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marketaccess;
domesticsupport;
exportcompetition;
andtoreachinganagreementonsanitaryandphytosanitaryissues;
Havingagreedthatinimplementingtheircommitmentsonmarketaccess,developedcountryMemberswouldtakefullyintoaccounttheparticularneedsandconditionsofdevelopingcountryMembersbyprovidingforagreaterimprovementofopportunitiesandtermsofaccessforagriculturalproductsofparticularinteresttotheseMembers,includingthefullestliberalizationoftradeintropicalagriculturalproductsasagreedattheMid-TermReview,andforproductsofparticularimportancetothediversificationofproductionfromthegrowingofillicitnarcoticcrops;
NotingthatcommitmentsunderthereformprogrammeshouldbemadeinanequitablewayamongallMembers,havingregardtonon-tradeconcerns,includingfoodsecurityandtheneedtoprotecttheenvironment;
havingregardtotheagreementthatspecialanddifferentialtreatmentfordevelopingcountriesisanintegralelementofthenegotiations,andtakingintoaccountthepossiblenegativeeffectsoftheimplementationofthereformprogrammeonleast-developedandnetfood-importingdevelopingcountries;
Herebyagreeasfollows:
PartI
Article1
DefinitionofTerms
InthisAgreement,unlessthecontextotherwiserequires:
(a)"
AggregateMeasurementofSupport"
and"
AMS"
meantheannuallevelofsupport,expressedinmonetaryterms,providedforanagriculturalproductinfavouroftheproducersofthebasicagriculturalproductornon-product-specificsupportprovidedinfavourofagriculturalproducersingeneral,otherthansupportprovidedunderprogrammesthatqualifyasexemptfromreductionunderAnnex2tothisAgreement,whichis:
(i)withrespecttosupportprovidedduringthebaseperiod,specifiedintherelevanttablesofsupportingmaterialincorporatedbyreferenceinPart
IVofaMember'
sSchedule;
and
(ii)withrespecttosupportprovidedduringanyyearoftheimplementationperiodandthereafter,calculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofAnnex3ofthisAgreementandtakingintoaccounttheconstituentdataandmethodologyusedinthetablesofsupportingmaterialincorporatedbyreferenceinPartIVoftheMember'
(b)"
basicagriculturalproduct"
inrelationtodomesticsupportcommitmentsisdefinedastheproductascloseaspracticabletothepointoffirstsaleasspecifiedinaMember'
sScheduleandintherelatedsupportingmaterial;
(c)"
budgetaryoutlays"
or"
outlays"
includesrevenueforegone;
(d)"
EquivalentMeasurementofSupport"
meanstheannuallevelofsupport,expressedinmonetaryterms,providedtoproducersofabasicagriculturalproductthroughtheapplicationofoneormoremeasures,thecalculationofwhichinaccordancewiththeAMSmethodologyisimpracticable,otherthansupportprovidedunderprogrammesthatqualifyasexemptfromreductionunderAnnex2tothisAgreement,andwhichis:
(ii)withrespecttosupportprovidedduringanyyearoftheimplementationperiodandthereafter,calculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofAnnex4ofthisAgreementandtakingintoaccounttheconstituentdataandmethodologyusedinthetablesofsupportingmaterialincorporatedbyreferenceinPartIVoftheMember'
(e)"
exportsubsidies"
referstosubsidiescontingentuponexportperformance,includingtheexportsubsidieslistedinArticle9ofthisAgreement;
(f)"
implementationperiod"
meansthesix-yearperiodcommencingintheyear1995,exceptthat,forthepurposesofArticle13,itmeansthenine-yearperiodcommencingin1995;
(g)"
marketaccessconcessions"
includesallmarketaccesscommitmentsundertakenpursuanttothisAgreement;
(h)"
TotalAggregateMeasurementofSupport"
TotalAMS"
meanthesumofalldomesticsupportprovidedinfavourofagriculturalproducers,calculatedasthesumofallaggregatemeasurementsofsupportforbasicagriculturalproducts,allnon-product-specificaggregatemeasurementsofsupportandallequivalentmeasurementsofsupportforagriculturalproducts,andwhichis:
(i)withrespecttosupportprovidedduringthebaseperiod(i.e.the"
BaseTotalAMS"
)andthemaximumsupportpermittedtobeprovidedduringanyyearoftheimplementationperiodorthereafter(i.e.the"
AnnualandFinalBoundCommitmentLevels"
),asspecifiedinPartIVofaMember'
(ii)withrespecttothelevelofsupportactuallyprovidedduringanyyearoftheimplementationperiodandthereafter(i.e.the"
CurrentTotalAMS"
),calculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthisAgreement,includingArticle
6,andwiththeconstituentdataandmethodologyusedinthetablesofsupportingmaterialincorporatedbyreferenceinPartIVoftheMember'
(i)"
year"
inparagraph(f)aboveandinrelationtothespecificcommitmentsofaMemberreferstothecalendar,financialormarketingyearspecifiedintheSchedulerelatingtothatMember.
Article2
ProductCoverage
ThisAgreementappliestotheproductslistedinAnnex1tothisAgreement,hereinafterreferredtoasagriculturalproducts.
Part
II
Article3
IncorporationofConcessionsandCommitments
1.ThedomesticsupportandexportsubsidycommitmentsinPart
IVofeachMember'
sScheduleconstitutecommitmentslimitingsubsidizationandareherebymadeanintegralpartofGATT1994.
2.SubjecttotheprovisionsofArticle
6,aMembershallnotprovidesupportinfavourofdomesticproducersinexcessofthecommitmentlevelsspecifiedinSection
IofPart
IVofitsSchedule.
3.Subjecttotheprovisionsofparagraphs2(b)and
4ofArticle
9,aMembershallnotprovideexportsubsidieslistedinparagraph
1ofArticle
9inrespectoftheagriculturalproductsorgroupsofproductsspecifiedinSection
IIofPart
IVofitsScheduleinexcessofthebudgetaryoutlayandquantitycommitmentlevelsspecifiedthereinandshallnotprovidesuchsubsidiesinrespectofanyagriculturalproductnotspecifiedinthatSectionofitsSchedule.
III
Article4
MarketAccess
1.MarketaccessconcessionscontainedinSchedulesrelatetobindingsandreductionsoftariffs,andtoothermarketaccesscommitmentsasspecifiedtherein.
2.Membersshallnotmaintain,resortto,orreverttoanymeasuresofthekindwhichhavebeenrequiredtobeconvertedintoordinarycustomsduties,exceptasotherwiseprovidedforinArticle
5andAnnex
5.
Article5
SpecialSafeguardProvisions
1.Notwithstandingtheprovisionsofparagraph1(b)ofArticleIIofGATT1994,anyMembermaytakerecoursetotheprovisionsofparagraphs4and5belowinconnectionwiththeimportationofanagriculturalproduct,inrespectofwhichmeasuresreferredtoinparagraph2ofArticle4ofthisAgreementhavebeenconvertedintoanordinarycustomsdutyandwhichisdesignatedinitsSchedulewiththesymbol"
SSG"
asbeingthesubjectofaconcessioninrespectofwhichtheprovisionsofthisArticlemaybeinvoked,if:
(a)thevolumeofimportsofthatproductenteringthecustomsterritoryoftheMembergrantingtheconcessionduringanyyearexceedsatriggerlevelwhichrelatestotheexistingmarketaccessopportunityassetoutinparagraph
4;
or,butnotconcurrently:
(b)thepriceatwhichimportsofthatproductmayenterthecustomsterritoryoftheMembergrantingtheconcession,asdeterminedonthebasisofthec.i.f.importpriceoftheshipmentconcernedexpressedintermsofitsdomesticcurrency,fallsbelowatriggerpriceequaltotheaverage1986
to
1988referencepricefortheproductconcerned.
2.Importsundercurrentandminimumaccesscommitmentsestablishedaspartofaconcessionreferredtoinparagraph1aboveshallbecountedforthepurposeofdeterminingthevolumeofimportsrequiredforinvokingtheprovisionsofsubparagraph1(a)andparagraph4,butimportsundersuchcommitmentsshallnotbeaffectedbyanyadditionaldutyimposedundereithersubparagraph1(a)andparagraph4orsubparagraph1(b)andparagraph
5below.
3.Anysuppliesoftheproductinquestionwhichwereenrouteonthebasisofacontractsettledbeforetheadditionaldutyisimposedundersubparagraph1(a)andparagraph4shallbeexemptedfromanysuchadditionalduty,providedthattheymaybecountedinthevolumeofimportsoftheproductinquestionduringthefollowingyearforthepurposesoftriggeringtheprovisionsofsubparagraph
1(a)inthatyear.
4.Anyadditionaldutyimposedundersubparagraph
1(a)shallonlybemaintaineduntiltheendoftheyearinwhichithasbeenimposed,andmayonlybeleviedatalevelwhichshallnotexceedone
thirdoftheleveloftheo