Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 (repealed)Show full title

Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations (repealed)

Article 10U.K.

1.Support for early retirement from farming shall contribute to the following objectives:

  • to provide an income for elderly farmers who decide to stop farming,

  • to encourage the replacement of such elderly farmers by farmers able to improve, where necessary, the economic viability of the remaining agricultural holdings,

  • to reassign agricultural land to non-agricultural uses where it cannot be farmed under satisfactory conditions of economic viability.

2.Early retirement support may include measures to provide an income for farm workers.