WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/EST/4
8 March 2002
(02-1190)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the
relevant Supporting Tables) for 2000  was received from the delegation of Estonia  on
28 February 2002.G/AG/N/EST/4
Page 2Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2000
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure taking into account the criteria
 in Annex 2Monetary value of measure in year in question
(million EEK) 1Data sources
12 3 4
(a)  General services Research (incl. agricultural sector research for developing agricultural
policies, applied research for plant and livestock production, applied
research for land amelioration, research  related to breeding, incl. raising
Estonian native breed cattle)22.38 State budget
Pest and disease control 2.26 State budget
Training, extension and advisory services (incl. farmers' training and
consultation services, Jäneda Training and Advisory Center, agriculturalextension service programme and other advisory/extension activities)47.69 State budget
Inspection services (incl. inspection services concerning veterinary and food
control, food quality and safety inspection programmes)46.43 State budget
Marketing and promotion services (expenditures to support participation in
exhibitions and trade fairs, expenditures for gathering market information,
promotion of cooperative actions of farmers)54.19 State budget
Infrastructural services (maintenance of amelioration structures) 4.60 State budget
(b)  Public stockholding for
food security purposesExpenditures to purchase and store reserve stocks of grain 23.21 State budgetG/AG/N/EST/4
Page 3Measure type Name and description of measure taking into account the criteria
 in Annex 2Monetary value of measure in year in question
(million EEK) 1Data sources
12 3 4
Assistance for investments in periphery areas. 13.00 State budget (i)  Structural adjustmentassistance provided throughinvestment aidsLand restitution support to agricultural producers. 1.70 State budget
Investment subsidy provided to agricultural producers by Agriculture and
Rural Life Credit Fund (ARLCF)1.46 ARLCF
Loan Guarantees provided by Rural Loans Guarantee Fund (RLGF) 3.14 RLGF
(j)  Payments under
environmental programmesSupporting growing certified seed potato in order to increase protection
against plant diseases0.50 State budget
Supporting growing certified hay seed in order to increase protection against
plant diseases and wild oats1.50 State budget
Supporting growing certified cereals, legumes, rape, oil bearing rape and
flax seed in order to increase protection against plant diseases and wild oats23.76 State budget
Support for converting to organic farming (G/AG/N/EST/5 refers) 3.90 State budget
(k)  Payments under regional
assistance programmesLiming of acid soils in areas determined by the respective soil research
laboratories14.80 State budget
TOTAL 264.52
1 Estonian kroon (abbreviated as EEK) is pegged to EUR (15.6466 EEK is equal to 1 EUR).G/AG/N/EST/4
Page 4Supporting Table DS:3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2000
Measures exempt from the reduction commitmen t – Direct Payments under Production-Limiti ng Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payments"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6:5
of the Agreement on AgricultureMonetary value of measure
in year in question
(million EEK)Data sources
12 3 4
Payments made on cereal production (Art. 6:5(a)(ii)) 99.01 State budget (b) Payments made on 85 per cent or less
of the base level of production
Payments made on milk production (Art. 6:5(a)(ii)) 112.40 State budget
Payments made on mutton and lamb meat production (Art. 6:5(a)(ii)) 2.10 State budget
TOTAL 213.51G/AG/N/EST/4
Page 5Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2000
Calculation of the 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)
(million EEK)Product-Specific Measurements of
Support (from Supporting Table DS:8
below)
(million EEK)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
(million EEK)
12 3 4
Product-specific No expenditures No expenditures No expenditures
Non-product-specific AMS De minimisG/AG/N/EST/4
Page 6Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Estonia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2000
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar year
2000Non-product-
specific
budgetary
outlays
(million EEK)Other non-product
specific support
(include calculation
details)
(million EEK)Associated
fees/levies
(million EEK)Total non-product-specific
support
(million EEK)Data sources*
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Interest subsidy for agricultural
loans1 January 2000 26.90 26.90 State budget
Insurance support 1 January 2000 0.60 0.60
Total non-product specific AMS 27.50 ( de
minimis )
* Gross Agricultural Output for the year 2000 as the basis of de minimis  calculation is 6,073 million EEK.
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