The Dairy (Specific Market Support Measure) Regulations 2010

Payments to farmers

3.—(1) In accordance with Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1233/2009, the relevant authority must make a payment to eligible farmers as provided for in these Regulations.

(2) The relevant authority must pay to each eligible farmer the specified sum per litre of milk or milk equivalent produced and marketed by that farmer during the specified period.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, the specified sum is calculated by dividing A by B where—

(a) “A” means the amount (expressed in euro) in the entry for “UK” in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1233/2009, to which the relevant exchange rate has been applied;

(b) “B” means, subject to paragraph (4), the total volume (expressed in litres) of milk and milk equivalent produced and marketed in the UK during the specified period, and

(c) “the relevant exchange rate” is 1 euro is equivalent to 91.155 pence.

(4) In calculating the total volume of milk and milk equivalent produced and marketed for the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), the relevant authority need only take account of production and marketing—

(a) by an eligible farmer, and

(b) which has been notified to it by the farmer, or of which it has been otherwise notified, at the date of the coming into force of these Regulations.