Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014

means a voluntary coupled support measure provided for in Chapter 1 of Title IV of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 where the annual payment to be granted within defined quantitative limits is based on a fixed number of animals;

means:

means any natural or legal person responsible for animals whether on a permanent or on a temporary basis, including during transportation or at a market;

means the animal passport referred to in Article 3(c) and Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000;

means rural development measures or types of operations for which support is based on the number of animals or number of livestock units declared;

means an application for support or to enter a measure under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013;

means:

means the area-related direct payments within the meaning of Article 67(4)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1306/2013, excluding specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union as referred to in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands as referred to in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

means rural development measures or type of operations for which support is based on the size of the area declared;

means a farmer as defined in Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 and referred to in Article 9 of that Regulation, the beneficiary subject to cross-compliance within the meaning of Article 92 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and/or the beneficiary receiving rural development support as referred to in Article 2(10) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

means the computerised database referred to in Article 3(b) and Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 and/or the central register or computerised database referred to in Article 3(1)(d), Article 7 and Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 respectively;

means animals subject to a livestock aid application under the animal aid scheme or subject to a payment claim for an animal-related support measure;

means the ear tag to identify bovine animals individually referred to in Article 3(a) and Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 and/or the ear tag to identify ovine and caprine animals individually referred to in point A.3 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 respectively;

(hereinafter referred to as ‘GIS’) means the computerised geographical information system techniques referred to in Article 70 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013;

means maps or other documents used to communicate the contents of the GIS between the applicants for aid or support and the Member States.

means the identification code referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 and/or the codes referred to in point A.2 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 respectively;

means the applications for the payment of aid where the annual payment to be granted within defined quantitative limits is based on a fixed number of animals under the voluntary coupled support provided for in Chapter 1 of Title IV of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013;

means:

means any declaration or document, other than applications for support or payment claims, which has to be submitted or kept by a beneficiary or a third party in order to comply with specific requirements of certain rural development measures;

means an application by a beneficiary for payment by the national authorities under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013;

means an animal that could a priori potentially fulfil the eligibility criteria for receiving the aid under the animal aid scheme or support under an animal-related support measure in the claim year in question;

means a geographically delimited area retaining a unique identification as registered in the identification system for agricultural parcels referred to in Article 70 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013;

means the support measures granted in accordance with Article 21(1)(a) and (b) and Articles 28 to 31, 33, 34 and 40 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and where applicable Article 35(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, with the exception of measures referred to in Article 28(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, and measures under Article 21(1)(a) and (b) of that Regulation as far as the establishment cost is concerned;

means any of the standards as defined by the Member States in accordance with Article 94 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 as well as the obligations in relation to permanent pasture as laid down in Article 93(3) of that Regulation.

means the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals established by Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council and/or the system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals established by Council Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 respectively;