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ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/GTM/27
18 August 2003
(03-4295)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning new or modified domestic support measures exempt
from reduction ( Table DS.2 ) was received from the delegation of Guatemala  on 23 June 2003.G/AG/N/GTM/27
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Table DS.2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Guatemala
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement:
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction
(1) Full title of the measure : Relief from natural disasters in several areas of national territory in
the wake of Hurricane Mitch.
(2) Domestic legislation reference : Government Decree No. 1-98
Government Decree No. 3-98
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria :
Annex 2, Paragraph 2, other, given that these expenditures do not involve direct payments to
producers or processors. This measure meets the basic criteria set out in Paragraph 1 ofAnnex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture.
Article 3 of the Government Decree establishes that:"During the period in which the state of public disaster to which this Decree refers is in force,
the following measures are herby enacted:
(a) Centralize all private- and State-owned utilities under the control of the National
Coordinator
 for the Reduction of Natural or Man-made  Disasters (CONRED), as and
when the situation requires;
(b) Establish sanitary cordons, change or maintain people's places of residence, restrict
traffic circulation and prevent people from entering the affected areas, when
circumstances so require;
(c) Require individuals to provide the assistance and cooperation critical to ensuring
better control of the affected area;
(d) Provide for the immediate evacuation of the inhabitants of the affected areas;(e) Order the civil and military authorities to take all necessary measures to protect
people and property."
(4) Cost of the measure :  US$5,020.27
(5) Date of entry into effect :  31 October 1998 and 26 November 1998, respectively.
(6) Period of application :  Indefinite.
(7) Products to principally benefit (if any individual product):   The agricultural sector and
livestock sector in general.
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