Article 43Practising enhanced animal welfare standards
1.When establishing eligibility conditions for the specific support for farmers practising enhanced animal welfare practices provided for in Article 68(1)(a)(iv) of Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Member States shall, where appropriate, take account of:
(a)the type of farming;
(b)the size of the farm in terms of density or number of animals and manpower; and
(c)the farm management system applicable.
2.Enhanced animal welfare practices shall be those which go beyond the minimum requirements laid down in the applicable Community and national legislation, in particular, the acts referred to in point C of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009. Those practices may include the upgraded standards referred to in Article 27(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006.