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ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/SVK/14/Rev.1
8 February 2000
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Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Revision
The attached revision to the notification concerning domestic support commitments for 1997
(Table DS:1 and the relevant Supporting Tables) was received from the delegation of the Slovak
Republic  on 12 November 1999.G/AG/N/SVK/14/Rev.1
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Suppor t
Total AMS commitment level for period in
questionCurrency 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)
12 3
11,407.5 million Sk 8,290.4G/AG/N/SVK/14/Rev.1
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Measures exempt from the re duction commitment - "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to
criteria in Annex 2Monetary value of
measure in year in
question
(million Sk)Data sources
12 3 4
(a) "general services" - -
(b) "public stockholding for food security purposes" - -
(c) "domestic food aid" - -(d) "decoupled income support" - -
(e) "income insurance and income safety-net programmes" - -
(f) "payments for relief from natural disasters" - -(g) "structural adjustment assistance provided through producer
retirement programmes"- -
(h) "structural adjustment assistance provided through resource
retirement programmes"--
(i) "structural adjustment assistance provided through
investment aids"--
(j) "environmental programmes" Ecological procedures 84.5 Ministry of Finance of SR and Ministry of
Agriculture of SR from financial settlementwith the State Budget (relates to both data)
(k) "regional assistance programmes" Rural tourism 36.0
(l) "other"G/AG/N/SVK/14/Rev.1
Page 4Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Measures exempt from the reduction commitmen t - Direct Payments under Production-Limiti ng Programmes - "Exempt Direct Payments"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to
criteria in Article 6:5Monetary value of measure
in year in question
(million Sk)Data sources
12 3 4
(a) "payments based on fixed area and yields"
(b) "payments based on 85 per cent or less of the base level of
production"
(c) "livestock payments made on a fixed number of head"Set aside programme 43.7 Ministry of Finance of SR and
Ministry of Agriculture of SRfrom financial settlement with
the State BudgetG/AG/N/SVK/14/Rev.1
Page 5Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
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)
(million Sk)Product-specific equivalent measurements
of support
 (from Supporting Table DS:8 below)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
(million Sk)
12 3 4
Tobacco production promotion 20.0 20.0
Raw cow milk 955.0 955.0
Non-product-specific support
Worse natural conditions 3,312.5 3,312.5
Sheep and goat breeding promotion 143.5 143.5
Interest reimbursement from credits 67.7 67.7
Purchases of seed for sowing 1,491.0 1,491.0
Plant genetic sources 76.0 76.0
Animal genetic sources 175.2 175.2
Promotion of historical actions 93.0 93.0
Livestock restoring to health 78.0 78.0
Technical equipment 1,288.8 1,288.8
Capital construction 76.0 76.0
Irrigation 109.0 109.0
Export activity promotion 7.0 7.0
New reconstruction and modernization of
production capacities235.3 235.3
Reconstruction of orchards, vineyards,
glasshouses162.4 162.4
Total non-product-specific AMS  (from
Supporting Table DS:9)7,315.4 7,315.4
Current Total AMS 8,290.4 8,290.4G/AG/N/SVK/14/Rev.1
Page 6 Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productCalendar year
1997Measure type(s) Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
(million Sk)Other product-
specific support
(include
calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
support
(million Sk)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)Total AMS
(million Sk)Data
sources
12 3 4 56 7
(4+5-6)891 0
(7+8+9)11
Tobacco 1997 Production
promotion20 - - 20 - - 20 *
Raw cow milk 1997 Quality
promotion955 - - 955 - - 955 **
*   Act No. 307/1997 by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic.
** Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic and Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic from financial settlement with  the State Budget.G/AG/N/SVK/14/Rev.1
Page 7 Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar year
1997Non-product-specific
budgetary outlays
(million Sk)Other non-product-
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal non-product-specific
support
(million Sk)Data sources
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Worse natural conditions 3,312.5 - - 3,312.5
Sheep and goat breeding promotion 143.5 - - 143.5
Interest reimbursement from credits 67.7 - - 67.7Purchases of seed for sowing 1,491.0 - - 1,491.0
Plant genetic sources 76.0 - - 76.0
Animal genetic sources 175.2 - - 175.2Promotion of historical actions 93.0 - - 93.0Livestock restoring to health 78.0 - - 78.0
Technical equipment 1,288.8 - - 1,288.8
Capital construction 76.0 - - 76.0Irrigation 109.0 - - 109.0Export activity promotion 7.0 - - 7.0New reconstruction and
modernization of production facilities235.3 - - 235.3
Reconstruction of orchards, vineyards,
glasshouses162.4 - - 162.4
Total non-product-specific AMS 7,315.4
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