Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“Commission Regulation (EU) No 1233/2009” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 1233/2009 laying down a specific market support measure in the dairy sector(1);
“Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007” means Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products(2);
“farmer” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers(3);
“marketing” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 65(h) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, and cognate terms are construed accordingly;
“milk” means the produce of the milking of one or more cows;
“milk equivalent” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 65(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and by Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector(4);
“relevant authority” means—
in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers; and
in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;
“specified period” means the period from 1st October 2008 until 30th September 2009 inclusive.
OJ No L 330, 16.12.2009, p. 70, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 119/2010 (OJ No L 37, 10.2.2010, p. 26).
OJ No L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1140/2009 (OJ No L 312, 27.11.2009, p. 4).
OJ No L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 16 , as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1250/2009 (OJ No L 338, 19.12.2009, p. 1).
OJ No L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 22 , as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 793/2009 (OJ No L 228, 1.9.2009, p. 7).