RESTRICTED
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE PC/IPL/12
FOR THE 2December 1994
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
(94-2630)
SUB-COMMITTEE ONINSTITUTIONAL ,
PROCEDURAL AND LEGAL MATTERS
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND FORMATS UNDER
THE WTO AGREEMENT ONAGRICULTURE
Report bytheChairman oftheInformal Contact Group onAgriculture
asapproved bytheSub-Committee on28November
1. Atmeetings oftheInformal Contact Group onAgriculture on22June, 7July,22September,
6and31October, 17and25November 1994, consultations wereheldonthequestion ofnotification
requirements andformats under theAgreement onAgriculture. Asaresult ofthese informal
consultations there issubstantial agreement ontheattached notification requirements andformats, as
apackage, subject tothefollowing understandings :
(a) thatmatters relating totariff concessions assuchshould, ingeneral, bedealtwithunder the
relevant GATT 1994procedures andwithin theframework oftheWTO Committee onMarket
Access. Thiswould bewithout prejudice totherightofmembers under Article 18:6ofthe
Agreement toraiseanymatter relating totariff concessions onagricultural products inthe
Committee onAgriculture;
(b) thatasregards tariff andother market access quota commitments specified inSchedules, a
Member mayrequest another Member, through theChairman oftheCommittee onAgriculture,
toprovide information totheCommittee onthefunctioning ofaspecific quota, including the
quantity ofimports effected orauthorized under thatquota. Theinformation requested would
normally beprovided within thirty daysofthecommunication oftherequest. Theroleofthe
Chairman would betoensure thatthere arereasonable grounds fortherequest andthatasfar
aspossible duplication andunduly burdensome requests areavoided;
(c) thatarevised Table ES:1 would include columns 1to5inclusive andcolumns 8and9from
theoriginal draftformat oncondition thatthere isagreement, asaresult offurther informal
consultations, thatthedatainrespect oftotalexports isprovided, onascomparable abasis
aspossible, under aseparate format. Aspartofthisagreement, other Members shallprovide
annual export quantity dataunder thisnewformat onproducts ofwhich theyaresignificant
exporters butinrespect ofwhich theydonothaveexport subsidy reduction commitments in
Section IIofPartIVoftheirSchedule;
(d) thataMember which hascommitments inPartIVofitsSchedule inrespect ofincorporated
products should, onrequest, provide appropriate information onperunitsubsidies interms
ofArticle 11oftheAgreement inrelation totransactions during aparticular period;
(e) thattheworking procedures tobeadopted bytheCommittee onAgriculture should address
theneedforarrangementsunderArticle18:6oftheAgreementwherebyinformationwithrespect
tomatters raised byaMember under thatArticle would beprovided bytheother Member
concerned within aspecified period;PC/IPL/12
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(f) thattheoperations ofstatetrading enterprises inthecontext ofnotification requirements in
respect ofexport subsidy commitments anddisciplines would bethesubject offurther informal
consultations;
(g) thatthetimelimits proposed intheattached notification requirements andformats would be
subject tofurther consideration, asappropriate, bytheCommittee onAgriculture;
(h) thattheSecretariat willattheappropriate stage prepare asummary notesetting out,foreach
Member, theimplementation dates foreachtypeofcommitment asspecified inSchedules;
(i) thatthesenotificationrequirementsandformatswillbesubjecttoperiodicreview,asappropriate,
bytheCommittee onAgriculture.
2. Finallyitisconsideredthatinformalconsultationsshouldbeundertakeninatransparentmanner,
inadvance ofthefirstmeeting oftheCommittee onAgriculture, onanumber oftheissues covered
bythisreport, aswellasontheorganization ofthework oftheCommittee.
3. Itisaccordingly recommended thattheattached notification requirements andformats, together
withthepresent report, beadopted bytheSub-Committee forinclusion intheReport oftheWTO
Preparatory Committee.PC/IPL/12
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WTO COMMITTEE ONAGRICULTURE
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND FORMATS
Thefollowing tables setouttherequirements andformats fornotifications under theAgreement
onAgriculture. Eachtableorsetoftables ispreceded bynotes indicating which Members arerequired
tonotify, atwhatfrequency andinwhatmanner.
Notifications totheCommittee should beaccompanied byadiskette containing thesame
information inLotus format (tables) orWord Perfect format (text).
Elements ofthenotification intextform(e.g.descriptions ofpolicies) willbetranslated into
theofficial languages.
Page
Market access
Tariff andother quotas 4
Special safeguard provisions 7
Domestic support
Current Total AMS 13
Newormodified exempt measures 25
Export Subsidies 27
Export Restrictions 31
Follow-up totheDecision onMeasures Concerning the
Possible Negative Effects oftheReform Programme
onLeast-Developed andNetFood-Importing
Developing Countries 33
Information submitted under these formats iswithout prejudice totheconsistency ofthe
arrangements notified withtherelevant provisions oftheWTO.PC/IPL/12
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TARIFF AND OTHER QUOTAS
(Tables MA:1 andMA:2)
Notifying Members: allMembers withtariff andother quota commitments recorded inSection I-B
(orSection I-A)oftheirSchedules fortheproducts concerned.
Notification frequency andformat:
(i) acomprehensive one-off notification in1995 ontheadministration ofquotas (Table
MA:1) followed bytheadhocnotification ofanychanges intheiradministration.
Theinitial notification should normally bemade inadvance oftheopening ofthequota
butinanyevent nolaterthan[30]daysfollowing thatdate. Notifications ofchanges
should bemade, where possible, prior tothechange being implemented, butinany
event notlaterthan[30]daysfollowing thechange;
(ii) anannual notification following theendofthecalendar (or,marketing, fiscal, etc.)
yearinquestion showing imports under tariff andother quotas (Table MA:2). The
notification should normally bemade [30]daysfollowing theyearbut,inanyevent,
nolaterthan[60]daysfollowing theyearinquestion.Table MA:1 MARKET ACCESS: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.PC/IPL/12
Page5Implementation ofmarket access opportunities: tariff andother quota commitments
Description ofproducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed
inproduct descriptionDescription ofimport arrangement applicable
(from Section I-B(orI-A)of
PartIoftheSchedule)(from Section I-B(orI-A)ofPartI
oftheSchedule)
1 2 3
Description ofthearrangements tobeapplied inorder toprovide themarket access opportunities specified intheMember 's
Schedule, including, asappropriate:
(a)allocation ofquotas tosupplying countries, including: (i)details ofbasis fordetermining theallocation (e.g.
representative period or"other terms andconditions" asspecified inPartI,Section IofSchedules); (ii)anylimitation
ontheperiod ofaccess;
(b)allocation oflicenses orofaccess toquotas toimporters, including details of:(i)government agency, trading or
administrative body competent togrant licenses oraccess toquotas, including those which haveformally, orineffect,
exclusive orspecial privileges; (ii)anylimitations oneligibility ofapplicants; (iii)howlicenses oraccess aretobe
allocated bythecompetent agency (e.g. first-come-first-served, prorata); (iv)anylimitations ontheperiod ofvalidity
oruseofthelicenses granted;
(c)details ofother arrangements (notinvolving import licenses) under which access toquotas istobeadministered;
(d)anyother information relevant totheimplementation ofmarket access opportunities under sucharrangements.PC/IPL/12
Page6Table MA:2 MARKET ACCESS: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Listsrelating totariff andother quota commitments
Description ofproducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed in
product descriptionTariff quota quantity forperiod in
questionIn-quota imports during period
(from Section I-B(orI-A)ofPartIof
theSchedule)(from Section I-B(orI-A)ofPartIof
theSchedule)(derived from Section I-B(orI-A)of
PartIoftheSchedule)
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SPECIAL SAFEGUARD
(Tables MA:3 toMA:5)
Notifying Members: allMembers having reserved theright intheirSchedules tousetheSpecial
Safeguard Provisions (Article 5oftheAgreement onAgriculture).
Notification frequency andformat1:
(i) inthecaseofthe"volume-based" special safeguard, anotification intheformofTable
MA:3 should bemade asfaraspracticable before taking suchaction forthefirsttime
inanyyearinrespect ofeach product, andinanyevent within 10days ofthe
implementation ofsuchaction;
(ii) inthecaseofthe"price-based" special safeguard, anotification intheformofTable
MA:4 should besubmitted. Table MA:4 canbeusedeither toprovide an"up-front"
notification oftrigger prices (tobenotified within [30]daysoftheimplementation
ofcommitments oftheMember concerned) oronacase-by-case basisforthefirstuse
oftheprice-based special safeguard foranyparticular product (tobenotified tothe
extent possible inadvance, butinanyevent within 10daysofthetaking ofsuchaction
unless anup-front notification oftherelevant trigger price hasbeenmade);
(iii) anannual notification intheform ofTable MA:5 should bemade indicating theuse
ofthespecial safeguard provisions inanyyear. Thenotification should besubmitted
nolaterthan[30]daysfollowing theyearinquestion. Where thespecial safeguard
provisions havenotbeeninvoked inanyyear,astatement tothiseffect should bemade.
1TheCommittee mayneedtofurther consider thenature oftheinformation tobepresented under these notification requirements
attheappropriate stage.PC/IPL/12
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Table MA:3 MARKET ACCESS: name ofMember
Notification under Article 5oftheAgreement: special safeguard: volume-based
____________________________________________________________________________
(1)Fulldescription ofproduct:
(2)Tariff line:
(3)Trigger level: tonnes
(ascalculated inAnnex 1)
(4)Volume ofimports entering
territory incurrent period: tonnes
(5)Period ofapplication:
(calendar/marketing yearorshorter period
forperishable orseasonal products (specify)PC/IPL/12
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SPECIAL SAFEGUARD: VOLUME-BASED: Annex 1toMA:3
Information required forthecalculation oftheTrigger Level
Imports inthe3preceding years: Year 1: tonnes
Year 2: tonnes
Year 3: tonnes
Average: tonnes
Andifimport penetration istaken intoaccount:
Consumption inthe3preceding years: Year 1: tonnes
Year 2: tonnes
Year 3: tonnes
Average: tonnes
Method ofallocation ofchange inconsumption tothetariff lineconcerned:PC/IPL/12
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Table MA:4 MARKET ACCESS: name ofMember
Notification under Article 5oftheAgreement: special safeguard: price-based
____________________________________________________________________________
A:"UP-FRONT" NOTIFICATION OFTRIGGER PRICES
Where aMember decides tonotify trigger prices atthebeginning oftheimplementation period, the
following format should beused:
Tariff item
numberDescription ofproduct 1986-88 trigger or
reference priceSource ofprice
specify currency e.g."average c.i.f.
unitvalue" orother
"appropriate price"
B:ADHOC NOTIFICATION
Where noup-front notification ofthetrigger prices ismade, thefollowing format should beusedon
thefirstuseoftheprice-based special safeguard foranyproduct:
(1)Fulldescription ofproduct:
(2)Tariff line:
(3)Trigger price:
(ascalculated inAnnex 1)
(4)Date ofapplication:PC/IPL/12
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SPECIAL SAFEGUARD: PRICE-BASED: Annex 1toSection BofTable MA:4
Information required forthecalculation oftheTrigger Price
Prices inthereference period: 1986: /tonne
1987: /tonne
1988: /tonne
Average: /tonne
Source ofprice information:PC/IPL/12
Page12Table MA:5 MARKET ACCESS: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Annual summary ofspecial safeguard actions taken
Tariff itemnumber Description ofproduct Whether volume-based action taken during period Whether price-based action taken during period
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CURRENT TOTAL AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OFSUPPORT
(Table DS:1 andSupporting Tables DS:1 toDS:9)
Notifying Members: allMembers.
Notification frequency andformat:
(i) forallMembers withbaseandannual commitment levels shown inSection IofPart
IVoftheirSchedule, anannual notification should bemade nolaterthan[902]days
following theendofthecalendar (or,marketing, fiscal, etc.)yearinquestion. A
summary table(Table DS:1) andsupporting tables (Supporting Tables DS:1 toDS:9)
asattached should besubmitted;
(ii) forthose Members withnobaseorannual commitment levels shown inSection Iof
PartIVoftheirSchedule:
allMembers withtheexception ofleast-developed Members should submit
anannual notification providing thattheCommittee may, attherequest ofa
developing country Member, setaside thisrequirement other thaninrespect
ofSupporting Tables DS:1 toDS:3;
least-developed Members should submit Supporting Tables DS:1toDS:3every
twoyears.
Where nosupport exists, astatement tothiseffect should bemade.
2Theperiod forthesubmission ofthisinformation would bereconsidered bytheCommittee onAgriculture during thefirstyearof
theimplementation period.PC/IPL/12
Page14Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Current Total Aggregate Measurement ofSupport
Total AMS commitment level forperiod in
questionCurrency Current Total AMS
(from Section IofPartIVoftheSchedule) (from Section IofPartIVoftheSchedule) (from attached Supporting Tables)
1 2 3PC/IPL/12
Page15Supporting Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Measures exempt fromthereduction commitment --"Green Box"
Measure type Name anddescription ofmeasure withreference tocriteria inAnnex 2 Monetary value of
measure inyearin
questionDatasources
1 2 3 4
(a) "general services"
(b) "public stockholding forfoodsecurity purposes"
(c) "domestic foodaid"
(d) "decoupled income support"
(e) "income insurance andincome safety-net programmes"
(f) "payments forrelief from natural disasters"
(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"
(k) "regional assistance programmes"
(l) "other"PC/IPL/12
Page16Supporting Table DS:2 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Measures exempt fromthereduction commitment -Special andDifferential Treatment -"Development Programmes"
Measure type Name anddescription ofmeasure withreference tocriteria inArticle 6:2 Monetary value of
measure inyearin
questionDatasources
1 2 3 4
(a) "investment subsidies generally available toagriculture"
(b) "input subsidies generally available tolow-income orresource-poor producers"
(c) "support toencourage diversification from growing illicit narcotic crops"PC/IPL/12
Page17Supporting Table DS:3 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Measures exempt fromthereduction commitment -Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programmes -"Exempt Direct Payments"
Measure type Name anddescription ofmeasure withreference tocriteria inArticle 6:5 Monetary value of
measure inyearin
questionDatasources
1 2 3 4
(a) "payments based onfixed areaandyields"
(b) "payments based on85percentorlessofthebaselevel ofproduction"
(c) "livestock payments made onafixed number ofhead"PC/IPL/12
Page18Supporting Table DS:4 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Calculation oftheCurrent Total Aggregate Measurement ofSupport
Description ofbasic products
(including non-product specific
AMS)Product-specific AMS (from
Supporting Tables DS:5 toDS:7
below)Product-specific measurements ofsupport
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
1 2 3 4
Product A Total Product A
Product B Total Product B
Product C Total Product C
... ...
Non-product-specific AMS Total Non-product-specific AMS
(from Supporting Table DS:9 below)
_______________________
TOTAL: Current Total AMSPC/IPL/12
Page19Supporting Table DS:5 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements ofSupport: Market Price Support
Description of
basic productsCalendar /marketing
yearbeginning ...Measure type(s) Applied administered price External reference
price (generally from
AGST/...)Eligible production Associated
fees/leviesTotal market
price supportData
sources
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
((4-5*6)-79PC/IPL/12
Page20Supporting Table DS:6 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements ofSupport: 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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
((4-5)*6)8 9 10
(7+8-9)11PC/IPL/12
Page21Supporting Table DS:7 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements ofSupport: Other Product-Specific Support andTotal 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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)8 9 10
(7+8+9)11PC/IPL/12
Page22Supporting Table DS:8 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements ofSupport
Description
ofbasic
productsCalendar /
marketing
year
beginning ...Measure
type(s)Applied
administered
priceProduction
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
priceMarket price
support
budgetary
outlaysEquivalent
measurement
ofsupport
(include
calculation
details)Non-exempt
direct
paymentsOther
product-
specific
supportAssociated
fees/leviesTotal
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitmentDatasources
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12PC/IPL/12
Page23Supporting Table DS:9 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar /marketing
yearbeginning ...Non-product-specific
budgetary outlaysOther non-product-
specific support (include
calculation details)Associated fees/levies Total non-product-specific
supportDatasources
1 2 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7PC/IPL/12
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NEW ORMODIFIED DOMESTIC SUPPORT MEASURES EXEMPT FROM REDUCTION
(Table DS:2)
Notifying Members: allMembers introducing anewsupport measure, ormaking modifications to
anexisting measure, forwhich anexemption fromreduction isclaimed. Exemptions from domestic
support reduction commitments canfallunder oneormore ofthefollowing three categories:
(i)measures thathavenooratmostminimal trade-distorting effects oreffects onproduction.
Thecriteria relating tothese"green box"measures arecontained inAnnex 2totheAgreement
onAgriculture;
(ii)investment subsidies which aregenerally available toagriculture indeveloping country
Members, agricultural input subsidies generally available tolow-income orresource-poor
producers indeveloping country Members anddomestic support toproducers indeveloping
country Members toencourage diversification fromgrowing illicit narcotic crops. Thecriteria
relating tothese "development programmes" ofdeveloping country Members arecontained
inArticle 6:2oftheAgreement onAgriculture; and
(iii)direct payments under production-limiting programmes. Thecriteria relating tothese
"exempt direct payments" (or"blue box" measures) arecontained inArticle 6:5ofthe
Agreement onAgriculture.
Notification frequency andformat: anotification asattached should besubmitted foreachnewor
modified measure asfaraspracticable before suchmeasures areadopted andinanyevent within [30]
daysofadoption.PC/IPL/12
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Table DS:2 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: name ofMember
Notification under Article 18:3oftheAgreement: Newormodified domestic support
measures exempt fromreduction
____________________________________________________________________________
(1)Fulltitleofmeasure:
(2)Domestic legislation reference:
(3)Detailed description ofmeasure withreference tocriteria, i.e.those in:
Annex 2:Green box: (a)"general services"; (b)"public stockholding forfoodsecurity
purposes"; (c)"domestic foodaid"; (d)"decoupled income support"; (e)"income insurance
andincome safety-net programmes"; (f)"payments forrelief from natural disasters"; (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"; (k)"regional assistance programmes"; (l)"other"; and/or
Article 6:3: Development programmes: (a)"investment subsidies generally available to
agriculture";(b)"inputsubsidiesgenerallyavailabletolow-incomeorresource-poorproducers";
(c)"support toencourage diversification from illicit narcotic crops"; and/or
Article 6:5: Exempt direct payments: (a)"payments based onfixed areaandyields"; (b)
payments based on85percentorlessofthebaselevelofproduction"; (c)"livestock payments
made onafixed number ofhead".
(4)Costofmeasure:
(5)Date ofentry intoeffect:
(6)Period ofapplication:
(7)Products toprincipally benefit (ifanyindividual product(s)):PC/IPL/12
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EXPORT SUBSIDY COMMITMENTS
(Table ES:1 andSupporting Tables ES:1 andES:2)
Notifying Members: allMembers.
Notification frequency andformat:
(i) forallMembers withbaseandannual commitment levels shown inSection IIofPart
IVoftheirSchedule, anannual notification following theendofthecalendar (or,
marketing, fiscal, etc.)yearinquestion should bemade nolaterthan[]days
following theperiod. Thisnotification should taketheformofTable ES:1accompanied
bySupportingTableES:1.Wherenecessary,detailsoftheuseofdownstreamflexibility
should beincluded inthenotification;
(ii) forthose Members withnobaseorannual commitment levels shown inSection IIof
PartIVoftheirSchedule, anannual notification following theendoftheyearinquestion
should bemade nolaterthan[30]daysfollowing theperiod intheformofastatement
confirming thatnoexport subsidies existor,inthecaseofdeveloping country Members
using exempt export subsidies (Article 9:1(d) and(e))intheformofSupporting Table
ES:2.PC/IPL/12
Page27Table ES:1 EXPORT SUBSIDIES: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay andQuantity Reduction Commitments
Description ofproducts Calendar /marketing year
beginning ...Subsidised exports Food aid3Annual commitment levels
Outlays Quantity Quantity Outlays Quantity
(from Section IIofPartIV) (from Section IIofPartIV) (from Section IIofPartIV)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3Further technical work willberequired ontheform inwhich dataonfoodaidistobeprovided, taking intoaccount, interalia,thatalldonor Members aretoprovide dataonfoodaidtoalldestinations.PC/IPL/12
Page28Supporting Table ES:1 EXPORT SUBSIDIES: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Export Subsidies: Outlay andQuantity Reduction Commitments
Description of
productsDirect export
subsidiesSales ofstocks Producer financed
subsidiesCostreduction
measuresInternal transport
subsidiesTotal product
specific export
subsidiesQuantity of
subsidized exportsDatasource
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9PC/IPL/12
Page29Supporting Table ES:2 EXPORT SUBSIDIES: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
Export Subsidies: Outlay andQuantity Reduction Commitments: Developing Country Members using Article 9:1(d) and/or (e)Export Subsidies
Description of
productsCostreduction measures Internal transport subsidies Total product specific export
subsidiesQuantity ofsubsidized
exportsDatasource
1 2 3 4 5 6PC/IPL/12
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EXPORT PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
(Table ER:1)
Notifying Members: anyMember instituting anexport prohibition orrestriction covered byArticle
12oftheAgreement onAgriculture (except developing country Members which arenotnetexporters
oftheproduct concerned).
Notification frequency andformat :anotification asattached should bemade asfaraspracticable
inadvance ofthemeasure being taken.PC/IPL/12
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Table ER:1 EXPORT RESTRICTIONS: name ofMember
Notification under Article 12oftheAgreement: Export prohibitions andrestrictions
____________________________________________________________________________
(1)Fulldescription ofproduct:
(2)Tariff line(s):
(3)Nature of,andjustification for,measure tobeintroduced:
(4)Duration ofapplication ofmeasure:PC/IPL/12
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MONITORING OFTHE FOLLOW-UP TO
THE DECISION ONMEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OFTHE REFORM PROGRAMME
ONLEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET FOOD-IMPORTING
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
(Table NF:1)
Notifying Members: Members inrespect ofactions taken within theframework oftheDecision on
Measures Concerning thePossible Negative Effects oftheReform Programme onLeast-Developed
andNetFood-Importing Developing Countries.
Notification frequency andformat :anotification should bemade byalldonor Members atleast
annually withrespect toitems (1),(2)and(3)inTable NF:1. Thenotification should bemade no
laterthan[60]daysfollowing therelevant period.PC/IPL/12
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Table NF:1 NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16:2OFTHE AGREEMENT:
MONITORING OFTHE FOLLOW-UP TOTHE DECISION ON
MEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF
THE REFORM PROGRAMME ONLEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: name ofMember
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year, marketing year, etc.
____________________________________________________________________________
(1)Quantity offoodaidprovided:
(2)Indication oftheproportion infully grant form orappropriate concessional terms:
(3)Technical andfinancial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) oftheDecision:
(4)Other relevant information withrespect toactions taken within theframework oftheDecision: