WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/NZL/34
14 November 2002
(02-6311)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notifications concerning new or modified domestic support measures exempt
from reduction ( Table DS:2 ) were received from the delegation of New Zealand on
31 October 2002.G/AG/N/NZL/34
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Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  New Zealand
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:
New or modified domestic support me asures exempt from reduction
(1) Full title of measure:  Sustainable Farming Fund
(2) Domestic legislation:   None.  Introduced in the 2000/ 01 Budget.  Programme administered
by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria:
The Sustainable Farming Fund was set up to support community-driven programmes aimed at
improving the financial and environmental performance of the land based sectors. The Fund
provides grants, allocated on a contestable basis, to projects lasting from one to three years.Projects must seek to address a need that is identified by a community of interest. Applicants
need to demonstrate commitment to the project and be willing to contribute to it. The
maximum grant payable will normally not exceed $200,000 per project per year.  Projects
may include:
• investigations into the efficient use of land-based resources, including water;
• information/technology transfer;  and
• identifying barriers to and options for improved land use and management.
Funding will not be given to support the activities of commercial entities.
This programme meets the fundamental criteria of Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture,
and meets the specific criteria of paragraph 2 – General Services (2(d), extension and advisory
services).
(4) Cost of measure:  NZ$1,492,000 includes Goods and Services Tax of 12.5% (NZ$1,038,000
on project grants and NZ$454,000 on project administration).
(5) Date of entry into effect:   1 July 2000
(6) Period of application:   Five years
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s)):  No individual productG/AG/N/NZL/34
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Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  New Zealand
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:
New or modified domestic support me asures exempt from reduction
(1) Full title of measure:  Organics Initiatives
(2) Domestic legislation:   None.  Introduced in the 2000/ 01 Budget.  Programme administered
by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria:
Four organic initiatives will receive funding under this programme:
(a) National Minimum Standard – funding for the development of a National Minimum
Standard for organic products.  The Standard will specify acceptable production
methods for organic products.  This Standard will be enforceable under the Fair
Trading Act.
(b) Small-Scale Organic Producers' Certification Scheme – funding to develop a
products' certification system for small-scale organic producers.  Once established,
this scheme will be self-funding.
(c) Organics Sector Strategy – funding for the development of a growth strategy for the
organics sector.
(d) Organics Working Group – funding for the development of an Organics Working
Group that will interface between government agencies and organics producers.
These programmes meet the fundamental criteria of Annex 2 to the Agreement on
Agriculture, and meet the specific criteria of paragraph 2 – General Services (2(d), extensionand advisory services).
(4) Cost of measure:  NZ$335,000 (includes Goods and Services Tax of 12.5%).
(5) Date of entry into effect:   December 2000
(6) Period of application:   Three years
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s)):  Organic products across a
variety of sectors
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