The EU regulations provide for ewe premium quotas to be based on the number of ewes on which a producer was paid premium in 1991 provided that the producer also applied for premium in 1992.
The late person named had no quota entitlement because no application for ewe premium was made in 1992.
The EU regulations also provide for the establishment of a national reserve for allocation to certain categories of producers. The spouse of the late person named applied for an allocation of quota from the reserve and was granted 14 premium rights based on the number of ewes on which she applied for premium in 1993. Successful applicants for reserve quota were limited to the number of ewes on which they applied for premium in 1993 because, under EU regulations, a producer who obtained premium rights free of charge from the national reserve is required to use all of his or her premium rights during the three following marketing years. My Department has no record of having received an application for ewe premium in 1994 from the spouse of the late person named.