40As regards the objectives pursued, it is clear from recitals 11, 13, 14 and 16 in the preamble to and Articles 1(2), 4(1) and 20(a) of that regulation that the latter aims, by means of the aid concerned, to facilitate the establishment of young farmers and, subsequently the structural adjustment of the holding, with a view to enhancing human potential and improving the competitiveness of the agricultural and forestry sectors and to contribute in such a way as to ensure the sustainable development of rural areas. Furthermore, as provided by Article 23(3)(a) of Regulation No 1698/2005, the grant of such setting-up aid is a condition, in certain cases, for the grant of early retirement aid which farmers who decide to stop their agricultural activity for the purpose of transferring the holding may be entitled. Those two aid measures which are covered by the same axis, a concept defined in Article 2(c) of Regulation No 1698/2005 as being a coherent group of measures with specific goals resulting directly from their implementation and contributing to one or more of the objectives set out in Article 4 thereof, may thus contribute together, as is clear from recital 17 in the preamble thereto, to the structural change of agricultural holdings.
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