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1、AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTUREMembers,Having decided to establish a basis for initiating a process of reform of trade in agriculture in line with the objectives of the negotiations as set out in the Punta del Este Declaration; Recalling that their long-term objective as agreed at the Mid-Term Review of th
2、e Uruguay Round is to establish a fair and market-oriented agricultural trading system and that a reform process should be initiated through the negotiation of commitments on support and protection and through the establishment of strengthened and more operationally effective GATT rules and discipli
3、nes;Recalling further that the above-mentioned long-term objective is to provide for substantial progressive reductions in agricultural support and protection sustained over an agreed period of time, resulting in correcting and preventing restrictions and distortions in world agricultural markets;Co
4、mmitted to achieving specific binding commitments in each of the following areas: market access; domestic support; export competition; and to reaching an agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary issues;Having agreed that in implementing their commitments on market access, developed country Members wo
5、uld take fully into account the particular needs and conditions of developing country Members by providing for a greater improvement of opportunities and terms of access for agricultural products of particular interest to these Members, including the fullest liberalization of trade in tropical agric
6、ultural products as agreed at the Mid-Term Review, and for products of particular importance to the diversification of production from the growing of illicit narcotic crops;Noting that commitments under the reform programme should be made in an equitable way among all Members, having regard to non-t
7、rade concerns, including food security and the need to protect the environment; having regard to the agreement that special and differential treatment for developing countries is an integral element of the negotiations, and taking into account the possible negative effects of the implementation of t
8、he reform programme on least-developed and net food-importing developing countries;Hereby agree as follows:Part IArticle 1Definition of TermsIn this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:(a)Aggregate Measurement of Support and AMS mean the annual level of support, expressed in monetary te
9、rms, provided for an agricultural product in favour of the producers of the basic agricultural product or non-product-specific support provided in favour of agricultural producers in general, other than support provided under programmes that qualify as exempt from reduction under Annex 2 to this Agr
10、eement, which is:(i)with respect to support provided during the base period, specified in the relevant tables of supporting material incorporated by reference in PartIV of a Members Schedule; and(ii)with respect to support provided during any year of the implementation period and thereafter, calcula
11、ted in accordance with the provisions of Annex 3 of this Agreement and taking into account the constituent data and methodology used in the tables of supporting material incorporated by reference in Part IV of the Members Schedule;(b)basic agricultural product in relation to domestic support commitm
12、ents is defined as the product as close as practicable to the point of first sale as specified in a Members Schedule and in the related supporting material;(c)budgetary outlays or outlays includes revenue foregone;(d)Equivalent Measurement of Support means the annual level of support, expressed in m
13、onetary terms, provided to producers of a basic agricultural product through the application of one or more measures, the calculation of which in accordance with the AMS methodology is impracticable, other than support provided under programmes that qualify as exempt from reduction under Annex 2 to
14、this Agreement, and which is:(i)with respect to support provided during the base period, specified in the relevant tables of supporting material incorporated by reference in PartIV of a Members Schedule; and(ii)with respect to support provided during any year of the implementation period and thereaf
15、ter, calculated in accordance with the provisions of Annex 4 of this Agreement and taking into account the constituent data and methodology used in the tables of supporting material incorporated by reference in Part IV of the Members Schedule;(e)export subsidies refers to subsidies contingent upon e
16、xport performance, including the export subsidies listed in Article 9 of this Agreement;(f)implementation period means the six-year period commencing in the year 1995, except that, for the purposes of Article 13, it means the nine-year period commencing in 1995;(g)market access concessions includes
17、all market access commitments undertaken pursuant to this Agreement;(h)Total Aggregate Measurement of Support and Total AMS mean the sum of all domestic support provided in favour of agricultural producers, calculated as the sum of all aggregate measurements of support for basic agricultural product
18、s, all non-product-specific aggregate measurements of support and all equivalent measurements of support for agricultural products, and which is:(i)with respect to support provided during the base period (i.e. the Base Total AMS) and the maximum support permitted to be provided during any year of th
19、e implementation period or thereafter (i.e. the Annual and Final Bound Commitment Levels), as specified in Part IV of a Members Schedule; and(ii)with respect to the level of support actually provided during any year of the implementation period and thereafter (i.e. the Current Total AMS), calculated
20、 in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, including Article6, and with the constituent data and methodology used in the tables of supporting material incorporated by reference in Part IV of the Members Schedule;(i)year in paragraph (f) above and in relation to the specific commitments of
21、 a Member refers to the calendar, financial or marketing year specified in the Schedule relating to that Member.Article 2Product CoverageThis Agreement applies to the products listed in Annex 1 to this Agreement, hereinafter referred to as agricultural products.PartIIArticle 3Incorporation of Conces
22、sions and Commitments1.The domestic support and export subsidy commitments in PartIV of each Members Schedule constitute commitments limiting subsidization and are hereby made an integral part of GATT 1994.2.Subject to the provisions of Article6, a Member shall not provide support in favour of domes
23、tic producers in excess of the commitment levels specified in SectionI of PartIV of its Schedule.3.Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2(b) and4 of Article9, a Member shall not provide export subsidies listed in paragraph1 of Article9 in respect of the agricultural products or groups of products
24、 specified in SectionII of PartIV of its Schedule in excess of the budgetary outlay and quantity commitment levels specified therein and shall not provide such subsidies in respect of any agricultural product not specified in that Section of its Schedule. PartIIIArticle 4Market Access1.Market access
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