WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/SVN/24
19 November 2002
(02-6430)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notifications concerning new or modified domestic support measures exempt from
reduction ( Table DS:2 ) was received from the delegation of the Republic of Slovenia on
29 October 2002.G/AG/N/SVN/24
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Table DS: 2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Republic of Slovenia
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement:
New or modified domestic support me asures exempt from reduction
(1) Full title of measure:
Prevention of overgrowing by forests.
(2) Domestic legislation reference:
Calls for applications for the prevention of overgrowing of agricultural land by forests were
published in official gazettes of the following 6 local communities (Destrnik, Gorenja vas –
Poljane, Mirna pe č, Škocjan, Zagorje ob Savi in Železniki).
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria:
Eligibility for these payments is limited to producers in disadvantaged regions as defined in
the Regulation on criteria for defining less favoured areas (Official Gazette No. 62/2000).
Payments were not related to, or based on, the type or volume of production but were meant
only to prevent the overgrowing of agricultural areas by forests.
Notified scheme is in accordance with the requirements of Annex 2 paragraph 13 of the
Agreement on Agriculture:  "Payments under regional assistance programmes".
(4) Cost of measure:  Year 2001: 66,060 EUR.
(5) Date of entry into effect:  1 January 2001.
(6) Period of application:   For the year 2001 onwards.
(7) Products to principally benefit ( if any individual product(s)):
No products.G/AG/N/SVN/24
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Table DS: 2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Republic of Slovenia
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement:
New or modified domestic support me asures exempt from reduction
(1) Full title of measure:
Producer Retirement Programme
(2) Domestic legislation reference:
Calls for applications for Producer Retirement Programme were published in official gazettes
of the following 10 local communities (Horjul, Maribor, Mežica, Miklavž, Nazarje, Polzela,
Razkrižje, Starše, Trnovska vas in Žalec).
(3) Detailed description of measure with reference to criteria:
Eligibility for these payments is determined by reference to clearly defined criteria in
programmes designed to facilitate the retirement of persons engaged in marketable
agricultural production, or their movement to non-agricultural production. Payments are
conditioned upon the total and permanent retirement of the recipients from marketable
agricultural production.
Notified scheme is in accordance with the requirements of Annex 2 paragraph 9 of the
Agreement on Agriculture: "Structural adjustment assistance provided through producer
retirement programmes".
(4) Cost of measure:  Year 2001: 56,260 EUR.
(5) Date of entry into effect:  1 January 2001.
(6) Period of application:   For the year 2001 onwards.
(7) Products to principally benefit ( if any individual product(s)):
No products.
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