Regulation 2 Interpretation

For the purposes of these Regulations—

• “amber box domestic support” means domestic support which does not meet the criteria in—

  1. (a)

     Article 6(5) of the Agreement on Agriculture^f1; or

  2. (b)

     Annex 2;

• “Aggregate Measurement of Support” has the meaning given in Article 1(a) of the Agreement on Agriculture;

• “Annex 2” means Annex 2 to the Agreement on Agriculture;

• “blue box domestic support” means domestic support which meets the criteria in Article 6(5) of the Agreement on Agriculture;

• “classification”, in relation to domestic support, means its classification as amber box domestic support, blue box domestic support or green box domestic support, and “to classify” domestic support means giving it such a classification;

• “green box domestic support” means domestic support which meets the criteria in Annex 2;

• the “monetary value” of a scheme in a reporting year means the value in money of the total amount of support provided, or proposed to be provided, under that scheme during that year;

• “Notification Requirements” means the Notification Requirements and Formats adopted by the World Trade Organisation Committee on Agriculture at its meeting on 8th June 1995^f2;

• “proposing authority” is the appropriate authority^f3 which is proposing new domestic support, or bringing forward amendments to existing domestic support;

• “reporting year” means the period of 12 months in relation to which the United Kingdom is required under the Agreement on Agriculture to submit to the World Trade Organisation a report on the total domestic support given in the United Kingdom;

• “UK co-ordinating body” means any body designated by the Secretary of State under regulation 3.