Under EU regulations 2003 extensification premium may only be paid where the stocking density of a holding does not exceed 1.80 livestock units per hectare.
Since the stocking density of the holding in this case was 1.8589 livestock units per hectare, the person named was not considered for payment.
The person named was a joint herd owner. As no case was made to the effect that the other joint herd owner was ill, the illness of the person named cannot be accepted as justifying force majeure in this case, since the other joint herd owner was in a position to manage the herd in order to keep under the stocking density.
Also, the medical evidence provided in respect of the person named would not appear to justify force majeure.