TITLE IVOTHER AID SCHEMES

CHAPTER 12BEEF AND VEAL PAYMENTS

Article 134Headage payments

1

Headage payments may be granted for:

a

male bovine animals,

b

suckler cows,

c

dairy cows,

d

heifers.

2

Headage payments may be granted as supplementary amounts per slaughter premium unit as set out in Article 130, except for calves. In the other cases, the grant of headage payments shall be subject:

a

to the special conditions set out in Article 135,

b

to specific stocking density requirements to be established by Member States.

3

The specific stocking density requirements shall be established:

  • on the basis of the forage area referred to in Article 131(2)(b), with the exception of areas for which area payments are granted in accordance with Article 136,

  • taking account of, in particular, the environmental impact of the type of production concerned, the environmental sensitivity of the land used for rearing cattle and the measures which have been implemented with a view to stabilise or improve the environmental situation of this land.