WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/CHE/47 
15 June 2009 
 (09-2898) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:  French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
The following submission, dated 25 May 2009, is  being circulated at the request of the Swiss  
delegation.  The notification con cerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the relevant 
Supporting Tables) for the calendar year 2007 . 
    
 
  
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2007 
 
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 
   
4,257 Swiss francs (million) 2,521.7 
   
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2007 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion Commitment – "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with  reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(Sw F million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services   
(a) Research 68.1 OFAG 
(b) Pest and disease control 24.4 OFAG/OVF 
(c) Training services -  OFAG 
(d) Extension and advisory services 18.0 OFAG 
(e) Inspection services:  quality control of milk, grape crops and fruit and concentrated fruit juice 4.9 OFAG/OVF 
(f) Marketing and promotion servi ces:  sales promotion 54.0 OFAG 
(g) Infrastructural services:  structural improve ments, including land impr ovements (in general and 
in the event of severe weather conditions) 92.4 OFAG 
Other general services:   
Family allowances for small farmers and agricultural workers (notified for transparency purposes) 70.0 OFAS 
Cantonal spending on agriculture:  administration , land improvement and ru ral buildings, animal 
tending, health and social measures 300.0  AFF 
(b) Public stockholding for food security purposes   
Guarantee stocks (concentrated fruit juice) 1.2 OFAG 
(c) Domestic food aid   
Sale of fruit at reduced prices to people in need 0.0  OFAG  
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Page 4 Measure type Name and description of measure with  reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(Sw F million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(d) Decoupled income support   
Payments for herding roughage -consuming animals 408.8  OFAG 
General direct payments (according to surface area):  payment for services provided in the general 
interest (protection and maintenan ce of the countryside, safeguarding of the viability of rural areas, 
supply of foodstuffs, and preservation of the basic natural environment necessary to life); 
supplement to market earnings 1,283.4  OFAG 
(e) Income insurance and in come safety-net programmes  
None -  
(f) Payments for relief from natural disasters   
None -  
(g) Structural adjustment assistance provi ded through producer retirement programmes  
None -  
(h) Structural adjustment assistance provided through resource retirement programmes  
None -  
(i) Structural adjustment assistan ce provided through investment aids   
Assistance to improve livestock breeding 19.1  OFAG 
Assistance to small farms (loss of intere st on total credits granted) 5.6  OFAG 
Investment credits (loss of interest  on total credits granted) 53.9  OFAG 
Payments for vineyard reconversion 0.7 OFAG 
(j) Environmental programmes   
Payments for special ecological services (inten sive production, organic fa rming, development and 
working of environmental compensati on areas, animal-keeping programmes) 434.3  OFAG 
Payments for summer pasturing 90.6  OFAG 
(k) Regional assistance programmes   
Non-silage allowances 34.5  OFAG 
Allowances for milk proce ssed into cheese 255.1  OFAG 
Payments for herding animals unde r difficult conditions 275.5  OFAG 
Payments for farming on steep slopes (including  wine cultivation on steep slopes) 103.4  OFAG  
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 Page 5Measure type Name and description of measure with  reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(Sw F million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(l) Other    
None -  
TOTAL FOR TABLE 3,597.9 
Key: 
AFF:  Federal Fina nce Administration 
OFAG: Federal Office for Agriculture 
OFAS: Federal Office for Social Security, Bern 
OVF: Federal Vete rinary Office  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2007 
 
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) 
(Sw F million) Product-specific measurements of 
support (from Supporting Table 
DS:8 below) 
(Sw F million) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
  
(Sw F million) 
1 2 3 4 
(1) Milk and milk products 469.4  0 469.4  
(2) Wheat  101.0 0 101.0 
(3) Secondary cereals (maize , barley, oats)  75.5 0 75.5 
(3)a Pulses  11.5 0 11.5 
(3)b Fibre plants  0.5 0 0.5 
(4) Sugar beet   44.1 0 44.1 
(5) Oilseeds (rape-seed, soya beans, sunflower seed)  45.8  0 45.8 
(6) Bovine meat  891.2 0 891.2 
(7) Meat of swine  569.6 0 569.6 (8) Poultry  164.8 0 164.8 
(9) Eggs  1.7 0 1.7 
(10) Potatoes including seed potatoes  121.9 0 121.9 
(11) Cider apples  16.6 0 16.6 
(12) Cider pears  2.4 0 2.4 
(13) Tobacco  5.7 0 5.7 
(14) Grapes 0.0 0 0.0 
Total for table  2,521.7  2,521.7 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2007 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of basic 
products Calendar / marketing 
year Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
(Sw F / tonne) External 
reference price 
 
(Sw F / tonne) Eligible 
production 
(thousand 
tonnes) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
(Sw F million) Total market price 
support 
 
(Sw F million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
(1) Milk 2007 Price support 700 483 2,173 0.0 472.5 OFAG 
(2) Wheat 2007 Guaranteed price 610 281 307 0.0 101.0 OFAG 
(3) Secondary cereals:          
   Maize 2007 Price support 400 238 178 0.0 28.8 OFAG 
   Barley 2007 Price support 375 159 211 0.0 45.6 OFAG 
   Oats 2007 Price support 335 226 10 0.0 1.1 OFAG 
    Total       75.5  
(3)a Pulses 2007 Price support 405 238 19.3 0.0 3.2 OFAG 
(3)b Fibre plants 2007 Price support 140 150 3.4 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
(4) Sugar beet 2007 Price support 98 70 1,574 0.0 44.1 OFAG 
(5) Oilseeds:         
  Rape-seed 2007 Price support 832 713 61 0.0 7.3 OFAG 
  Soya beans/ 
 sunflower 
 seed 2007 Price support 811 842 13 0.0 -0.4 OFAG 
    Total       6.9  
 
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Page 8 Description of basic 
products Calendar / marketing 
year Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
(Sw F / tonne) External 
reference price 
 
(Sw F / tonne) Eligible 
production 
(thousand 
tonnes) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
(Sw F million) Total market price 
support 
 
(Sw F million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
(6) Bovine meat 2007 Price s upport 9,728 3,027 133 0.0 891.2 OFAG 
(7) Meat of swine 2007 Price support 4,102 1,750 242 0.0 569.2 OFAG 
(8) Poultry 2007 Price support 3,374 673 61 0.0 164.8 OFAG 
(9) Eggs in shell 2007 Price support 0 928 0 0.0 0.0 OFAG 
(10) Potatoes         
  (a) Seed 
 potatoes  2007 Price support 695 405 25 0.0 7.3 OFAG 
  (b) Other 
 Total 2007 Price support 446 200 466 0.0 114.6 
121.9 OFAG 
 
(11) Cider apples 2007 Price support 304 117 89 0.0 16.6 OFAG 
(12) Cider pears 2007 Price support 228 96 18 0.0 2.4 OFAG 
(13) Tobacco 2007 Price suppor t 15,040 8,993 0.9 0.0 5.7 OFAG 
Total for table       2,475.0   
 
Key: 
OFAG: Federal Office fo r Agriculture, Bern  
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 Page 9Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Switzerland – Liechtenstein 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2007 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description of 
basic products Calendar 
year Measure type(s) Other 
product-specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(Sw F million)Other 
product-specific 
support (include 
calculation details)
 
 (Sw F million) Associated 
fees/levies 
  
 
(Sw F million)Total other 
product-specific 
support 
 
 
(Sw F million) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
 
 (Sw F million)Non-exempt 
direct payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
 
(Sw F million) Total AMS 
   
 
 (Sw F million)Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
(1) MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS  
 2007 Market price support     472.5   OFAG 
  Individual tax on surplus 
production   3.1     OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 3.1  -3.1 472.5 0.0 469.4  
(2) WHEAT  
 2007 Market price support     101.0   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 101.0 0.0 101.0  
(3) SECONDARY CEREALS (maize, barley, oats)  
 2007 Market price support     75.5   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 75.5 0.0 75.5  
(3)a Pulses 2007  Market price support     3.2   OFAG 
  Crop premium for pulses 8.3       OFAG 
  TOTAL 8.3 0.0 0.0 8.3 3.2 0.0 11.5  
(3)b Fibre 
plants 2007 Market price support     0.0   OFAG 
  Crop premium for fibre plants 0.5       OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5  
 
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Page 10 Description of 
basic products Calendar 
year Measure type(s) Other 
product-specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(Sw F million)Other 
product-specific 
support (include 
calculation details)
 
 (Sw F million) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
 
(Sw F million)Total other 
product-specific 
support 
 
 
(Sw F million) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
 
 (Sw F million)Non-exempt 
direct payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
 
(Sw F million) Total AMS 
  
 
 
 (Sw F million)Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
(4) SUGAR BEET  
 2007 Market price support     44.1   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 44.1 0.0 44.1  
(5) OILSEEDS (rape-seed, s oya beans, sunflower seed)  
 2007 Market price support     6.9   OFAG 
  Crop premium for oilseeds 38.9       OFAG 
  TOTAL 38.9 0.0 0.0 38.9  6.9 0.0 45.8  
(6) BOVINE MEAT  
 2007 Market price support     891.2   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 891.2 0.0 891.2  
(7) MEAT OF SWINE  
 2007 Market price support     569.2   OFAG 
  Swine health service 0.4       OVF 
  TOTAL 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 569.2 0.0 569.6  
(8) POULTRY  
 2007 Market price support     164.8   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 164.8 0.0 164.8  
(9) EGGS  
 2007 Market price support     0.0   OFAG 
  Budget support 1.7       OFAG 
  TOTAL 1.7 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 1.7  
(10) POTATOES INCLUDING SEED POTATOES  
 2007 Market price support     121.9   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  121.9 0.0  121.9  
 
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 Page 11Description of 
basic products Calendar 
year Measure type(s) Other 
product-specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(Sw F million)Other 
product-specific 
support (include 
calculation details)
 
 (Sw F million) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
 
(Sw F million)Total other 
product-specific 
support 
 
 
(Sw F million) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
 
 (Sw F million)Non-exempt 
direct payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
 
(Sw F million) Total AMS 
  
 
 
 (Sw F million)Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
(11) CIDER APPLES  
 2007 Market price support     16.6   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  16.6 0.0  16.6  
(12) CIDER PEARS  
 2007 Market price support     2.4    OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  2.4 0.0  2.4  
(13) TOBACCO  
 2007 Market price support     5.7   OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  5.7 0.0  5.7  
(14) GRAPES  
 2007 Budget support 0.0       OFAG 
  TOTAL 0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0 0.0  0.0  
  TOTAL FOR TABLE       2,521.7  
 
 
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