WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/HND/22 
25 October 2006 
 
 (06-5145) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 19 October 2006, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Honduras .  The notification concerns new or modified domestic support measures 
exempt from reduction ( Table DS:2 ). G/AG/N/HND/22 
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  Table DS:2 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Natural resource management and disaster mitigation.  AFE, 
COHDEFOR.  
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN).  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in: 
 
Paragraph 2(c) – General services, Training – of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture. 
 
The objective is to create the conditions fo r poor households to achieve sustainable 
livelihoods, to prevent disasters and to mitigate their effects in the departments of Francisco 
Morazán, El Paraíso and Choluteca. 
 
(4) Cost of measure:  US$9,049,500.00  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2004  
 
(6) Period of application:  June 2004 – May 2005  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product.  
  G/AG/N/HND/22 
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  Table DS:2 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Management and protection of the Río Plátano Man and Biosphere 
Reserve. 
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN). 
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in:  
 
Paragraph 2(c) – General services, Training – of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture. 
 
To create the technical bases – both social and organizational – for the conservation and protection of the biosphere, through sustainable management of natural resources in the zones 
of influence of the communities living in the departments of Olancho, Colón and Gracias a 
Dios. 
 (4) Cost of measure:  US$15,111,000.00  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2004  
 
(6) Period of application:  June 2004 – May 2005  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product.  
 G/AG/N/HND/22 
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  Table DS:2 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Western Component of the National Programme for 
Conservation/Economic Development of  Natural Resources SAG/DINADERS.  
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN).  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in: 
 
Paragraph 2(d) – Extension services – of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture.  
 
Advisory services to foster participatory manage ment and diversified use of natural resources, 
which helps promote sustainable human devel opment in Honduras.  The project aims to 
benefit 9,100 families in the departments of Lempira, Intibucá, Ocotepeque and Copán. 
 
(4) Cost of measure:  US$3,923,000.00  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2004  
 
(6) Period of application:  June 2004 – May 2005  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product.  
  G/AG/N/HND/22 
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  Table DS:2 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Natural resource management in priority river basin areas 
(MARENA).  
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN).  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in: 
 
Article 6.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture  – Development programmes – Investment 
subsidies generally available to agriculture. 
 
To further processes aimed at achieving sustainable rural development through the strengthening of natural resource management at both central and local levels, with a view to 
helping reduce poverty and the physical, economic  and environmental vulnerability affecting 
critical areas of rural territory in the Río Ulua, Río Nacaome and Río Chamelecón river basins. 
 (4) Cost of measure:  US$27,800.00  
 
(5) Date of entry into effect:  2004  
 (6) Period of application:  June 2004 – May 2005  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product.  
 G/AG/N/HND/22 
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  Table DS:2 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Support for rural women to increase food production 
SAG/DINADERS. 
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN). 
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in:  
 
Article 6.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture  – Development programmes – Investment 
subsidies generally available to agriculture. 
 
To help the target population achieve food security by strengthening the mechanisms giving rural women access to production resources. 
 
(4) Cost of measure:  US$264,700.00 
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2004 
 
(6) Period of application:  June 2004 – May 2005 
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product. 
  G/AG/N/HND/22 
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  Table DS:2 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Honduras 
 
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement: 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
  (1) Full title of measure:   Improvement of the food situation in the Gulf of Fonseca 
SAG/DIGEPESCA.  
 
(2) Domestic legislation reference:   Master Plan for National Reconstruction and 
Transformation (PMRTN).  
 
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria, i.e. those in: 
 
Article 6.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture  – Development programmes – Investment 
subsidies generally available to agriculture. 
 
To improve the living standards and socioeconom ic conditions of the population in coastal 
regions bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (sout hern Honduras).  The project would benefit 
approximately 1,800 inhabitants. 
 (4) Cost of measure:  US$184,620.00  
 (5) Date of entry into effect:  2004  
 
(6) Period of application:  June 2004 – May 2005  
 (7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):  No individual product.  
 
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