Article 3 Applications for special premium
Subject to paragraph (5) below, a producer on whose holding a male animal was fattened may apply for a premium payment in respect of that animal, or the carcase derived from it, at an approved liveweight centre or an approved deadweight centre respectively, in such form and to such person as the Board may require.
An animal or carcase in respect of which such an application is made shall be examined by a person authorised by the Board for that purpose and shall be marked by him, or under his supervision, in the prescribed manner if he is satisfied–
in the case of an animal, that–
it is a male weighing at least 370 kilograms; and
it has not been identified or marked in accordance with Article 7 of the Commission Regulation; or
in the case of a carcase, that–
its weight established in accordance with the provisions of Article 5(2) of the Commission Regulation is equal to or exceeds 200 kilograms; and
it was derived from a male animal which had not been identified or marked in accordance with Article 7 of the Commission Regulation.
Subject to paragraph (5) below, a producer may apply at an approved export centre in such form and to such person as the Board may require for a premium payment in respect of a male animal at least nine months old, to be consigned to another Member State or exported to a third country, which he has kept on his holding for at least two months.
An animal in respect of which such an application is made shall be examined by a person authorised by the Board for that purpose and shall be marked by him in the prescribed manner if he is satisfied that it is a male at least nine months old which has not been identified or marked in accordance with Article 7 of the Commission Regulation.
No application may be made by a producer–
if in any calendar year the total number of animals and carcases in respect of which he has applied for a premium payment (other than applications which have been refused) in that year is equal to or exceeds ninety; or
if pursuant to Article 9(6) of the Commission Regulation he is excluded from the premium scheme.