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Agriculture in the WTO FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession Damascus, 26-28 October 2008

FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008. 2. Legal Framework. Agreement on Agriculture. Modalities Supporting Tables. Schedules of Commitments. Other WTO Agreements. Protocol of Accession. . . Legally Binding Commitments. . ACC/4. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession,

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Agriculture in the WTO FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession Damascus, 26-28 October 2008

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    1. Agriculture in the WTO FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession Damascus, 26-28 October 2008 Hamish Smith Agriculture and Commodities Division

    2. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 2 Legal Framework

    3. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 3 Structure of the Agreement

    4. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 4

    5. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 5

    6. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 6

    7. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 7

    8. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 8

    9. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 9

    10. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 10 Amber Box – Current Total AMS

    11. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 11

    12. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 12

    13. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 13 Export Subsidies

    14. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 14

    15. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 15

    16. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 16 Export Prohibitions & Restrictions Article XI.2(a) of GATT – provision for the temporary application of an export prohibitions or restrictions Article 12 of the AoA – when applying GATT Article XI.2(a): Give due consideration to impacts on importing Members’ food security; Advance written notice, consultations on request; Not applicable to developing countries which are not net exporters of the specific product concerned;

    17. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 17 Accession Process - What is Required?

    18. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 18 Data on Agriculture – WT/ACC/4

    19. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 19 Required Information For Each Exempt Domestic Support Measure A description of each measure with reference to the relevant criteria as set out in the Agreement on Agriculture, i.e., Green Box programmes, Annex 2 (including reference to the relevant paragraph) Development Programmes under Article 6.2 Blue Box programmes, Article 6.5 The monetary value and any revenue foregone involved with each measure over the base period Data source

    20. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 20 Example of Supporting Table DS:1

    21. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 21 Examples of Supporting Table DS:2

    22. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 22 Example of Supporting Table DS:3

    23. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 23 Non-Exempt Measures - Calculation of the Total AMS

    24. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 24 Supporting Table DS:5 Examples

    25. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 25 Supporting Table DS:7 Example

    26. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 26 Export Subsidies If used over the base period, the following information should be submitted in the form of Supporting Table ES:1 A description of the product including tariff line references Budgetary expenditures and any revenue foregone involved for each product The quantity of the product exported that received export subsidies Data sources If no export subsidies were granted over the base period, this should be indicated

    27. FAO Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Damascus 26-28 October 2008 27 Examples of Supporting Table ES:1

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