WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/BGR/7
26 March 2003
(03-1745)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning domestic support commitments (Table DS:1) for the
calendar years 2000 and 2001  was received from the delegation of Bulgaria  on 5 March 2003.G/AG/N/BGR/7
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Bulgaria
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2000
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
520 million EURO 13.90G/AG/N/BGR/7
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Bulgaria
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2000
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 EURO)Data sources
12 3 4
(a) "general services"
1. Research, including general research, research in
connection with environmental programmes, andresearch programmes relating to particular productsAssistance in maintain ing breeding herds and
flocks0.05
Branding bovine animals 0.09State Budget
2. Pest and disease control Government funding of the National Veterinary
Service (NVS) and the National Service for Plant
Protection (NSPP)3.91 State Budget
Implementing the NVS programme on prevention
of contagious diseases and parasites1.31
Bio-chemicals 0.68
Ongoing control on the level of unwanted residues
in food products0.10
Laboratory diagnostics 0.12
Compensations for eradication of diseased animals 0.10
Disposal of obsolete pesticides 0.23
Confining the spread of infectious and dangerous
pests within limited areas0.02
Eradication of the Moroccan pest 0.11
3. Training services Agricultural schools 13.62 State BudgetG/AG/N/BGR/7
Page 4Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to
criteria in Annex 2Monetary value of
measure in year in
question
(million EURO)Data sources
12 3 4
4. Inspection services Quality control;  testin g of agricultural machinery 1.32 State Budge
Ongoing inspections of storage conditions in the
licensed grain-storage facilities0.002
5. Extension and advisory services, including the provision
of means to facilitate the transfer of information and theresults of research to producers and consumers;Market information bulletin published by SAPI
Ltd.0.08 State Budget
6. Infrastructural services Maintaining, securing and preserving strategic
hydro-melioration infrastructure2.60 State Budget
(b) "public stockholding for food security purposes" 0
(c) "domestic food aid" 0
(d) "decoupled income support" 0
(e) "income insurance and income safety-net programmes" 0(f) "payments for relief from natural disasters" 0
(g) "structural adjustment assistance provided through
producer retirement programmes"0
(h) "structural adjustment assistance provided through
resource retirement programmes"0
(i) "structural adjustment assistance provided through
investment aids"0
(j) "environmental programmes" Hail prevention missiles 0.55 State Budget
(k) "regional assistance programmes" 0
(l) "other" Maintaining a register of tobacco producers and
expenses related to paying cash premiums for
produced quantities of tobacco0.05
Technical services for land restitution 13.71State BudgetG/AG/N/BGR/7
Page 5Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Bulgaria
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2000
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 EURO)Product-specific equivalent
measurements of support
 (from Supporting Table
DS:8 below)Total AMS
(million EURO)Value of production
2000
(million EURO)Current total AMS as
a percentage of value
of production
(de minimis = 5%)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
(million EURO)
12 3 4
Wheat 1.84 0 1.84 263.49 0.7% 0
Maize 1.114 0 1.114 83.93 1.32% 0
Sunflower seed 0.724 0 0.724 71.60 1.005% 0Tobacco 13.9 0 13.9 45.49 30.56% 13.90
Rice 0.07 0 0.07 2.59 2.7% 0
Potatoes 0.7 0 0.7 111.26 0.63% 0
Total non-product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Table DS:9)13.18 3,457.00 0.38% 0
Current Total AMS 13.90G/AG/N/BGR/7
Page 6Supporting Table DS:6
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Bulgaria
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2000
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments
Description
of basic
productCalendar year
2000Measure type(s) Applied
administered
priceExternal
reference price
(generally from
AGST/..)Eligible
productionTotal price-
related direct
paymentsOther non-
exempt direct
payments
(million EURO)Associated
fees/leviesTotal direct
payments
(million
EURO)Data sources
12 3 4 56 7
((4-5)*6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Tobacco Premium and
buying-up13.7 - 13.7 State Fund
"Tobacco"G/AG/N/BGR/7
Page 7Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Bulgaria
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2000
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Othe r Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description
of basic
productCalendar year
2000Measure type(s) Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther product-
specific support
(include
calculation
details)
(million EURO)Associated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
support
(million
EURO)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)
(million
EURO)Total AMS
(million
EURO)Data sources
12 3 4 56 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Wheat Subsidies for
interest rates
Input subsidy0.09
1.750.09
1.750.09
1.75
1.84State Fund
"Agriculture"
Maize Subsidies for
interest rates
Input subsidy0.003
1.110.003
1.110.003
1.11
1.114"
Sunflower
seedSubsidies for
interest rates
Input subsidy0.004
0.720.004
0.720.004
0.72
0.724"
Potato Input subsidy 0.7 0.7 0.7
0.7"
Rice Input subsidy 0.07 0.07 0.07
0.07"
Tobacco Input subsidy,
premium and
buying-up0.2 0.2 13.7 13.9
13.9State Fund
"Tobacco"
G/AG/N/BGR/7
Page 8Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Bulgaria
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2000
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar year
2000Non-product-specific
budgetary outlays
(million EURO)Other non-product-
specific support
(include calculation
details)
(million EURO)Associated
fees/leviesTotal non-product-
specific support
(million EURO)Data sources
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Input subsidy (fertilizers) 6.61 6.61
Input subsidy (Domestic animals and
birds of the national genetic fund and
controlled elite specimens)1.45 1.45
Input subsidy (Domestic animals and
birds of basic herds and flocks)1.12 1.12
Subsidies for plant protection 3.21 3.21
Storage subsidies for grains 0.41 0.41Subsidy for agricultural producers
toward costs of land cultivation andsowing0.38 0.38State Fund "Agriculture"
Total non-product-specific AMS 13.18 13.18G/AG/N/BGR/7
Page 9Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Bulgaria
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
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
520 million EURO 26.03G/AG/N/BGR/7
Page 10Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Bulgaria
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
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 EURO)Data sources
12 3 4
(a) "general services"
1. Pest and disease control Government funding of the National Veterinary
Service (NVS) and the National Service for PlantProtection (NSPP)2.62 State Budget
Implementing the NVS prophylaxis programme 0.52
Eradication of the Moroccan pest 0.05
2. Training services Agricultural schools 11.42 State Budget
3. Inspection services Quality control;  testin g of agricultural machinery 1.14 State Budget
4. Extension and advisory services, including the provision
of means to facilitate the transfer of information and theresults of research to producers and consumers;Market information bulletin published by SAPI
Ltd.0.09 State Budget
5. Infrastructural services Maintaining, securing and preserving strategic
hydro-melioration infrastructure5.37 State Budget
(b) "public stockholding for food security purposes" 0
(c) "domestic food aid" 0
(d) "decoupled income support" 0
(e) "income insurance and income safety-net programmes" 0(f) "payments for relief from natural disasters" 0
(g) "structural adjustment assistance provided through
producer retirement programmes"0G/AG/N/BGR/7
Page 11Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to
criteria in Annex 2Monetary value of
measure in year in
question
(million EURO)Data sources
12 3 4
(h) "structural adjustment assistance provided through
resource retirement programmes"0
(i) "structural adjustment assistance provided through
investment aids"0
(j) "environmental programmes" Hail prevention missiles 1.47 State Budget
(k) "regional assistance programmes" 0
(l) "other" Maintaining a register of tobacco producers and
expenses related to paying cash premiums for
produced quantities of tobacco0.05
Technical services for land restitution 4.51State BudgetG/AG/N/BGR/7
Page 12Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Bulgaria
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
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 EURO)Product-specific equivalent
measurements of support
 (from Supporting Table
DS:8 below)Total AMS
(million EURO)Value of
production 2001
(million EURO)Current total AMS as
a percentage of value
of production
(de minimis = 5%)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
(million EURO)
12 3 4
Wheat 1.56 0 1.56 371.09 0.42% 0
Maize 0.58 0 0.58 105.74 0.55% 0
Sunflower seed 0.39 0 0.39 89.27 0.44% 0
Potato 0.19 0 0.19 119.65 0.16% 0
Rice 0.06 0 0.06 1.62 3.7% 0Rape seed 0.19 0 0.19 3.41 5.57% 0.19
Sugar beet 0.11 0 0.11 0.62 17.7% 0.11
Milk 0.93 0 0.93 219.37 0.42% 0
Tobacco 25.73 0 25.73 61.21 42.04% 25.73
Total non-product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Table DS:9)5.24 3,830.00 0.14% 0
Current Total AMS 26.03G/AG/N/BGR/7
Page 13Supporting Table DS:6
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Bulgaria
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments
Description
of basic
productCalendar
year 2001Measure type(s) Applied
administered
priceExternal reference
price (generally from
AGST/..)Eligible
productionTotal price-
related direct
paymentsOther non-
exempt direct
payments
(million EURO)Associated
fees/leviesTotal direct
payments
(million EURO)Data sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4-5)*6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Milk Premium and
buying-up0.93 0.93 State Fund
"Agriculture"
Tobacco Premium and
buying-up25.22 25.22 State Fund
"Tobacco"G/AG/N/BGR/7
Page 14Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Bulgaria
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Othe r Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description
of basic
productCalendar year
2001Measure type(s) Other product-
specific
budgetary outlaysOther product-
specific support
(include
calculation
details)
(million EURO)Associated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-specific
support
(million ECU)Market price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)
(million
EURO)Total AMS
(million
EURO)Data sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Wheat Input subsidy 1.56 1.56 1.56 State Fund
"Agriculture"
Maize Input subsidy 0.58 0.58 0.58 "
Sunflower
seedInput subsidy 0.39 0.39 0.39 "
Potato Input subsidy 0.19 0.19 0.19 "
Rice Input subsidy 0.06 0.06 0.06 "
Rape seed Input subsidy 0.19 0.19 0.19 "
Sugar beet Input subsidy 0.11 0.11 0.11 "
Milk Premium and
buying-up0.93 0.93 "
Tobacco Input subsidy,
premium and
buying-up0.51 0.51 25.22 25.73 State Fund "Tobacco"G/AG/N/BGR/7
Page 15Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Bulgaria
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2001
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar year
2001Non-product-specific
budgetary outlays
(million EURO)Other non-product-
specific support
(include calculation
details)
(million EURO)Associated
fees/leviesTotal non-product-
specific support
(million EURO)Data sources
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Input subsidy (fertilizers) 2.19 2.19
Subsidies for plant protection 0.89 0.89
Storage subsidies for grain 0.87 0.87
Subsidies for interest rates 0.07 0.07Subsidy for registered agricultural
producers0.94 0.94
Subsidy for agricultural producers
toward costs of land cultivation andsowing0.28 0.28State Fund "Agriculture"
Total non-product-specific AMS 5.24 5.24
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