Article 110Special premium
1.A farmer holding male bovine animals on his holding may qualify, on application, for a special premium. It shall be granted in the form of an annual premium per calendar year and per holding within the limits of the regional ceilings for not more than 90 animals for each of the age brackets referred to in paragraph 2.
For the purposes of this Article, ‘regional ceiling’ shall mean the number of animals entitled to benefit, in a region and per calendar year, from the special premium.
2.The special premium shall be granted no more than:
(a)once in the life of each bull from the age of nine months; or
(b)twice in the life of each steer:
the first time at the age of nine months;
the second time after it has reached the age of 21 months.
3.To qualify for the special premium:
(a)any animal covered by an application shall be held by the farmer for fattening for a period to be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 141(2);
(b)each animal shall be covered until slaughter or until export by an animal passport referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 containing all relevant information on its premium status or, if not available, by an equivalent administrative document.
4.Where in a given region the total number of bulls from the age of nine months and of steers from the age of nine months to 20 months, for which an application has been made and which satisfy the conditions for granting the special premium, exceeds the applicable regional ceiling determined in paragraph 8, the total number of eligible animals under paragraph 2(a) and (b) per farmer for the year concerned shall be reduced proportionately.
5.By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 4, Member States may, on the basis of objective criteria that are part of a rural development policy and only on condition that they take into account environmental as well as employment aspects, change or waive the headage limit of 90 animals per holding and age bracket. In this case, Member States may decide to apply paragraph 4 in such a way as to reach the level of reductions required to comply with the applicable regional ceiling, without applying such reductions to small farmers who, in respect of the year concerned, did not submit special premium applications for more than a minimum number of animals determined by the Member State concerned.
6.Member States may decide to grant the special premium at the time of slaughter. In this case, the age criterion referred to in paragraph 2(a) for bulls shall be replaced by a minimum carcass weight of 185 kg.
The premium shall be paid or passed back to the farmers.
7.The amount of the special premium shall be set at:
(a)EUR 210 per eligible bull;
(b)EUR 150 per eligible steer and age bracket.
8.The following regional ceilings shall apply:
| Member State | Regional ceiling |
|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 90 343 |
| Czech Republic | 244 349 |
| Denmark | 277 110 |
| Germany | 1 782 700 |
| Estonia | 18 800 |
| Cyprus | 12 000 |
| Latvia | 70 200 |
| Lithuania | 150 000 |
| Poland | 926 000 |
| Romania | 452 000 |
| Slovenia | 92 276 |
| Slovakia | 78 348 |
| Finland | 250 000 |
| Sweden | 250 000 |