Part 6: WTO Agreement on Agriculture Section 45: Regulations under section 43: classification of domestic support
WTO members including the United Kingdom are obliged to classify domestic support in accordance with the definitions set out in the AoA. Subsections (2) and (3) give the Secretary of State the power to set out in regulations a process designed to classify and to facilitate review of, the classification of domestic support in accordance with this obligation. Subsection (3)(b) gives the Secretary of State powers to set out in regulations a process for resolving disputes between authorities regarding classification. The Secretary of State will be responsible for defending the classification of UK domestic support measures at the WTO and therefore may reserve the right to make a final binding decision on classification.
	WTO members are required to make notifications in support of their AoA obligations, including an annual notification on levels of domestic support to agricultural producers, and justification where support has been classified as green box or blue box.