WORLD TRADE              
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/AUS/62 
19 April 2006 
 (06-1788) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
  The following submission, dated 11 April 2006, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Australia .  The notification concerns new or modified domestic support measures 
exempt from reduction ( Table DS:2 ). 
 G/AG/N/AUS/62 
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  Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Australia  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
(1) Full title of measure:   Australian HomeGrown Campaign 
(2) Domestic legislation:   Nil 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 
Australian HomeGrown (AHG) is a generic labelli ng campaign that aims to assist consumers 
to identify food products that are Australian grown, farmed or fished.  
  
AHG is a broad agriculture sector promotion programme managed by the private not for 
profit company AHG Ltd.  It does not involve direct payments to producers or processors.  The programme is exempt from the reduction co mmitment consistent with paragraph 2(f) –
marketing and promotion services – of Anne x 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture.   
(4) Cost of measure:  Up to  $A4 million.    
(5) Date of entry into effect:   January 2005 
(6) Period of application:   June 2007 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s)):   
   This measure is non-product-specific.  G/AG/N/AUS/62 
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  Table DS:2 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Australia  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
(1) Full title of measure:   South Australian Government Bushfire Assistance  
(2) Domestic legislation:   Nil 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria:    
 The Eyre Peninsula bushfire on 11 January 2005 was a major disaster resulting in 
 property losses estimated at more than $A100 million. 
Payments of up to $A10,000 were available to  assist affected farm business enterprises meet 
immediate recovery costs attributable to the bushfire event. 
 
The programme is exempt from the reduction co mmitment consistent with paragraph 8  –
payments for relief from natural disasters – of Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture.  
(4) Cost of measure: $A2.5 million  
(5) Date of entry into effect:   14 January 2005 
(6) Period of application:   31 May 2005 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s)):   
 
 This measure is non-product-specific. 
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  Table DS:2 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Australia  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
(1) Full title of measure:   Advancing Australian Agriculture  (AAA) - Industry Partnerships 
Programme 
(2) Domestic legislation:      Nil 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria: 
 The AAA – Industry Partnerships Programme was introduced in 2005-06, following a 
successful pilot programme in 2004-05.   
The Industry Partnerships Programme targ ets national-level agriculture and food (as well as 
fisheries and forestry)  industries. It encourages such industries to take a through-chain 
approach and utilize advice from people across a range of organisations and groups.   
The programme assists industries in undertaki ng self-assessment to identify and evaluate 
current strengths and weaknesses, as well as id entify opportunities and threats that are likely 
to confront them in the next 5 to 10 years.   
 The Industry Partnership Programme is a ge neral service that does not involve direct 
 payments to producers.   
 The Programme is exempt from the reduction co mmitment consistent w ith paragraph 2(d) – 
 extension and advisory services – of Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture.   
(4) Cost of measure:  $A15 million (includes fisheries and forestry)  
(5) Date of entry into effect:   1 July 2005 
(6) Period of application:   30 June 2008 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s)):   
 This measure is non-product-specific. 
 
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