# 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, Article 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
(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;
(b) ‘measures co-financed by the EAGGF Guidance Section and/or Guarantee Section’ means:
(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;
(ii) measures under the Leader Community Initiative, provided for in Article 20(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999;
(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;
(c) ‘new Member States’ means the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia;
(d) ‘current programming period’ means the programming period under Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 ending on 31 December 2006;
(e) ‘new programming period’ means the programming period under Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 starting on 1 January 2007;
(f) ‘commitments’ means legal commitments undertaken to beneficiaries of rural development measures by the Member States;
(g) ‘payments’ means payments made to beneficiaries of rural development measures by the Member States;
(h) ‘multiannual commitments’ means commitments relating to:
(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;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1320/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1320/article-2
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