WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/EST/6
27 June 2002
(02-3592)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the
relevant Supporting Tables) for 2001  was received from the delegation of Estonia  on 12 June 2002.G/AG/N/EST/6
Page 2Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure taking into account the criteria
 in Annex 2Monetary value of measure in year in question
(million EEK) 1Data sources
12 3 4
General services Research (incl. agricultural sector research for developing agricultural
policies, applied research for plant and livestock production and veterinary
activities, applied research for land amelioration, research related tobreeding)27.28 State budget
Pest and disease control 2.25 State budget
Training, extension and advisory services (incl. farmers' training and
consultation services, Jäneda Training and Advisory Center, agriculturalextension service program and other advisory/extension activities)23.40 State budget
Inspection services (incl. inspection services concerning veterinary and food
control, food quality and safety inspection programs)24.45 State budget
Marketing and promotion services (expenditures to support participation in
exhibitions and trade fairs, expenditures for gathering market information,
promotion of cooperative actions of farmers)16.04 State budget
Infrastructure services (maintenance of amelioration structures, construction
and reconstruction of power lines for agricultural producers)16.63 State budget
Public stockholding for
food security purposesExpenditures to store reserve stocks of grain and food items 10.67 State budgetG/AG/N/EST/6
Page 3Measure type Name and description of measure taking into account the criteria
 in Annex 2Monetary value of measure in year in question
(million EEK) 1Data sources
12 3 4
Domestic food aid School milk program 9.06 State budget
Special Assistance Program for Agriculture and  Rural Development
(SAPARD), agricultural component6.15 State budget and
foreign aidStructural adjustment
assistance provided through
investment aidsLand restitution support to agricultural producers 1.90 State budget
Investment subsidy provided to agricultural producers by Agriculture and
Rural Life Credit Fund (ARLCF)60.89 ARLCF
Loan Guarantees provided by Rural Loans Guarantee Fund (RLGF) 2.04 RLGF
Payment under
environmental programsSupporting growing certified seeds in order to increase protection against
plant diseases and wild oats30.38 State budget
Setting up agri-environment program 4.39 State budget
Support for converting to organic farming 7.59 State budget
Payment under regional
assistance programsLiming of acid soils in areas determined by the respective soil research
laboratories15.43 State budget
TOTAL 258.55G/AG/N/EST/6
Page 4Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
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 6:5
of the Agreement on AgricultureMonetary value of measure
in year in question
(million EEK)Data sources
12 3 4
Payments made on cereal production (Art. 6:5(a)(ii)) 81.86 State budget (b) Payments made on 85 per cent or less
of the base level of production
Payments made on milk production (Art. 6:5(a)(ii)) 110.93 State budget
Payments made on mutton and lamb meat production (Art. 6:5(a)(ii)) 2.99 State budget
TOTAL 195.78G/AG/N/EST/6
Page 5Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Calculation of the 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)
(million EEK)Product-Specific Measurements of
Support (from Supporting Table DS:8
below)
(million EEK)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
(million EEK)
12 3 4
Support for beef breed cattle raising 0.81 - De minimis
Insurance support 0.36 - De minimis
Interest subsidy for agricultural loans 16.99 - De minimisG/AG/N/EST/6
Page 6Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:   Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productCalendar year
2001Measurement
type(s)Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
(million EEK)Other product
specific support
(include
calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-specific
support
(million EEK)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)Total AMS
(million EEK)Data sources
1 234 56 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Beef cattle
raising1 January
2001Support 0.81 - - 0.81 - - 0.81 Ministry of
AgricultureG/AG/N/EST/6
Page 7Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar year
2001Non-product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
(million EEK)Other non-product
specific support
(include calculation
details)
(million EEK)Associated
fees/levies
(million EEK)Total non-product-specific
support
(million EEK)Data sources*
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Interest subsidy for agricultural
loans1 January 2001 16.99 16.99 State budget
Insurance support 1 January 2001 0.36 0.36 State budget
Total non-product specific AMS 17.35 ( de
minimis )
* Gross Agricultural Output (estimated) for the year 2001 as the basis of de minimis  calculation is 7,288 million EEK.
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