WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/EEC/26/Rev.1 
13 May 2009 
 (09-2344) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 1 April 2009, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the European Communities .  The revised notification concerns domestic support 
commitments ( Table DS:1  and the relevant Supporting Tables) for the marketing year 1997/1998 . 
 
  
  G/AG/N/EEC/26/Rev.1 
Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98 
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Total AMS commitment level for 1996 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 
   
74,067 Million ECU 50,345.6 
   
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment: "Green Box"  
 
Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value 
(Mio ECU) Data Source1 Comments 
1 2 3 4 5 
(a) General Services 
Research (i)  Improvement of production potential through animal and plant selection 
and of production techniques through e.g. testing of machinery; 
development of experiment al centres; pilot proj ects and demonstration 
projects; salaries  of personnel. 671.5  Council Regulations 154/75, 
4256/88, 2075/92, 2085/93,  
Directive 94/805 
Pest and disease control (ii) Plant and animal health control a nd protection; supply of vaccines; 
salaries of personnel; launching aid for livestock health protection groups. 1,865.9  Commission Regulation 
3868/92, Directive 90/424 
Training services (iii) Establishment of agricultural trai ning centres; grants for course 
attendance; salaries of advisors. 669.42  Council Regulation 2085/93 
Extension and advisory 
services (iv) Establishment of inter-regional adviso ry centres; training and employment 
of advisors. 278.8  Council Regulation 2085/93 
Inspection services (v) Livestock inspection services; quality control; remunerating and training 
of inspectors. 188.6  Council Regulation 2085/93 
Marketing and promotion 
services (vi) Aid to encourage establishment of producer groups and ease 
administrative overheads; schemes to  improve marketi ng network, quality 
and presentation of produce; certific ation; protection of geographical 
indications. 761.9  Council Regulations 1035/72, 
867/90, 2200/96, 2202/96, 
951/97  
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Page 4 Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value 
(Mio ECU) Data Source1 Comments 
1 2 3 4 5 
Infrastructural services (vii) Arterial drainage; collective irrigatio n schemes; provision of electricity 
and water supply; farm roads; constr uction of reservoirs; flood protection. 592.7  Council Regulation 950/97 
Other farm services (viii) Launching services for mutual aid,  farm relief, farm management, 
introduction of accounting on the farm. 493.7  Council Regulations 2085/93, 
2801/95 
(b)  Public Stockholding for Food Security Purposes  -   
(c)  Domestic Food Aid Distribution of agricultural products to deprived persons, Schoolmilk, 
Consumption aid programmes. 295.1  Council Regulation 3730/87, 
1842/83 
(d)  Decoupled Income 
Support  Agri-monetary aid. 214.7  Council Regulations 3813/92, 
950/97 
(e)  Income Insurance and In come Safety-net Programmes  0  Council Regulation 1527/95, 
Commission Regulation 
2921/95 
(f)  Payments for Relief 
from Natural Disasters Compensatory payments in respect of weather; restoration of agricultural 
production potential  and natural disasters 327.7  Council Regulations 1654/86, 
3606/86, 2052/88, 3222/88 
(g)  Structural Adjustment 
Assistance provided 
through Producer 
Retirement 
Programmes Compensation payments to farmers at least 55 years old leaving 
agriculture; Aid for early retirement from farming. 620.4  Council Regulations 1096/88, 
2079/92 
(h)  Structural Adjustment 
Assistance provided 
through Resource  
Retirement 
Programmes Set-aside; at least 20 per cent cultivated land to be left fallow, wooded or 
used for non-agricultural purposes; compensation for grubbing up, leaving 
or suspending production. 331.5  Council Regulations 1442/88, 
2328/91, 2066/92, 3950/92, 
2187/93, 2505/95, 2727/95  
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 Page 5Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value 
(Mio ECU) Data Source1 Comments 
1 2 3 4 5 
(i)  Structural Adjustment 
Assistance provided 
through Investment 
Aids Construction of processing, packaging and storage centres and equipment; 
land improvement (levelling, fencing, etc.).  Aid for farm modernization 
granted through subsidies or equivale nt interest concessions; purchase of 
machinery and equipment, animals, buildings and plantations etc.  Aid for 
young farmers. 4,896.6  Council Regulations 2328/91, 
2085/93, 950/97, 951/97;  
Directives 89/687, 91/314, 
91/315 
(j)  Environmental 
Programmes Protection of environment and preservation of the countryside, control of 
soil erosion, extensification, aid for environmentally sensitive areas; 
support and protection of organic production by creating conditions of fair 
competition; aid for forestry measures in agriculture; conservation of 
genetic resources in agriculture. 3,687.0  Council Regulations 805/86, 
2078/92, 2079/92, 2080/92 
(k)  Regional Assistance 
Programmes Specific measures for the benefit of  certain Less Favoured Areas (French 
overseas departments, Azores, Madeir a, Canary Islands, Aegean Islands) 
and mountainous areas.   2,271.3  Council Regulations 3763/91, 
1600/92, 1601/92, 2019/93, 
2081/93, 950/97 
(l) Other     
TOTAL GREEN  18,166.8   
 
 
1  FEOGA financial report 1998 and national sources. 
2  Includes also costs for research. 
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:3 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payments”   
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with refe rence to criteria in Article 6:5 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(Mio ECU) Data source1 
1 2 3 4 
Payments based on fixed area and yields   
 Per hectare compensatory payments to produ cers of maize, based on regional base areas.2 1,212.7  
 Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of cere als not subject of the base area for maize, based on 
regional base areas.2 9,554.7  
 Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of soya  beans, colza seed and sunflowerseed, based on regional 
base areas.2 2,368.6  
 Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of peas , beans, field beans and sweet lupines, based on regional 
base areas.2 617.8  
 Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of non-textile flax seed, based on regional base areas.2 129.2  
 Compensation for set-aside requirement related to the per hectare aid, equivalent to the compensatory aid per 
hectare for cereals calculated on a regional level. 2 1,251.3  
 Supplements to per hectare compensato ry payments for durum wheat producers. 2 1,016.2  
 Per hectare compensatory payments for producers of rice 3 40.5  
Payments based on 85 per cent or less of the base level of production -  
Livestock payments made on a fixed number of head   
 Payments to producers keeping suckler cows, compen sating for intervention pri ce reduction, limited on the 
number of animals in accordance with reference years (suckler cow premiums).4 1,694.9  
 Special premium for producers holding male bovine anim als, within regional ceilings under a reference year 
(special premium beef and veal).4 1,340.8  
 Additional premium to the special premium in order to deseasonalize slaughtering (deseasonalization premium). 4 45.1  
 Compensatory payments for ewes and goats, limited per producer in accordance with reference numbers (ewe and 
goat premium). 5 1,171.0  
 
1  FEOGA financial report 1998.   4 See Council Regulations 2066/92 and 1357/96. 
2  See Council Regulation 1765/92.   5 See Council Regulation 2069/92. 
3 See Council Regulation 3072/95.  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: European Communities  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98 
 
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) 
(Mio ECU) Product-specific equiva lent measurements 
of support  
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below) 
(Mio ECU) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
 
(Mio ECU) 
1 2 3 4 
Common wheat 2,860.7  2,860.7 
Durum wheat -210.5  0.0 
Common wheat, maize, barley, rye, triticale,  
grain sorghum 26.0  0.0  
(de minimis) 
Barley 2,703.1  2,703.1 
Maize 1,045.2  1,045.2 
Rye 312.8  312.8 
Oats 12.5  12.5 Sorghum 23.3  23.3 Triticale 231.0  231.0 Rice 511.3  511.3 
White sugar 5,867.1  5,867.1 
Skimmed milk powder 1,515.7  1,515.7 Butter 4,209.7  4,209.7 Beef 13,525.3  13,525.3 Dried fodder 307.3  307.3 Chick-peas, lentils a nd vetches 70.4  70.4 
Olive oil 2,267.6  2,267.6 
Tobacco 870.3  870.3  
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Page 8 Description of basic products 
(including non-product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS  
(from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 
below) 
(Mio ECU) Product-specific equiva lent measurements 
of support  
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below) 
(Mio ECU) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
 
(Mio ECU) 
1 2 3 4 
Bananas 207.9  207.9 
Apples  1,953.2 1,953.2 
Pears  611.8 611.8 Apricots  102.4 102.4 Cherries  97.1 97.1 
Peaches/nectarines  228.3 228.3 
Table grapes  231.6 231.6 Plums  65.0 65.0 Lemons  407.0 407.0 Clementines  180.2 180.2 
Mandarins  62.4 62.4 
Satsumas  35.8 35.8 Oranges  422.6 422.6 Cucumbers  611.3 611.3 Courgettes  164.3 164.3 Artichokes  224.1 224.1 
Tomatoes  4,531.0 4,531.0 
Wine  1,937.0 1,937.0 Ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin  151.3 151.3 Seed for sowing  93.3 93.3 Hemp  16.2 16.2 
Flax fibre  108.5 108.5 
Silkworms  0.3 0.3  
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 Page 9Description of basic products 
(including non-product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS  
(from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 
below) 
(Mio ECU) Product-specific equiva lent measurements 
of support  
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below) 
(Mio ECU) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
 
(Mio ECU) 
1 2 3 4 
Hops  12.8 12.8 
Cotton  809.4 809.4 
Cauliflower/aubergines (withdrawal) 16.3  0.0  
(de minimis ) 
Grapes for processing 114.5  114.5 
Tinned pineapple  2.4 2.4 Citrus fruit for processing 147.8  147.8 Lemons for processing 41.3  41.3 
Peaches for processing  43.8 43.8 
Plums for processing  21.4 21.4 Pears for processing  34.4 34.4 Figs for processing  6.3 6.3 Tomatoes for processing  335.6 335.6 Potatoes for processing to starch 204.4 -189.8 0.0 
(de minimis ) 
Total Non-product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Table DS:9 below)   0.0 
(de minimis ) 
 
TOTAL:  Current Total AMS 
    
50,345.6 
  
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Page 10  Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of basic 
products Marketing year 
beginning … Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
 (ECU/t) External 
reference price 
 
(ECU/t) Eligible 
production 
 
(Mio t) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
(Mio ECU) Total market 
price support 
 
(Mio ECU) Data source1 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6)-7) 8 9 
Common wheat 1 July 1997 price support 119.2 86.5 87.5 0 2,860.7  
Durum wheat 1 July 1997 price support 119.2 148.5 7.2 0 - 210.5  
Barley 1 July 1997 price s upport 119.2 67.3 52.1 0 2,703.1  
Maize 1 July 1997 price suppor t 119.2 91.9 38.3 0 1,045.2  
Rye 1 July 1997 price support 119.2 67.3 6.0 0 312.8  Oats 1 July 1997 price support 114.4 112.5 6.6 0 12.5  Sorghum 1 July 1997 price support 119.2 85.7 0.7 0 23.3  Triticale 1 July 1997 price support 119.2 67.3 4.5 0 231.0  Rice 1 Sept. 1997 price suppor t 333.5 143.3 2.7 0 511.3  
White sugar 1 Oct. 1997 price s upport 631.9 193.8 14.2 466.4 5,754.6  
Skimmed milk 
powder 1 July 1997 price support 2, 055.2 684.7 1.1 0 1,507.6  
Butter 1 July 1997 price suppor t 3,282.0 943.3 1.8 0 4,209.7  
Beef 1 Jan. 1997 price support 3,475.0 1,729.8 7.8 0 13,525.3  
Olive oil 1 Nov. 1997 price suppor t 3,837.7 2,851.8 2.3  2,267.6  
 
1 Applied administered price: EC legislation; in market ECUs. 
  Production: EC estimates. 
  Fees and levies: FEOGA financial report 1998.  
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 Page 11Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description of 
basic product Marketing year 
beginning… Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
(ECU/t) External 
reference 
price  
(ECU/t) Eligible 
production
 
(Mio t) Total price-
related direct 
payments 
(Mio ECU) Other non-
exempt direct 
payments 
(Mio ECU) Associated 
fees/levies
 
(Mio ECU)Total direct 
payments
 
(Mio ECU)Data source1 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6)) 8 9 10 11 
Sugar2 1 July 1997 Direct aid Italy 
Direct aid Spain     68.7 
43.8  68.7 
43.8  
Dried fodder 16 Oct. 1997 Processing aid     307.3  307.3  
Chick-peas, 
lentils and vetches 16 Oct. 1997 Hectare aid
3     70.4  70.4  
Bananas 16 Oct. 1997 Direct aid4     207.9  207.9  
Common wheat, 
maize, barley, 
rye, triticale, 
grain sorghum 16 Oct. 1997 Aid for 
Portuguese 
producers5     26.0  26.0  
Skimmed milk 
powder 16 Oct. 1997 Aid for 
Portuguese producers
6     8.1  8.1  
Withdrawal 
measures cauliflower, 
aubergines
7 16 Oct. 1997 Compensatory 
payments     16.3  16.3  
Grapes for 
processing 16 Oct. 1997 Production aid     114.5  114.5  
Lemons for 
processing 16 Oct. 1997 Production aid8     41.3  41.3  
Tobacco 16 Oct. 1997 Premium     870.3  870.3   
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((4-5)*6)) 8 9 10 11 
Potatoes for 
processing to 
starch 16 Oct. 1997 Compensatory 
payments     204.4  204.4  
 
1  Applied administered price:   EC legislation. 
       Production: EC estimates. 
       Payments, fees and levies: FEOGA financial report 1998; Member States figures. 
2  Payments:  National expenditures. 
3  See Council Regulation 1577/96. 
4  See Council Regulation 404/93. 
5  See Council Regulation 3653/90. 
6  See Council Regulation 739/93. 
7  See Council Regulation 2200/96. 
8  See Council Regulation 2202/96.  
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 Page 13Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description of 
basic product Marketing 
year 
beginning… Measurement 
type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
product 
specific 
support  Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
(Mio ECU) Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)
(Mio ECU) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)
(Mio ECU) Total AMS
 
  
 
(Mio ECU) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Common wheat 1 July 1997 Price support     2,860.7  2,860.7  
Durum wheat 1 July 1997 Price support     - 210.5  - 210.5  
Barley 1 July 1997 Price support     2,703.1  2,703.1  Maize 1 July 1997 Price support     1,045.2  1,045.2  
Rye 1 July 1997 Price support     312.8  312.8  
Oats 1 July 1997 Price support     12.5  12.5  Sorghum 1 July 1997 Price support     23.3  23.3  Triticale 1 July 1997 Price support     231.0  231.0  Rice 1 Sept. 1997 Price support     511.3  511.3  
Common wheat, 
maize, barley, rye, triticale, 
grain sorghum 16 Oct. 1997 Aid for 
Portuguese producers      26.0 26.0  
Dried fodder 16 Oct. 1997 Processing aid      307.3 307.3  
Chick-peas, 
lentils and 
vetches 16 Oct. 1997 Hectare aid      70.4 70.4   
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basic product Marketing 
year 
beginning… Measurement 
type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
product 
specific 
support  Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
(Mio ECU) Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)
(Mio ECU) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)
(Mio ECU) Total AMS
 
 
 
 
(Mio ECU) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Sugar 1 Oct. 1997 
 1 July 1997 Price support 
white sugar National aid     5,754.6  
 
112.5 5,867.1  
Olive oil 1 Nov. 1997 Price support     2,267.6  2,267.6  
Bananas 16 Oct. 1997 Direct aid      207.9 207.9  
Skimmed milk 
powder 1 July 1997 
16 Oct. 1997 Price support 
Aid for 
Portuguese 
producers     1,507.6  
8.1 1,515.7  
Butter 1 July 1997 Price support     4,209.7  4,209.7  
Beef 1 Jan. 1997 Price support     13,525.3  13,525.3  
Withdrawal 
measures 
cauliflower, 
aubergines 16 Oct. 1997 Compensatory 
payments      16.3 16.3  
Grapes for 
processing 16 Oct. 1997 Production aid      114.5 114.5  
Citrus fruit for 
processing 16 Oct. 1997 Production aid      147.8 147.8  
Lemons for 
processing 16 Oct. 1997 Production aid      41.3 41.3  
Tobacco 16 Oct. 1997 Premium      870.3 870.3  
Potatoes for 
processing to 
starch 16 Oct. 1997 Compensatory 
payments      204.4 204.4  
 
  
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 Page 15Supporting Table DS:8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98 
 
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support 
 
Description of 
basic products Marketing 
year 
beginning… Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
(ECU/t) Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price  
(000 t) Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
 
 
 
(Mio ECU) Non-
exempt 
direct 
paymentsOther 
product-
specific 
support Associated 
fees/levees Total monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment 
 
 
(Mio ECU) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9-10) 12 
Apples 1 July 1997 Price support1 598 7,288  1,953.2    1,953.2  
Pears 1 June 1997 Price support 540 2,289  611.8    611.8  
Apricots 1 May 1997 Price support 1,090 415  102.4    102.4  
Cherries 1 April 
1997 Price support 1,517 327  97.1    97.1  
Peaches/ 
nectarines 1 May 1997 Price support 894 1,619  228.3    228.3  
Table grapes 1 May 1997 Price support 554 2,233  231.6    231.6  
Plums 1 June 1997 Price support 705 582  65.0    65.0  
Lemons 1 June 1997 Price support 579 1,473  407.0    407.0  
Clementines 1 Oct. 1997 Price support 662 1,518  180.2    180.2  
Mandarins 1 Oct.1997 Price support 299 524  62.4    62.4  
Satsumas 1 Oct. 1997 Price support 299 301  35.8    35.8  
Oranges 1 Oct. 1997 Price support 363 5,283  422.6    422.6   
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basic products Marketing 
year 
beginning… Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
(ECU/t) Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price  
(000 t) Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
 
 
 
(Mio ECU) Non-
exempt 
direct 
paymentsOther 
product-
specific 
support Associated 
fees/levees Total monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment 
 
 
(Mio ECU) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9-10) 12 
Cucumbers 1 Jan. 1997 Price support 1,137 1,490  611.3    611.3  
Courgettes 1 Jan. 1997 Price support 705 540  164.3    164.3  
Artichokes 1 Oct. 1997 Price support 962 901  224.1    224.1  Tomatoes 1 Jan. 1997 Price support 1,151 14,028  4,531.0    4,531.0  
Wine 1 Sept. 1997 Guide price 38.3 
2 95,750  1,937.0    1,937.0  
Ethyl alcohol 
of agricultural origin 1 Jan. 1997 National aid      151.3  151.3  
Seed for 
sowing 16 Oct. 
1997 Production aid     93.3   93.3  
Cotton 1 Sept. 1997 Guide price
3 831.1 
903.4 379 
1,085  189.3 
620.1    809.4  
Hemp 1 Aug. 1997 Hectare aid4     16.2   16.2  
Flax fibre 1 Aug. 1997 Hectare aid     108.5   108.5  Silkworms 16 Oct. 
1997 Production aid     0.3   0.3  
Hops 16 Oct. 
1997 Hectare aid     12.8   12.8  
Tinned 
pineapple 1 June 1997 Minimum 
price 376.5 5.8  2.4    2.4  
Peaches for 
processing 1 July 1997 Minimum 
price 267.6 368.8  43.8    43.8   
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 Page 17Description of 
basic products Marketing 
year 
beginning… Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
(ECU/t) Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price  
(000 t) Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
 
 
 
(Mio ECU) Non-
exempt 
direct 
paymentsOther 
product-
specific 
support Associated 
fees/levees Total monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment 
 
 
(Mio ECU) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9-10) 12 
Plums for 
processing 1 Sept. 1997 Minimum 
price 1,935.2 30.0  21.4    21.4  
Pears for 
processing 1 July 1997 Minimum 
price 392.6 123.2  34.4    34.4  
Figs for 
processing 1 July 1997 Minimum 
price 805.0 15.8  6.3    6.3  
Tomatoes for 
processing 1 July 1997 Minimum 
price 93.6 6,836  335.6    335.6  
Potatoes for 
processing to 
starch 1 July 1997 Minimum 
price 209.8 1,875  - 189.8    - 189.8  
 
 
1  Highest entry prices during the year taken as applied administered price (for all these fruits and vegetables) 
2  Prices given in ECU/hl, production given in 000 hl. 
3  Calculations are split up between Spain and Greece.   
4  Support is calculated as aid multiplied by number of hectares receiving the aid. 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  European Communities 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1997/98 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) Marketing year 
beginning… Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
(Mio ECU) Other non-product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-
product-specific 
support 
 
(Mio ECU)1 Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
       
Fertilizer subsidies  0   0  
Insurance subsidies  28.0   28.0  
Interest concessions  458.2   458.2  
Total non-product-specific     486.2 
(de minimis )  
 
 
1 De minimis  levels, value of total agricultural production 217.8 billion ECU. 
 
 
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