What is Cross-Compliance?
The term cross-compliance refers to the requirement for farmers to comply with a set of statutory management requirements (SMRs) and keep their land in good agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC) in order to quality for full payments under the following schemes.
Schemes coming into effect from 2015 onwards
- Basic Payment Scheme
- Greening Payment
- Young Farmers Payment
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
- Environmental Farming Scheme
- Forest Expansion Scheme
- Forest Protection Scheme
- Woodland Investment Grant
Schemes that will continue in 2015 and beyond
- Organic Farming Scheme
- NI Countryside Management Scheme
- Woodland Grant Scheme (agreements signed on or after 1/1/07)
- Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (agreements signed on or after 1/1/07
- Sustainable Forest Operation Grant Scheme (agreements signed on or after 1/1/07)
Northern Ireland Cross-Compliance verifiable standards
These booklets provide details of the Northern Ireland Cross-Compliance requirements.
- Cross-Compliance verifiable standards - full version
- Cross-Compliance verifiable standards - summary version
Cross-Compliance penalties
These related documents set out the penalty framework that applies in Northern Ireland for calculating penalties to be applied for breaches of the Cross-Compliance standards.
Calculation of Cross Compliance Penalty Rules
This document sets out the Northern Ireland penalty framework for calculating penalties for breaches of the Cross-Compliance requirements.
Calculation of Cross-Compliance Cattle Penalties
This document sets out how Penalties in respect of Cross-Compliance Animal Identification, Registration and Movement breaches will be calculated.
Related items
These documents are the matrices used for fixing payment reductions for negligent or intentional Cross-Compliance breaches: