If you find that you can no longer meet the conditions of the contract, write to your SGRPID Area Office within 10 days of being in a position to do so, explaining why and providing any relevant evidence.
You may have to pay back some or all of the payments we have made to you, plus interest. You may also have to pay a penalty. We would not seek recovery where you can provide evidence that the reason for the failure meets the strict conditions of force majeure or exceptional circumstances.
The categories of force majeure or exceptional circumstances include:
- The death of a beneficiary
- The long term professional incapacity of a beneficiary
- Expropriation of a large part of the holding if that could not have been anticipated on the day on which the commitment was given
- A severe natural disaster seriously affecting land on the holding
- The accidental destruction of livestock buildings on the holding
- An epizootic disease affecting all or part of the farmer's livestock.