MUST BE DONE AT THE GOOSE BEFORE 1 OF MARCH
From the 1 from January, breeders have to go through the OCA to make the annual census declaration. They must register it before 1 of March.
The obligation is for all species, but it is necessary to insist on small ruminants:
According to the article 11.4 of the Royal Decree 685/2013, the owners of sheep and goat holdings must provide the competent authority, before the 1 March of each year, the total census of animals, by species, kept on your farm to day 1 from January, according to the following categories of animals:
A- Non-breeders less than four months old.
B- No reproducers from four to 12 months.
C- Male breeders.
D- Female breeders.
Besides being an obligation, it is absolutely essential to meet the requirements of the CAP aid, since only reproductive females that are duly registered and communicated in said census statement to 1 January of the year of application submission.
This is explained in the Royal Decree 1075/2014 direct payments: «Females of the ovine / goat species kept as reproducers in accordance with the mandatory census declaration established in article 11.4 of the RD will be eligible. 685/2013, from 16 of September, and that they are correctly identified and registered in accordance with current regulations, a 1 January of the year of submission of the single application, in farms that meet the requirements established in this section ».
