WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/CZE/57 
17 December 2009 
 (09-6592) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission from the  Czech Republic , dated 7 July 2009, is being circulated at 
the request of the Delegation of the European Communities .
1  The notification concerns domestic 
support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the relevant Supporting Tables) for the calendar year 2003 . 
                                                      
1 On 1 December 2009, the Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty 
establishing the European Community  (done at Lisbon, 13 December 2007) entered into force.  On 
29 November 2009, the WTO received a Verbal Note (WT /L/779) from the Council of the Eu ropean Union and 
the Commission of the European Communities stating that, by virtue of the Treaty of Lisbon , as of 1 December 
2009, the European Union replaces an d succeeds the European Community.  
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Czech Republic  
 
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 I of Part IV of the Schedule) (From Section I of  Part IV of the Schedule) (From attached supporting tables) 
1 2 3 
 
 
13,611.32 
 
  
 
million K č  
 
9,248.3 
 
 
  
 
 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Czech Republic 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year  2003  
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion Commitment - "Green Box" 
 
 
Measure type Name and description of m easure taking into account the criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of the measure during the 
reporting period 
(million K č) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
(a) General services 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
(c) Domestic food aid 
 
 
(f) Payments for relief from natural 
disasters 
 
 
(h) Structural adjustment assistance 
provided through reti rement programmes 
 
 
(i) Structural adjustment assistance 
provided through investment aids  
Consultation 
Research for agricultural sector 
Assistance to the introduction of the  HACCP system of  quality management
Plant and animal health prevention and control    
Support to the foundation and activity of producer marketing organizations, 
propagation 
Silt removal and renewal of pond functions 
Disease prevention and  control services 
SAPARD Programme (amelioration, ru ral infrastructure, reparcelling) 
 
 
School milk (donation of milk for basic schools) 
 
 
Aid to alleviate the damage caus ed in agriculture by the floods 
 
 
 
Crop production restructuring through afforestation 
and the planting of fast growing trees 
 
 
SAPARD Programme (moderniz ation, reconstruction) 
  
54.0 
292.0 
350.0 
464.0 
48.0 
 
41.0 
461.0 
1,811.7 
 
 
63.0 
 
 
1,480.0 
 
 
 
83.0 
 
 
 
690.5 
   
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Page 4 Measure type Name and description of m easure taking into account the criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of the measure during the 
reporting period 
(million K č) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
(j) "Environmental programmes" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(k) "Regional assistance programmes" 
 
 
TOTAL   
Calcification with help of limestone powder 
Support for bee-keeping 
Support for Ecological Agriculture 
Establishment of the elements of the territorial system of landscape 
ecological stability 
Treatment of grass strips 
Landscape maintenance, revitalization of brooks and streams and 
non-productive function of fish ponds 
 
 
Programme of assistance in less-favoured areas 
  
9.0 
72.0 
231.0 
1.0 
 
904.0 
139.0 
 
 
 
1,507.0 
 
 
8,701.2   
  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:3 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Czech Republic 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003 
 
Measures exempt from the Reduction Commitment – Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programme s – "Exempt Direct Payments"  
 
 
 
Measure Type Name and descripti on of measure with reference to 
criteria in Article 6:5 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(million Kč) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a) Payments based on fixed area and yields Set- aside programme 961.5 Ministry of Agriculture 
of the Czech Republic 
(b) Payments based on 85 per cent or  less of base level of production   
(c) Livestock payments on a fixed number of head   
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Czech Republic  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003  
 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
 
 
 
Description of basic product Product-specific AMS (from Supporting Tables 
DS:5 to DS:7 below) 
(million K č) Product-specific equivalent 
measurements of support (from 
Supporting Table DS:8 below) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
 
(million K č) 
1 2 3 4 
Potatoes and wheat for processing to starch 51.0  51.0 
Support to sale of  cattle 46.0  46.0 
Support to raising of sheep and goats 85.0  85.0 
Support to suckler cow farming 520.0  520.0 
Poppy harvest 1.0  1.0 
Milk 344.0  344.0 
Total product-specific AMS   1,047.0 
Non-product-specific AMS  (from Supporting Table  
DS:9)   8,201.3 
Total:  Current Total AMS   9,248.3 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Czech Republic 
 
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 2003 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar year 
2003 Measurement 
type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(million K č) Other 
product- 
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
 
(million K č) Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)
 
 
(million K č) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)
 
 
(million K č) Total AMS
 
  
 
 
 
(million K č) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
           
Potatoes and 
wheat for 
processing to 
starch  Compensatory 
payments 51.0 - - 51.0 - - 51.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the 
Czech Republic 
Support to sale 
of cattle  Sale support 46.0   46.0   46.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the 
Czech Republic 
Support to 
suckler cow farming  Production 
support 520.0   520.0   520.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the Czech Republic 
Support to 
raising of sheep and goats  Production 
support 85.0   85.0   85.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the Czech Republic  
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Page 8 Description of 
basic product Calendar year 
2003 Measurement 
type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(million K č) Other 
product- 
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
 
(million K č) Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)
 
 
(million K č) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)
 
 
(million K č) Total AMS
 
 
 
 
 
 
(million K č) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Poppy harvest  Harvest aid 1.0   1.0   1.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the Czech Republic 
Milk  Compensatory 
payments 344.0 - - 344.0 - - 344.0 Ministry of 
Agriculture of the Czech Republic 
  
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 Page 9Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Czech Republic  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003  
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar year 
2003 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
 
(million K č) Other non-product-
specific support (include 
calculation details) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support 
 
(million K č) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Support and Guarantee Farmer and 
Forestry Fund  994.0   994.0  
Genetic sources  490.0   490.0  
Support for the construction of drip 
irrigation in orchards, hop gardens and 
vineyards  23.0   23.0  
Support for young farmers  106.0   106.0  
Support for reduction of proportion of 
arable land  2,278.3   2,278.3  
Support to forest and water 
management  2,547.0   2,547.0  
Support to vineyards, hop gardens and 
orchards  191.0   191.0  
Assistance to the purchase of 
agriculture machinery  300.0   300.0  
Refund of the consumption tax on 
diesel fuel  1,272.0   1,272.0  
Total non-product-sp ecific AMS  8,201.3   8,201.3  
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