The Integrated Administration And Control System: explanatory booklet

Date

Event

1 January 2007

Start of the SAF year. You must meet all cross compliance conditions from this date.

15 January 2007

Start of the set-aside period. You must not have any crops still in the ground or graze set-aside land.

30 April 2007

Final date on which the 10 month period for having land at your disposal can begin if you are claiming payment under the SAF in 2007.

15 May 2007

Last day for SEERAD to receive your SAF if you are to avoid a late claim reduction.

Last day for Rural Payments Agency ( RPA) to receive your non-food contract for industrial crops grown on set-aside land, or under the Energy Crop Scheme.

Last day for SEERAD to receive your LMCMS application ( SEERAD will reject applications received after 15 May).

Start of the LMCMS Scheme Year.

9 June 2007

Last day for SEERAD to receive your SAF ( SEERAD will apply late claim reductions to SAFs received from 16 May).

30 June 2007

Payment window for 2006 closes.

15 July 2007

You can sow crops on set-aside land for harvest in 2008.

31 August 2007

2007 set-aside period ends. However there are still controls on using any remaining green cover.

1 October 2007

The earliest date for the 10 month period for a parcel of land to support a 2008 SAF claim.

1 December 2007

Payment window opens for SFPS, ECS and PCP.

31 December 2007

Cross compliance period ends.