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Mid-Term Review & Decoupled Payments - Sundry Issues |
| The following details are based on an early interpretation of such information as has been made public. All details should be checked as more becomes known before being acted upon. |
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claim in the 2005 year will establish both the historical element of future
payments and the acreage over which this is to be spread. The historical
element will be based on the average of the 2000/2002 claims (for livestock
producers the relevant livestock claims will be assimilated). In cases
where a claim arose in any of the base years, but farming activities have
ceased or significantly contracted since, the full historical claim can
be related to any area of land occupied in 2005 in a qualifying manner,
providing this exceeds 0.3 of a hectare. As a consequence, a retired farmer
who was able to rent or purchase a small area of land could receive the
relevant fractions of his historical payment each year between 2005 and
2013, provided he continues to occupy that small area of land. He does
not have to occupy the same area as occupied during the base period. |
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| It has been suggested that any claim is likely to be prejudiced where land is grazed by horses as this is not an agricultural occupation. An alternative view is that grazing by horses will be an acceptable land use. The justification for this view is that grazing by horses will be acceptable provided this results in the land being kept in good agricultural condition. Assuming that the grazing regime results in the land falling within the terms of good agricultural condition, then it is anticipated that there will be no difficulty in claiming decoupled payments where land is occupied by horses. |
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There will be a number of land occupiers who historically have not claimed IACS payments, who will be entitled to receive money under the decoupled scheme, providing they complete the relevant forms in 2005. It is recommended that forms be completed for 2004, even though no amounts will be claimed, as this will establish the areas of land within the system ready for the 2005 claim year. Examples of such enterprises would be:-
In 2005, these claimants
are likely to have no historical amount available to claim and will only
get a small payment on an area basis. However, if they do not claim in
2005, they will not be able to subsequently claim and by 2013 they are
likely to be entitled to an area payment which may be worth perhaps £60
per acre. |
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