Summary of Essential Points | |
IACS | Paragraph |
Introduction | 1 |
Release of Subsidy and Recipient Information | 2 |
Who Needs to Apply | 3 |
Who Need Not Apply | 4 |
SUBMISSION OF A SINGLE APPLICATION FORM (SAF) | |
What you must do | 5-6 |
Deadline for Applications | 7-8 |
Acknowledging the SAF | 9 |
Checking SAFs for Validity | 10 |
The Applicant | 11 |
Separately Managed Businesses | 12 |
Changes to Business Structure | 13 |
New Businesses | 14 |
Signing of SAFs | 15 |
Appointment of Agents | 16 |
Payments by BACS | 17 |
AMENDMENTS | |
Amendments to an SAF | 18 |
Obvious Errors | 19 |
Withdrawal of Land | 20 |
Transfer of Land | 21 |
PENALTIES | |
General | 22 |
Late Claims | 23 |
Inaccuracies in Areas Declared | 24 |
Intentional Non-Compliance | 25 |
Additional Penalties | 26-27 |
Overpayments | 28 |
Force Majeure and Exceptional Circumstances | 29 |
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS | |
Specific Conditions for SFPS | |
Establishment and Activation of Entitlements | 30 |
What Land is Eligible | 31 |
Specific Guidance on Set-Aside | 32 |
Specific Guidance on Less-Favoured Areas Support Scheme 2006 | |
Forage Area | 33-36 |
Eligibility | 37-38 |
How to Claim | 39-40 |
Specific Guidance on Cross-Compliance | 41-47 |
Specific Guidance on Claiming under the Scottish Beef Calf Scheme | 48-49 |
Specific Guidance on Claiming the Protein Crop Premium | 50-52 |
Specific Guidance on Claiming under the Energy Crops Scheme | 53-55 |
Specific Guidance for Hemp Growers | 56-57 |
Information which you must Retain | 58 |
Who can help? | 59 |
Appeals Against Decisions | 60-62 |
Complaints about the Standard of Service | 63 |
Other ways to Complain | 64-66 |
THE 2005 SINGLE APPLICATION FORM (SAF) | |
Introduction | 67-68 |
What you will receive | 69-70 |
COMPLETING THE FIELD DATA SHEET - IACS(3) | |
Introduction | 71 |
Parcels/Fields | 72-73 |
Field Margins | 74 |
Internal Features | 75 |
Pre-Printed IACS(3)s | 76-81 |
Completing the form | |
Boxes at the Top of the IACS(3) | 82 |
Basic Information | 83-91 |
2005 Claim Details | 92-95 |
Other Land on the Holding | 96-97 |
Boxes at the Foot of the IACS(3) | 98 |
Signature | 99 |
COMPLETING THE SINGLE APPLICATION FORM - IACS(2) | |
Introduction | 100 |
Page 1 | 101-102 |
Section 1 - Entitlement Details and Establishment | 103 |
Section 2 - Consolidation of Entitlements | 104-108 |
Section 3 - Purchase and Sale of Holdings | 109 |
Section 4 - Payment in Euros | 110 |
Section 5 - Land Eligibility | 111 |
Section 6 - Forage Areas (Including LFASS 2006 Claim) | 112-114 |
Section 7 - Cross-Compliance | 115 |
Section 8 - Area Summary | 116 |
Section 9 - Other EU Schemes | 117 |
Section 10 - Checklist | 118 |
Section 11 - Declarations and Undertakings | 119-120 |
Subsequent Action | 121-122 |
ANNEXES | |
1. SEERAD Area Offices and Additional Contacts |
2. Penalties |
3. Code Lists |
4. The Field Identification System |
5. Aid for Energy Crops |
6. Extract from EC directive 2003/30/EC Article 2 Point 2 |
7. CN Codes |
ß8. Eligible Hemp Varieties |
AAA | Area Aid Application |
BCF | Business Change Form |
ECS | Energy Crops Scheme |
FIS | Field Identification System |
FMR | Field Maintenance Request |
IACS | Integrated Administration and Control System |
LBCF | Land and Business Change Form (previously BCF and FMR) |
LFA | Less-Favoured Area |
LFASS | Less-Favoured Areas Support Scheme |
LMCMS | Land Management Contract Menu Scheme |
NAS | Nuts Aid Scheme |
OS | Ordnance Survey |
PCP | Protein Crop Premium |
RPA | Rural Payments Agency |
SAF | Single Application Form |
SAPS | Sheep Annual Premium Scheme |
SBCS | Scottish Beef Calf Scheme |
SEERAD | Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department |
SFPS | Single Farm Payment Scheme |
SRDP | Scottish Rural Development Programme |