72In the present case, the Plan for Rural Development in France, as approved by the Commission, provided, as a requirement of eligibility for CANH, for a stocking criterion expressed in LU, which sought to control the density of livestock present on forage areas in order to avoid under-grazing and overgrazing. The French authorities were therefore required during the on-the-spot checks to determine the stocking criterion by counting the animals present on the holding at the time of the inspection visit, a count which moreover was provided for in point 7.2 of the CANH circular, in order to verify whether that criterion was adhered to punctually and thus to corroborate the data emerging from the administrative checks.
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