SCHEDULE 5Relevant animals
Breeding cows1
1
Subject to paragraph 4, a breeding cow is a relevant animal for the purposes of these Regulations if—
a
it is declared by the claimant in his single payment scheme application;
b
it is of a meat breed, or is a crossbreed, or the offspring of a crossbreed;
c
it is entered by the claimant into the register referred to in regulation 29(3) of the Cattle Identification Regulations 199819, and the claimant complies with those Regulations in respect of that register;
d
it was, throughout the relevant period, part of a herd used for rearing calves for meat production only;
e
it was, throughout the relevant period, owned by the claimant, or leased to him under a leasing agreement in writing, and throughout that period the claimant had economic responsibility for it; and
f
it was kept on the claimant’s holding throughout the relevant period.
2
In this paragraph—
a
“crossbreed” means a bovine animal with at least one parent of a meat breed;
b
“meat breed” means any bovine breed which is not listed in Annex XV to Commission Regulation 1973/2004.
3
In this paragraph and in paragraph 3, “the relevant period” means a period of six consecutive months, starting on any date between 1st July 2005 and 31st December 2005 inclusive.