Article 16 Criteria for redistributing the excess levyF1
United Kingdom
Where appropriate, Member States shall determine the priority categories of producers referred to in Article 13(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003, on the basis of one or more of the following objective criteria:
formal acknowledgement by the competent authority of Member State that all or part of the levy has been wrongly charged;
the geographical location of the holding and primarily mountain areas within the meaning of Article 18 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 f1 ;
the maximum stocking density on the holding for the purpose of extensive livestock production;
the individual reference quantity is exceeded by less than 5 % or less than 15 000 kg, whichever is the lowest;
the level of individual reference quantity is less than 50 % of the national average individual reference quantity;
other objective criteria adopted by the Member State after consulting the Commission.
The redistribution of the excess levy shall be completed 15 months after the end of the 12 month period in question at the latest.