Vol. 426 No. 7
167 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry whether a retiring farmer who plants his land with trees will be entitled to receive the annual forestry premium in addition to the EC pension under the proposed farm retirement scheme.
Council Regulation 2079/92, instituting a community aid scheme for early retirement from farming, does not provide for the payment of forestry premia in addition to early retirement pensions to farmers transferring land under the early retirement schemes. Forestry premia are to offset losses of agricultural income which is the same objective as the early retirement pension. The transferee may, however, receive these premia.
