{"id":51215,"date":"2014-12-05T13:33:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T13:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=3c8af70ed1a51be5826c936cdda26998"},"modified":"2014-12-05T13:33:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T13:33:57","slug":"press-release-new-2015-cross-compliance-guidance-available-online-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=51215","title":{"rendered":"Press release: New 2015 cross compliance guidance available online now"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is advising all farmers and food producers who want to claim the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS<\/abbr>), or have a Rural Development Programme land-based agreement, to read the latest cross compliance guidance for 2015 which is published on GOV.UK<\/a> today.<\/p>\n

RPA Customer Director Justin Chamberlain said:<\/p>\n

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Our recent Common Agricultural Policy (CAP<\/abbr>) update leaflets have been highlighting that some of the cross compliance rules have changed for 2015.<\/p>\n

From today, our customers can find comprehensive and up-to-date information on all the changes in one place on GOV.UK. Printed copies of the guidance will be going out to all customers before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

The RPA is committed to supporting rural economies and would not wish farmers and food producer to miss out on vital EU<\/abbr> funding. This is why we urge all those proposing to claim the new BPS<\/abbr> or RDP<\/abbr> land-based schemes next year to familiarise themselves with the rules, especially those highlighted with a warning triangle. These flag up areas of cross compliance which can attract high failure rates. Paying attention now could save you money next year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Key Changes <\/p>\n

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    All of the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAECs<\/abbr>) and most of the Soil Management Regulations (SMRs<\/abbr>) have been renumbered and some GAECs<\/abbr> have been split or merged into other rules.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    What was SMR<\/abbr> 3 (sewage sludge) and SMRs<\/abbr> 13, 14 and 15 (control of foot and mouth disease, certain animal diseases and bluetongue) have been removed. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    What was GAEC<\/abbr> 11 (control of weeds) and 12 (agricultural land which is not in agricultural production) have been removed. Instead, as part of the BPS<\/abbr> eligibility rules, this agricultural land will need to be maintained so that it is kept clear of dense scrub. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Some rules have been removed from the SMR<\/abbr> for Wild Birds (SMR<\/abbr> 2).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Claimants no longer need to keep a Soil Protection Review (SPR). Instead, there are new rules for soils (GAECs<\/abbr> 4, 5,and 6). <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    The rule on sustainable use has been removed from SMR<\/abbr> 10 (plant protection products).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Under a new GAEC<\/abbr> 7, rules for landscape features have changed. Changes to rules include: <\/p>\n

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      Boundary features such as hedgerows and stone walls are now covered under GAEC<\/abbr> 7a. Also there are new rules for the protection of stone banks and earth banks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      A longer \u2018no trimming\u2019 season will apply for hedges and trees and will run from 1 March until 31 August inclusive. A derogation may be available to those wishing to sow oil seed rape or temporary grassland during August.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Rural Payments Agency urges farmers to get up to speed with the new rules or risk losing money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}