Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the appellant retained entitlement to cow-holder payments for the 1998/1999 contribution period after the new agricultural law entered into force.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. From 1 January 1999 the new agricultural regime applied and the appellant, having already reached 65, had no entitlement to the replaced direct payments.
Extrahierte Begründung
The former cow-holder scheme was abolished by the new law and replaced by direct payments subject to an age limit. The legislature deliberately imposed an age limit for all direct payments, and the Federal Supreme Court is bound by that legislative choice.