Support to Milk Production (Art. 6:5 (a)(ii)) 421.3 A 
 Regional Deficiency Paymen t to Meat Production  539.7 A 
(c)  Livestock payments made on a fixed number of head   
 Headage support Headage support,  animals (Art . 6:5 (a)(iii)) 2,294.8 A 
Total "Exempt Direct Payments"  7,434.1  
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2004 
 
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 NOK) Product-specific equivale nt measurements of 
support (from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
(million NOK) 5% of value of 
production, where 
relevant for de minimis 
(million NOK) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
(million NOK) 
1 2 3 4 5 
Wheat 398.7 0.0  398.7 
Barley 567.9 0.0  567.9 
Oats 325.5 0.0  325.5 
Milk 3,566.7 0.0  3,566.7 Beef and veal 1,850.4 0.0  1,850.4 Pork 1,841.7 0.0  1,841.7 Sheep 1,045.7 0.0  1,045.7 Poultry 807.9 0.0  807.9 
Eggs 285.1 0.0  285.1 
Potatoes 0.0 31.1  31.1 Fruit and vegetables 0.0 58.5 67.3 0.0
1 
Product-Specific AMS    10,720.6 
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9)   -55.6 Total AMS    10,665.0 
 
1 De minimis.   
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2004 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of basic 
products Calendar year 
beginning  
1 January 
2004 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
 
 
 
(NOK per 
kg./litre) External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST/…) 
(NOK per 
kg./litre) Eligible 
production 
 
 
 
 
(thousand 
tonnes, 
million litres) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
 
 
(million 
NOK) Total market 
price support
(to Supporting 
Table DS:7) 
 
 
(million 
NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
Wheat  Adm. price 2.05 0.82 333.172 11.1 398.7 A, D 
Barley  Adm. price 1.62 0.71 647.879 21.7 567.9 A, D 
Oats  Adm. price 1.62 0.66 351.355 11.8 325.5 A, D 
Milk  Target price 3.512 0.78 1,520.3 206.7 3,941.1 A, D 
Beef and veal  Target price 38.11 13.20 84.1 74.2 2,019.6 A, D 
Pork  Target price 27.22 7.60 113.0 79.4 2,136.7 A, D 
Sheep  Target price 44.00 10.55 25.5 23.7 830.7 A, D 
Poultry  Target price 26.03 8.45 54.6 28.2 932.0 A, D 
Eggs  Target price 13.60 5.28 48.5 36.6 367.2 A, D 
Total Market Price Support   11,519.4  
 
2 From 2004, the market organization for milk was reformed, and a totally new system was established.  The former administered pr ice derived from multiple target prices was replaced by 
one single target price for milk  as a raw material, and the administered pr ice was moved closer to  farm gate level.  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2004 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar 
year 
beginning 
1 January 
2004 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
 
(NOK per 
kg./litre) External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST/…) Eligible 
production
 
(tonnes, 
million 
litres) Total price-
related direct 
payments 
 
(million 
NOK) Other non-
exempt direct 
payments 
 
(million 
NOK) Associated 
fees/levies
 
 
(million 
NOK) Total 
direct 
payments
 
(million 
NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Beef and veal  Base deficiency payment, meat    0.03  E 
  Total beef and veal    0.0 0.0  
Sheep  Base deficiency payment, meat     98.6  E 
  Wool deficiency payment     159.1  A 
  Total sheep     257.8 257.8  
 
3 Base deficiency payments for beef and veal were removed as of 1 January 2004. 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2004 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar year 
beginning 
1 January 
2004 Measure type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
(million 
NOK) Other 
product- 
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies
 
 
 
(million 
NOK) Total 
other 
product-
specific 
support 
(million 
NOK) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)
 
(million 
NOK) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)
(million 
NOK) Total AMS
 
 
 
 
(million 
NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Wheat  -  0.0  0.0 398.7 0.0 398.7 - 
Barley  -  0.0  0.0 567.9 0.0 567.9 - 
Oats  -  0.0  0.0 325.5 0.0 325.5 - 
Milk  Farm feed 
adjustment  0.0 374.4 -374.4 3,941.1 0.0 3,566.7 - 
Beef and veal  Transport subsidy  
Farm feed 
adjustment 22.3 0.0 191.6 -169.3 2,019.6 0.0 1,850.4 - 
Pork  Transport subsidy 
Farm feed adjustment 21.5 0.0 316.4 -295.0 2,136.7 0.0 1,841.7 - 
Sheep  Transport subsidy 
Farm feed 
adjustment 7.3 0.0 50.1 -42.8 830.7 257.8 1,045.7 - 
Poultry  Farm feed 
adjustment  0.0 124.0 -124.0 932.0 0.0 807.9 - 
Eggs  Transport subsidy  
Farm feed 
adjustment 6.6 0.0 88.7 -82.1 367.2 0.0 285.1 - 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2004 
 
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support 
 
Description of 
basic products Calendar 
year 
beginning 
1 January 
2004 Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(million 
NOK) Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments
 
 
(million 
NOK) Other 
product-
specific 
support Associated 
fees/levees Total monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment 
 (to Supporting 
Table DS:4) 
 
(million NOK) Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9-10) 12 
Fruit, berries 
and vegetables  Regional deficiency 
payment  - - 50.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.4 A 
  Storage subsidy, 
fruit - - 0.0 0.0 8.1 0.0 0.0 8.1 A 
  Total fruit, berries 
and vegetables        58.5  
Potatoes  Price support - - 31.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.1 A 
  Total potatoes        31.1  
Total Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support  50.4 0.0 8.1 0.0 0.0 89.6  
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2004 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar 
beginning 
1 January 2004 Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
(million NOK) Other non-product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
(million NOK) Total non-product-specific 
support 
 
 
(million NOK) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Subsidy to insemination  29.8 0.0 0.0 29.8 A 
Taxes on pesticides  0.0 0.0 85.4 -85.4 A 
Total Non-Product-Specific AMS  (To Supporting Table DS:4)   -55.6  
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Norway 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2004 
  
Data sources 
 
A:  Ministry of Agriculture (Propositions to the Parliament No. 1 (2005-2006), No. 92 (2003-2004)  and internal calculations). 
B:  Statens Landbruksforvaltning (Norwegian Agricultural Author ity).  Includes the former Meat Transport Funding Office. 
C:  Omsetningsrådet (Norwegian Agricultural Marketing Board). 
D:  Budsjettnemda for jordbruket (Budget Committee for Agriculture). 
E:  Based on OECD. 
 
  
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