WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/PRY/8
31 October 2001
(01-5350)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The attached notifications concerning new or modified domestic support measures exempt
from reduction (Table DS:2)  were received from the delegation of Paraguay  on 12 October 2001.G/AG/N/PRY/8
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Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Paraguay
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement:
New or modified domestic support me asures exempt from reduction
1. Full title of the measure:   Distribution of cotton seeds to low-income rural families.
2. Domestic legislation reference:   General Budget Law on National Expenditure.
3. Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria in:   Paragraph 2 of Article 6.
The support in question was granted to poor, small-scale farmers.  The seed distributed hadbeen treated beforehand with agrochemicals to prevent the appearance of certain pests, in
particular of the cotton weevil kind, in the framework of the programme to eradicate the
cotton weevil.  The quantity of seed given to each producer was limited.
4. Cost of the measure:   US$8.6 million
5. Date of entry into effect:   1 January 1995
6. Period of application:   1995
7. Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s)):   CottonG/AG/N/PRY/8
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Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Paraguay
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement:
New or modified domestic support me asures exempt from reduction
1. Full title of the measure:   Distribution of seeds to low-income families in rural areas for
self-consumption.
2. Domestic legislation reference:   General Budget Law on National Expenditure.
3. Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria in:   Paragraph 2 of Article 6.
This support took the form of the free distribution of a basket of seeds of products intended
for self-consumption (beans, maize and various ve getables) to rural, lo w-income families, in
the framework of food support for the most needy rural families.
4. Cost of the measure:   US$838,698
5. Date of entry into effect:   1 January 1999
6. Period of application:   1999
7. Products to principally benefit (if any individual product(s)):   No specific product.
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