WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/SVK/18
12 July 1999
(99-2865)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning domestic support commitments for 1998  (Table DS:1
and the relevant Supporting Tables)  was received from the delegation of the Slovak Republic  on
28 June 1999.G/AG/N/SVK/18
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
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
10,985.0 million Sk 7,727.0 millionG/AG/N/SVK/18
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
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" product sale promotion 22
(b) "public stockholding for food security purposes" -Ministry of Finance of SR and Ministry of
Agriculture of SR from financial settlement
with the State Budget
(c) "domestic food aid" - -
(d) "decoupled income support" - -
(e) "income insurance and income safety-net programmes" - -
(f) "payments for relief from natural disasters" partial damage reimbursement 109(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 89
(k) "regional assistance programmes" rural tourism 39
(l) "other" conservation of riding horse breeding 105G/AG/N/SVK/18
Page 4Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - Special  and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes"
Measure type Name and description of measure with
reference to criteria in Article 6:2Monetary value of measure in
year in questionData sources
12 3 4
(a) "investment subsidies generally available to agriculture" - - -
(b) "input subsidies generally available to low-income or resource-poor producers" - - -
(c) "support to encourage diversification from growing illicit narcotic crops" - - -G/AG/N/SVK/18
Page 5Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Measures exempt from the reduction commitm ent - Direct Payments under Production-Limiting 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
-- - -G/AG/N/SVK/18
Page 6Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
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 SkProduct-specific equivalent measurements
of support
 (from Supporting Table DS:8 below)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
million Sk
12 3 4
Non-product-specific support
Bee breeding 17.0 - 17.0
Worse natural conditions 3,056.0 - 3,056.0
Sheep and goat breeding promotion 145.0 - 145.0
Interest reimbursement from credits 69.0 - 69.0
Plant genetic sources 72.0 - 72.0Animal genetic sources 221.0 - 221.0
Capital construction 1,692.0 - 1,692.0
Plant production arrangement 1,409.0 - 1,409.0
Animal production development 911.0 - 911.0
Irrigation 115.0 - 115.0
Tobacco production promotion 20.0 - 20.0
Total non-product-specific AMS 7,727.0 - 7,727.0
Current Total AMS 7,727.0 - 7,727.0G/AG/N/SVK/18
Page 7Supporting Table DS:5
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support
Description of
basic productsCalendar
yearMeasure
type(s)Applied
administered priceExternal reference price
(generally from AGST/...)Eligible production Associated fees/levies Total market
price supportData sources
12 3 4 5 6 7 8
((4-5)*6)-79
-- - - - - - - -G/AG/N/SVK/18
Page 8Supporting Table DS:6
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments
Description of
basic productCalendar /
marketing year
beginning ...Measure
type(s)Applied
administered
priceExternal reference
price (generally from
AGST/...)Eligible
productionTotal price-related
direct paymentsOther non-exempt
direct paymentsAssociated
fees/leviesTotal direct
paymentsData
sources
12 3 4 56 7
((4-5)*6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
-- - - -- - - - - -G/AG/N/SVK/18
Page 9Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productCalendar /
marketing year
beginning ...Measure type(s) Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther product-
specific support
(include
calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
supportMarket price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)Total AMS Data
sources
12 3 4 56 7
(4+5-6)891 0
(7+8+9)11
-- - - -- --- - -G/AG/N/SVK/18
Page 10Supporting Table DS:8
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support
Description of
basic productsCalendar /
marketing
year
beginning ...Measure
type(s)Applied
administered
priceProduction
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
price Market price
support
budgetary
outlaysEquivalent
measurement
of support
(include
calculation
details)Non-exempt
direct
paymentsOther
product-
specific
supportAssociated
fees/leviesTotal
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitmentData sources
12 34 56 7 8 9 1 0 1 1
(7+8+9-10)12
- - - - - - ---- - -G/AG/N/SVK/18
Page 11Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Slovak Republic
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar year
1998Non-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
Bee breeding 17.0 - - 17.0
Worse natural conditions 3,056.0 - - 3,056.0
Sheep and goat breeding promotion 145.0 - - 145.0Ministry of Finance of SR and
Ministry of Agriculture of SR
from financial settlement with
the State Budget
Interest reimbursement from credits 69.0 - - 69.0
Plant genetic sources 72.0 - - 72.0
Animal genetic sources 221.0 - - 221.0Capital construction 1,692.0 - - 1,692.0Plant production arrangement 1,409.0 - - 1,409.0
Animal production development 911.0 - - 911.0
Irrigation 115.0 - - 115.0Tobacco production promotion 20.0 - - 20.0
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