Cross-Compliance

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 Listed :

• Farm Sustainability Transition Payment;
• Young Farmers Scheme;
• Environmental Farming Scheme;
• Forestry Expansion Scheme;
• Forest Protection Scheme;
• Woodland Investment Grant;
•  Protein Crop Scheme
• Small Woodland Grant Scheme
• Farm Woodland Premium Scheme (agreements signed after 01/01/2007)
• Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme

Northern Ireland Cross-Compliance verifiable standards

These booklets provide details of the Northern Ireland Cross-Compliance requirements:

• Cross-Compliance 2018
• Cross-Compliance 2019
• Cross-Compliance 2020
• Cross-Compliance 2021
• Cross-Compliance 2022
• Cross-Compliance 2023
• Cross-Compliance 2024
• Cross-Compliance 2025

Related items

These documents are the matrices used for fixing payment reductions for negligent or intentional Cross-Compliance breaches:

• Negligent Penalty Matrix
• Intentional Penalty Matrix