1. Producers receiving the special premium and/or the suckler cow premium may qualify for an extensification payment.
The extensification payment shall be EUR 100 per special premium and suckler cow premium granted, provided that in respect of the calendar year concerned the stocking density on the holding concerned is less than or equal to 1,4 LU per hectare.
Without prejudice to the stocking density requirements set out in paragraph 2, producers in Member States where more than 50 % of milk production takes place in mountain areas within the meaning of Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 and whose holdings are located in such areas, may receive extensification payments as set out in paragraph 2 for the dairy cows kept thereon.
2. ... in the case of extensification of beef production, the aid shall take account of the extensification payment made pursuant to Article 13 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999(28).
