RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/NOP/W/11
16April 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1362)
Original: English Working Group onNotification
Obligations andProcedures
Communication from theEuropean Community
Thefollowing communication hasbeensubmitted bytheEuropean Community forcirculation
totheWorking Group onNotification Obligations andProcedures.
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TheEuropeanCommunityisoftheopinionthatconsiderableoverlappingexistsinthenotification
formats approved foruseintheAgriculture andSubsidies Committees.
TheECconsiders thatoverlapping could beavoided orgreatly restricted byusing arevised
format which would consist oftheAgriculture notification format (G/AG/2) supplemented bythose
headings oftheSubsidies notification format (G/SCM/6) which arenotfound intheAgriculture
notification format.
Enclosed asAnnex Iisatable setting outthecomparison between theAgriculture andthe
Subsidies notification formats.
Enclosed asAnnex IIisatableidentifying theheadings oftheSubsidies format which should
beadded totheAgriculture formats inorder toobtain aunified format satisfying therequirements
ofbothAgreements.
Asfarastiming aspects areconcerned theCommunity proposed thatnotifications bemade
totheAgriculture Committee asrequired within 90or120daysoftherelevant yearandthenmade
again totheSubsidies Committee on30Junefollowing eachofthenotifications.
TheEuropean Community seesnoobstacle onMembers being abletochoose, when making
theirnotifications, theunified format tomake bothnotifications ortheexisting specific formats for
eachofthenotifications.G/NOP/W/11
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ANNEX I
Comparison Between Agreement onAgriculture (AA)
Notifications andtheSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
Agreement (SCM) Notification Requirements
SCM notifications format withreference toAAnotifications formats; anindication ofwhere
information required under theSCM notification willbefound under theAAnotifications.
1. Titleofthesubsidy programme
Annual notifications :
a) Supporting Table DS:1, name anddescription ofmeasure withreference tocriteria inAnnex 2
('green box')
b) SupportingTableDS:3,nameanddescriptionofmeasurewithreferencetocriteriainArticle6.5
('exempt direct payments ')
c) (Supporting) Table ES:1, Export Subsidies; Budgetary Outlay andQuantity Reduction
Commitments.
Adhocnotifications
a) TableDS:2,notificationunderArticle18.3oftheAgreement;newormodifieddomesticsupport
measure exempt from reduction; fulltitleofmeasure.
2. Period covered bythenotification
Annual notifications
a) Reporting period inall(Supporting) Table headings.
Adhocnotifications
a) Table DS:2, Notification under Article 18.3oftheAgreement; newormodified domestic
support measure exempt from reduction; dateofentry intoforce; period ofapplication.
3. Policy Objective
Annual notifications
a) Supporting Table DS:1, name anddescription ofmeasure withreference tocriteria inAnnex 2
('green box')
b) SupportingTableDS:3,nameanddescriptionofmeasurewithreferencetocriteriainArticle6.5
('exempt direct payments ')
c) (Supporting) Table ES:1, Export Subsidies; Budgetary Outlay andQuantity Reduction
Commitments.G/NOP/W/11
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Adhocnotifications
a) Table DS:2, Notification under Article 18.3oftheAgreement; newormodified domestic
support measure exempt from reduction; fulltitleofmeasure.
4. Background andAuthority
Annual notifications
a) Supporting Table DS:1 ('Green box'),datasources
b) Supporting Table DS:3 ('Exempt Direct Payments '),datasources
c) Supporting Table DS:5 (Market Price Support), datasources
d) Supporting Table DS:6 (Non-Exempt Direct Payments), datasources
e) Supporting Table DS:7 (Other Product-specific Support andTotal Product-Specific AMS),
datasources
f) Supporting Table DS:8 (Product-specific Equivalent Measurement ofSupport), datasources
g) Supporting Table DS:9 (Non-product-specific AMS), datasources.
Adhocnotifications
a) TableDS:2,notificationunderArticle18.3oftheAgreement;newormodifieddomesticsupport
measureexemptfromreduction;domesticlegislationreference;detaileddescriptionofmeasure.
5. Form oftheSubsidy
Annual notifications
a) Headings andsub-heading ofall(Supporting) Tables
b) Supporting Table DS:1 ('Green box'),measure type
c) Supporting Table DS:3 ('Exempt Direct Payments '),measure type
d) Supporting Table DS:5 (Market Price Support), measure type
e) Supporting Table DS:6 (Non-Exempt Direct Payments), measure type
f) Supporting Table DS:7 (Other Product-specific Support andTotal Product-Specific AMS),
measure type
g) Supporting Table DS:8 (Product-specific Equivalent Measurement ofSupport), measure type
h) Supporting Table DS:9 (Non-product-specific AMS), measure type.G/NOP/W/11
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Adhocnotifications
a) TableDS:2,notificationunderArticle18.3oftheAgreement;newormodifieddomesticsupport
measure exempt from reduction; fulltitleofmeasure; detailed description ofmeasure.
6. Beneficiaries
Annual notification
a) Products orsectors described inTables ES:1, ES:2, Supp. DS:1, Supp. DS:5, Supp. DS:6,
Supp. DS:7.
Adhocmeasures
a) TableDS:2,notificationunderArticle18.3oftheAgreement;newormodifieddomesticsupport
measure exempt from reduction; products toprincipally benefit.
7. Subsidy perUnit/Annual Amount Budgeted
Annual notifications
a) (Supporting) Table ES:1, export subsidies; budgetary outlay andquantity reduction
commitments; outlays
b) Supporting Table DS:1 ('Green box'),monetary value
c) Supporting Table DS:3 ('Exempt Direct Payments '),monetary value
d) Supporting Table DS:6 (Product-Specific AMS; Non-Exempt Direct Payments), totaldirect
payments
e) Supporting Table DS:7 (Other Product-specific Support andTotal Product-Specific AMS),
non-exempt direct payments
f) Supporting Table DS:8 (Product-specific Equivalent Measurement ofSupport), market price
support budgetary outlays, equivalent measurement ofsupport, non-exempt direct payments,
other product-specific support
g) Supporting Table DS:9 (Non-product specific AMS), non-product-specific budgetary outlays.
Adhocnotifications
a) TableDS:2,notificationunderArticle18.3oftheAgreement;newormodifieddomesticsupport
measure exempt from reduction; costofmeasure.
8. Duration oftheSubsidy
Annual notifications
a) Reporting period inall(Supporting) Table headingsG/NOP/W/11
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Adhocnotifications
a) TableDS:2,notificationunderArticle18.3oftheAgreement;newormodifieddomesticsupport
measure exempt from reduction; dateofentry intoforce; period ofapplication.
9. Statistical Data-Trade Effects
Notrequired under theAgreement onAgriculture Formats.G/NOP/W/11
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ANNEX II
Supplement with
G/SCM/6 Headings
Supporting tables DS1
DS2
DS3 4-6-7-8-9
DS5
DS6
DS7
DS8
DS9
Tables ES1
ES2
ES3 1-3-4-5-6-9
Supporting tables ES1
ES2