The person named participated in the 2001 extensification premium opting for the census system.
Based on the animal number declarations made by the person named on his CEN.1 and 2 forms at all five census dates, the stocking density of his holding for 2001 was 2.298 livestock units per hectare. Due to foot and mouth disease control measures that were in place during the early part of 2001 the EU Commission Regulation 1900/2000 provided for an across the board application of a 0.8 co-efficient to the livestock unit value of the animals declared by herd owners in respect of the first and second census dates in 2001. When the co-efficient was applied to the livestock unit value of the animals declared by the person named at the first two census dates it reduced the stocking density to 2.1044 livestock units per hectare. This was still in excess of the 2.0 livestock unit per hectare limit that would enable my Department to pay extensification premium in this case.