The person named received the following payments under the cattle headage scheme for the years 1997-2000:
|
€
|
1997
|
1904.61
|
1998
|
2034.12
|
1999
|
Nil — Not an applicant
|
2000
|
Nil — Not an applicant
|
The person named received the following payments under the sheep headage scheme for the years 1997-2000:
|
€
|
1997
|
91.42
|
1998
|
Nil — Not an applicant
|
1999
|
Nil — Not an applicant
|
2000
|
Nil — Not an applicant
|
The area based compensatory allowance scheme replaced the cattle-sheep headage schemes in 2001 and the person named received the following payments under the scheme for the years 2001-02:
|
€
|
2001
|
Nil — area aid (100% over declaration penalty)
|
2002
|
1858.92
|
The payments awarded to the person named under the special beef premium scheme for the years 1997-2002 are:
|
€
|
1997
|
1,300.99
|
1998
|
1,652.57
|
1999
|
Nil — not an applicant
|
2000
|
Nil — not an applicant
|
2001
|
Nil — not an applicant
|
2002
|
Nil — not an applicant
|
The payments awarded to the person named under the suckler cow premium scheme for the years 1997-2002 are:
|
€
|
1997
|
1,246.39
|
1998
|
1,246.39
|
1999
|
Nil — not an applicant
|
2000
|
Nil — not an applicant
|
2001
|
Nil — not an applicant
|
2002
|
Nil — not an applicant
|
The payments awarded to the person named under the extensification premium scheme for the years 1997-2002 are:
|
€
|
1997
|
1,300.99
|
1998
|
1,173.84
|
1999
|
Nil
|
2000
|
Nil
|
2001
|
Nil
|
2002
|
Nil
|
The payments awarded to the person named under the slaughter premium scheme for the years 1997-2002 are:
|
€
|
1997
|
Nil — not an applicant
|
1998
|
Nil — not an applicant
|
1999
|
Nil — not an applicant
|
2000
|
103.84
|
2001
|
Nil — not an applicant
|
2002
|
438.21
|
The payments awarded to the person named under the ewe premium scheme for the years 1997-2002 are as follows:
|
€
|
1997
|
318.60
|
1998
|
407.88
|
1999
|
708.00
|
2000
|
602.96
|
2001
|
Nil — not an applicant
|
2002
|
Nil — not an applicant
|
The only grounds for calculating the single farm payment using the reference period 1997-99 are where force majeure/exceptional circumstances are accepted as having caused a sudden, unforeseen breakdown in production, beyond the control of the producer, and affecting the entire reference period 2000-02.
The person named submitted an application for consideration of force majeure/exceptional circumstances on 5 February 2004. Having examined the circumstances outlined and supporting documentation, the single payment unit advised the person named that his application did not satisfy the criteria laid down in Article 40 of Council Regulation EC No 1782/2003.
An opportunity to appeal this decision to the independent single payment appeals committee was offered to the person named but has not been availed of to date.