{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1320/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1320/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/1320",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1320/2006 of 5 September 2006 laying down rules for the transition to the rural development support provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1320",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:\n(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;\n(b) ‘measures co-financed by the EAGGF Guidance Section and/or Guarantee Section’ means:\n(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;\n(ii) measures under the Leader Community Initiative, provided for in Article 20(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999;\n(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;\n(c) ‘new Member States’ means the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia;\n(d) ‘current programming period’ means the programming period under Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 ending on 31 December 2006;\n(e) ‘new programming period’ means the programming period under Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 starting on 1 January 2007;\n(f) ‘commitments’ means legal commitments undertaken to beneficiaries of rural development measures by the Member States;\n(g) ‘payments’ means payments made to beneficiaries of rural development measures by the Member States;\n(h) ‘multiannual commitments’ means commitments relating to:\n(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;\n(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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1320/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:30.996715+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}