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 :
- Basic Payment Scheme;
- Young Farmers Scheme;
- Environmental Farming Scheme;
- Forestry Expansion Scheme;
- Forest Protection Scheme;
- Woodland Investment Grant;
- Pilot 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
Related items
These documents are the matrices used for fixing payment reductions for negligent or intentional Cross-Compliance breaches: