SET-ASIDE
ENTITLEMENTS
If your letter shows you have set-aside entitlements you
will have to set-aside a hectare of land for each set-aside
entitlement, whether or not you remain in arable crop
production. In general, only arable land can be used for
set-aside.
Your set-aside entitlements only include the obligatory
set-aside element of your
AAPS
claims from the reference period. Any hectares above this
become part of your livestock/arable reference amounts. For
example, if you had 90 hectares of cereals and 20 hectares
of set-aside then your set-aside obligation was 11
hectares, i.e. 10% of the total claim of 110 hectares. So
under
SFPS
your obligatory set-aside entitlement will be 11
hectares.
The remaining 9 hectares of voluntary set-aside will
become part of your livestock/arable reference amounts.
Set-aside entitlements must be claimed each year on the
Aid Application. If set-aside entitlements are not claimed,
and have not been sold or leased out, then a sanction will
apply.
If you sell or lease your set-aside entitlements, the
buyer or lessee is obliged to continue the set-aside
obligation.