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Contents

Key Points
Key Dates
Key Changes from 2006

IACS - SINGLE APPLICATION FORM ( SAF) 2007
Introduction
Releasing information about you and your payments
Who is Eligible to Apply
Cross Border Applications
Who needs to apply?
Who need not apply?

SUBMISSION OF A SINGLE APPLICATION FORM ( SAF)
What You Must Do
Deadline for Applications
Acknowledging the SAF
Signing of SAFs
Appointment of Agents
Payments by BACS
Sterling or Euros?

REDUCTIONS, EXCLUSIONS AND CORRECTION OF ERRORS
Introduction
Force Majeure and Exceptional Circumstances
Obvious Error
Amendments and Additions
Notified Error
Withdrawal
Transfer of Land
Late Applications
Failure to declare all the agricultural land on your holding
Discrepancies in areas declared
Overdeclaration Penalties
Non-food set-aside and Energy Crop Scheme
Intentional over declaration
Reductions for cross compliance failure
Accumulation of reductions

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
Specific Guidance on Claiming Under the SFPS
Specific Guidance on Claiming Under the SBCS
Specific Guidance on Claiming the PCP
Specific Guidance on Claiming Under the ECS
Specific Guidance For Hemp Growers
Future Arrangements for Less Favoured Area Support Scheme ( LFASS)
Information Which you Must Retain and be Prepared to Submit for Inspection on Request
Who can help?
Appeals against decisions
Complaints about our standard of service
Other ways to complain

THE 2007 SINGLE APPLICATION FORM ( SAF)
Introduction
What you will receive

COMPLETING THE FIELD DATA SHEETS - IACS(3) and IACS(4)
Introduction
Parcels/Fields
Field margins
Internal features
Pre-Printed IACS(3)s and IACS(4)s
Completing the Form
Boxes at the top of the IACS(3) and IACS(4)
Basic Information Columns in the IACS(3) and IACS(4)
Columns A to G:
Column A: Farmer's Own Use
Column B: Farm Code Number
Column C: Field Identifier
Column D: Total Field Area
Column E: Maximum Eligible Area for SFPS
Column F: Maximum Eligible Area for SFPS set-aside
Column G: Agri-Environment or Forestry measure in field
Land Eligibility
Column H: Land Eligibility
2007 Claim Details
Column I: Use in 2007 and Column J: Area
Other Land on the Holding
Columns K and L
Land Management Contract Menu Scheme ( IACS(3) only)
Columns M: Use of Land and N: Area
Area Total Boxes at the foot of the IACS(3) and IACS(4)
Total Boxes
Signature

COMPLETING THE SINGLE APPLICATION FORM - IACS(2)
Introduction
Page 1
Section 1 - SFPS Entitlement Details
Section 2 - Land Eligibility
Question 1 - Land Eligibility
Question 2 - Common Grazing
Section 3 - Cross-Compliance
Section 4 - Area Summary
Section 5 - Other EU Schemes
Section 6 - Payment in Euros
Section 7 - Checklist (Questions 7-9)
Section 8 - Declarations and Undertakings
Subsequent Action

ANNEX 1: LIST OF SEERAD AREA OFFICES
Additional Contacts

ANNEX 2: CODE LISTS
An online version of this can be found at www.scotland.gov.uk/SAF07/annex2
Code Lists

ANNEX 3: THE FIELD IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
An online version of this can be found at www.scotland.gov.uk/SAF07/annex3
The Field Identification System
Completion of Land and Business Change Forms

ANNEX 4: AID FOR ENERGY CROPS
An online version of this can be found at www.scotland.gov.uk/SAF07/annex4
Aid for Energy Crops

ANNEX 5: EXTRACT FROM EC DIRECTIVE 2003/30/EC ARTICLE 2 POINT 2
An online version of this can be found at www.scotland.gov.uk/SAF07/annex5
Extract From EC Directive 2003/30/EC Article 2 Point 2

ANNEX 6: CN CODES
An online version of this can be found at www.scotland.gov.uk/SAF07/annex6
CN Codes

ANNEX 7: VARIETIES OF HEMP GROWN FOR FIBRE ELIGIBLE FOR DIRECT PAYMENTS
An online version of this can be found at www.scotland.gov.uk/SAF07/annex7
Varieties of Hemp Grown for Fibre Eligible for Direct Payments

ACRONYMS USED IN THIS BOOKLET

Completing the SAF using SEERAD Online will:

• give you up to date entitlement information
• calculate your totals automatically
• reduce the chance of making mistakes
• provide 24 hour access and give you an instant receipt

For further information visit www.seeradonline.gov.uk or phone 0845 601 7597
An online version of this guidance can be found at www.scotland.gov.uk/SAF07