1. ... to reduce the proportion of sheep and cattle per forage area.
2. ... where a forage area is used in common, the competent authorities shall assign it between the individual farmers in proportion to their use or right of use of it; ... each forage area must be available for rearing animals for a minimum period of seven months, starting on a date to be determined by the Member State, which must be between 1 January and 31 March.
3. Aid granted for investments relating to the beef sector, other than aid for safeguarding the environment, improvement of hygiene conditions on livestock enterprises and animal welfare, where there is no increase in capacity, shall be restricted to livestock enterprises where the beef-cattle stocking rate does not, in the final year of the plan, exceed 3, 2,5 and 2 livestock units (LU) per hectare of forage area used for feeding the cattle for plans ending respectively in 1994, 1995 and 1996 or later.
