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Article 2

United Kingdom

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For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

  1. (a)

    ‘measures co-financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section’ means rural development measures as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, co-financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guarantee Section and applicable in the Member States of the Community as constituted at 30 April 2004;

  2. (b)

    ‘measures co-financed by the EAGGF Guidance Section and/or Guarantee Section’ means:

    1. (i)

      rural development measures as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, co-financed by the EAGGF Guidance Section, applicable in all Member States and to which Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 applies;

    2. (ii)

      measures under the Leader Community Initiative, provided for in Article 20(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999;

    3. (iii)

      rural development measures as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, co-financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section, applicable in the new Member States and to which Articles 29 to 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 apply;

  3. (c)

    ‘new Member States’ means the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia;

  4. (d)

    ‘current programming period’ means the programming period under Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 ending on 31 December 2006;

  5. (e)

    ‘new programming period’ means the programming period under Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 starting on 1 January 2007;

  6. (f)

    ‘commitments’ means legal commitments undertaken to beneficiaries of rural development measures by the Member States;

  7. (g)

    ‘payments’ means payments made to beneficiaries of rural development measures by the Member States;

  8. (h)

    ‘multiannual commitments’ means commitments relating to:

    1. (i)

      the following measures: early retirement of farmers and farm workers, agri-environment and animal welfare, meeting standards support to farmers, food quality support to farmers, afforestation of agricultural land, support for semi-subsistence farms and support for setting up producer groups;

    2. (ii)

      support through interest rate subsidies, support through leasing and support for the setting up of young farmers where the single premium referred to Article 8(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 is fractioned into several instalments payable in a period exceeding 12 months from the date of payment of the first instalment.