The person named submitted an area aid application declaring a forage area of 49 hectares in 1999. This gave him a stocking limit for premium purposes of 98 livestock units. Of the 98 livestock units, 84.09 livestock units were accounted for by his milk quota. This left a maximum of 13.91 livestock units on which payment of premium could be made.
The person named applied for special beef premium in respect of a total of 46 animals over six applications in 1999. The animals on the six applications constituted 28.4 livestock units. Advance payment has been made to the maximum entitlement of the applicant of 13.91 livestock units.
Once each application was processed, a statement was issued to the person named informing him of the status of the application, including the livestock unit value of each animal. In addition, the person named was informed in writing on 27 March 2000 of the reason for non-payment of premium.
In accordance with the EU regulations governing the scheme, animals applied on in excess of the applicant's stocking density limit are deemed to have received the age category of premium applied for and are not eligible for payment of that category of premium subsequently. Therefore, the cattle passports are correctly stamped and correctly reflect the premium status of the animals concerned.