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Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (repealed)
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1.A farmer keeping ewes on his holding may qualify, on application, for a premium for maintaining ewes (‘ewe premium’).
2.A farmer keeping she-goats on his holding may qualify, on application, for a premium for maintaining she-goats (‘goat premium’). This premium shall be granted to farmers in specific areas where the production meets the following two criteria:
(a)goat rearing is mainly directed towards the production of goatmeat;
(b)goat and sheep rearing techniques are similar in nature.
A list of such areas shall be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 141(2).
3.The ewe premium and the goat premium shall be granted in the form of an annual payment per eligible animal per calendar year and per farmer within the limits of individual ceilings. The minimum number of animals in respect of which an application for a premium is lodged shall be determined by the Member State. This minimum shall not be less than ten nor greater than 50.
4.The amount of the ewe premium shall be EUR 21 per ewe. However, for farmers marketing sheep's milk or products based on sheep's milk, the amount of the ewe premium shall be EUR 16,8 per ewe.
5.The amount of the goat premium shall be EUR 16,8 per she-goat.
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