WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/ARM/15 
26 March 2008 
 (08-1321) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
 
 The following submission, dated 20 March 2008, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Armenia .  The notification concerns new or modified domestic support measures 
exempt from reduction ( Table DS:2 ). 
 
 G/AG/N/ARM/15 
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Armenia  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
 
 
(1) Full title of measure:  Reconstruction programme for production infrastructures 
implemented with the financial support of th e International Fund of the Organization of 
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). 
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference: State Budget (04.02.01.26) 
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in: 
 
 Annex 2:  Green Box:  "General Services": (g ) infrastructural services, including: electricity 
reticulation, roads and other means of trans port, market and port facilities, water supply 
facilities, dams and drainage schemes, a nd infrastructural works associated with 
environmental programmes. 
  The target of the programme is to carry out reconstruction capital works for production 
infrastructures including water supply, gasification, heating, road construction. 
 
(4) Cost of measure:  656.8 million Drams 
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  1 January 2008 
 
(6) Period of application:  Calendar year 2008 
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s)):  None  G/AG/N/ARM/15 
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Armenia  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
 
 
(1) Full title of measure:  The programme "On Marketing Opportunity for Farmers" 
implemented with the support of the Intern ational Fund of Agricultural Development.   
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:  State Budget (04.02.01.28) 
 (3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in:  
 
 Annex 2:  Green Box:  "General Services": (f) marketing and promotion services, including 
market information, advice and promo tion relating to particular products. 
 
The aim of the programme is to support farmers to raise the competitiveness of product values 
of manufactured products and take part in in ternational fairs with a view to accessing new 
markets.  
 
(4) Cost of measure:  1,247.1 million Drams 
 
(5) Date of entry into effect:  1 January 2008  
 
(6) Period of application:  Calendar year 2008  
 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s)):  None  G/AG/N/ARM/15 
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Armenia  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
 
 
(1) Full title of measure:  Provision of services aimed at food safety. 
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:  State Budget (04.02.01.29)  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in:   
 Annex 2:  Green Box:  "General Services": (e) inspection services, including general 
inspection services and the inspection of particul ar products for health, safety, grading or 
standardization purposes. 
 
 The programme aims at raising the confid ence of the population towards the safety of 
domestic food products, as well as at solving th e core issue of providing the population with 
secured food.  
 
(4) Cost of measure:  51.1 million Drams  
 
(5) Date of entry into effect:  1 January 2008 
 
(6) Period of application:  Calendar year 2008  
 
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s)):  None  
  
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