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ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/DOM/2
6 January 2000
(00-0035)
Committee on Agriculture
NOTIFICATION
The following notification in the context of domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and
relevant supporting tables) for the years 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998  was received from the Permanent
Mission of the  Dominican Republic  on 26 November 1999.
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The only measures applied by the Dominican Republic in connection with domestic support
during the years 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998, in relation to the provisions of the Agreement on
Agriculture, are the following.  Hence, only subheadings (a) and (j) of supporting table DS:1 were
considered applicable in the case of the Dominican Republic (see Annex).G/AG/N/DOM/2
Page 2Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Dominican Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to
criteria in Annex 2Monetary value of measure in year in question (£) Data sources
12 3 4
1995 1996 1997 1998
(a)  General services Agricultural research 30,908,424 35,089,981 36,552,707 42,279,768
Pest and disease control (plant and animal health) 7,330,821 16,273,912 14,547,503 21,338,892
Training services 240,000 220,500 469,552 584,441
Extension and advisory services (agricultural) 14,525,423 3,750,395 4,074,816 36,165,214Inspection services 19,792,539 27,709,634 44,748,661 14,177,865Marketing and promotion services (agricultural) 5,531,312 6,550,606 9,069,688 8,395,420Infrastructural services 590,000 34,000,000 675,224 38,317,991National Budget
Office
(ONAPRES),
Report on BudgetImplementation
Technical
Secretariat of the
Office of the
President
(j)  Environmental
programmesEnvironmental education (natural resource
development)10,482,576 12,880,666 13,179,862 69,199,447
Source:  SEA, Prepared by the Agricultural Economics Department on the basis of budget implementation data from the National Bu dget Office (ONAPRES).
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