The person named participated in the 2001 extensification premium opting for the census system.
Due to foot and mouth disease, control measures relating to the movement of animals were in place during the early part of 2001. Commission Regulation 1900/2000 provided for an across the board application of a 0.8 co-efficient to the livestock unit value of bovine animals declared by herdowners on their CEN.1 forms in respect of the first and second census dates in 2001. Thus a co-efficient was applied in this case at the first and second census dates.
The regulation also provided for the granting of the co-efficient in cases where herds are totally restricted under TB or brucellosis regulations on a census date. Should a census date fall within a 20 calendar day period immediately following de-restriction, the co-efficient may be granted for that date also. The herd was restricted under brucellosis regulations from 21 May to 26 October 2001 and a 0.8 co-efficient was applied to the livestock unit value of the bovine animals declared as present in the herd at the third and fourth census dates. Since the herd was de-restricted on 26 October 2001, the 20 day period as referred to will not allow for the granting of a co-efficient at the fifth census date of 18 November 2001.
Notwithstanding the granting of the 0.8 co-efficient at four of the five census dates, a stocking density of 2.0164 livestock units per hectare was established in this case which is based on the numbers of bovine animals the person named declared as being present in his herd at all five census dates for 2001. I regret that the relevant EU regulation does not allow payment of 2001 extensification premium where the stocking density of a holding is greater than 2.0 livestock units per hectare.
The person named was paid his full entitlement under the 2001 special beef premium scheme.
Question No. 252 answered with Question No. 232.