Policy
Subsidy
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CAP SUBSIDY PAYMENTS by the EU Paying Agencies in Scotland, Wales or Northern
Ireland.
This note summarises the general background to the 11. In some cases, payments need to be subsequently adjusted
information on CAP subsidy payments being released for a variety of reasons such as new information coming to light
on 22 March 2005 and, in particular, the reasons for or errors in original applications. The data in these lists will not
interpreting this material with care. include most of these adjustments except where they applied to a
subsequent payment in the same payment year.
1. The Common Agricultural Policy has a range of economic, 12. The information contained in the spreadsheets was derived
social and environmental objectives. It comprises a wide range of from RPA’s automated payments database (Oracle Financials
measures covering the production of, and trade in, agricultural Accounts Payable). It is an extraction of all CAP payment activity
products. Some of these measures are financial, others not. The undertaken in the EU financial year which runs from 16 October
payment data alone will not give a full picture of the support to 15 October the following year (This being the most complete
which individuals or businesses may receive from the CAP set of audited annual figures available). No distinction has been
2. Market price support, which historically formed a large part of made in the spreadsheets regarding the funding route (i.e. the
the CAP support system, has been partially replaced by a system figures include all payments whether they have been funded by
of direct payments to farmers. Such payments were until 2005 EAGGF or the UK Exchequer.)
largely based on what and how much a farmer produced under a 13. To interpret the information contained in the
range of different schemes for crops, livestock or other activities. spreadsheets, and particularly when viewing non farm based
In England, major changes are taking place this year which will (non IACS) customer information, the recipient needs to bear in
decouple direct payments from production. mind the following:
3. In certain circumstances, intervention purchases or private •The figures produced are gross amounts and may differ when
storage aid may operate to remove surplus production from the compared to the amount actually ‘received’ by the customer
market. as some element of the payment may have been automatically
4. The CAP leads certain commodity prices to be higher in the EU ‘intercepted’ to pay off an outstanding debt.
than in the rest of the world. In these circumstances, exporters of •The spreadsheet figure does not take into account the issue
commodities or processed products may be entitled to apply for of credit notes which are occasionally raised for accounting
export refunds to compensate. Producers of certain secondary purposes.
products (starch, casein, sugar for use in the chemical sector) are •The spreadsheet excludes VAT payments to customers for
entitled to production refunds for the same reason. service provision.
5. The information here is drawn from the financial records of the •Some customers have more than one registration. The extraction
Rural Payments Agency (RPA). It represents an annual aggregate in the spreadsheet has been done by registered customer so the
figure for payments to each recipient under the schemes listed same customer with different registrations will appear more
in the Appendix to this note. It should be interpreted with care than once on the spreadsheet.
(more detailed comment is in paragraph 13 below.) •Those customers who receive payments in euros have been
6. It should not be assumed that there is only one entry per included in the spreadsheet using the Sterling value applicable at
business. For some recipients, there will be several entries the time of the payment.
reflecting the structure or nature of the business; for others a
single entry will cover a number of discrete businesses variously
located in the UK, or even in the UK and elsewhere in the EU;
and some international businesses that are active in the UK may
nonetheless have no entry at all because they choose to make all
their claims in another member state.
7. For farmers, most payments are made at a fixed rate
determined in EU law and farmers have a legal entitlement to
those payments. In the case of food manufacturers or traders,
export refunds are generally determined by a tender process and
the level of payment may fluctuate
over time. In some cases, entitlement to aid will be conditional
on the recipient having paid a prescribed minimum price for
the raw material. In any case, the extent to which an individual
farmer or business benefits from the full range of CAP measures
will not be apparent from payment data alone.
8. Direct comparisons between entries for businesses in the same
sector or sectors may accordingly be misleading. Furthermore,
CAP payments form only a part of the revenue of a business and
are not indicative of net income levels or profitability, which
depend on a much wider range of factors.
9. It may also not be possible to make direct comparisons with
other published figures about CAP payments due to the precise
basis on which the figures have been compiled.
10. The information covers those payments for which RPA is
responsible and includes payments made under Integrated
Administration and Control System (IACS) schemes in England
and under non IACS schemes throughout the UK. It does not
include information about payments made under IACS schemes
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SCHEMES ADMINISTERED BY RPA School Milk Scheme
Selective Cull Scheme
IACS and other farm based schemes dealt with by RPA Skimmed Milk Powder for Animal Feed
for England: Starch for Prescribed End Users
Sugar and Isoglucose Production Levies
Arable Schemes Sugar in the Chemical Industry
Arable Area Payments Scheme (AAPS) including Fibre Flax
Subsidy and Hemp Subsidy Aid for Grain Legumes INTERVENTION PURCHASING SCHEMES
Cereals
Bovine Schemes: Beef
Beef Special Premium Scheme (BSPS) Suckler Cow Premium Dairy
Scheme (SCPS), including decisions about suckler cow quota
Extensification Payments Scheme (EPS) Slaughter Premium PRIVATE STORAGE AID SCHEMES
Scheme (SPS), including Veal Calf Slaughter Premium Dairy
Sheepmeat/Goatmeat
Sheep Schemes: Pigmeat
Sheep Annual Premium Scheme (SAPS), including the LFA Beef
Supplement and decisions about sheep quota
Agrimonetary Compensation linked to any of the above SUGAR, OILS and STARCH
schemes Cane Sugar Refining
End Use Control of Certain Vegetable Oils
England Rural Development Programme (ERDP), Olive Oil Production
including the Hill Farm Allowance Scheme (HFA). Production Refund on sugar used in the Chemical Industry
Structural Funds. Starch Refunds - Cereals
Starch Refunds - Rice
The Structural Funds are a multi-funded EU programme. Isoglucose Quotas and Production Levies
Defra is the Managing Authority, RPA is the Paying Authority Sugar Quotas and Production Levies
(responsible for financial and accounting controls) and the
Government Offices act as the Intermediate Bodies (responsible EXTERNAL TRADE SCHEMES (including export
for administration and implementation). refunds):
RPA only pays under the Guidance element for schemes in Bananas
Objective 1 regions and for Leader + schemes. Beef and Veal
Beef Import Tariff Quota
Non-IACS (i.e. CAP) schemes dealt with by Cereals
Rice
RPA for the UK: Fish
Floriculture (live plants and flowers)
GENERAL Fruit and Vegetables
Aid for Concentrated Grape Must Milk/Milk Products
Aid for Dehydrated Fodder Processed Goods (i.e products including two or more agricultural
Apple Consumption Aid products supported by the CAP).
Beef Information Programme Oils/Fats
Butter for Manufacture Oilseeds/Seeds
Butter for Non-Profit Making Organisations Pigmeat
Cane Sugar Refining Eggs
Aid Control of Casein in Cheese Making Poultrymeat
Casein Production Subsidy Sheepmeat and Goatmeat
Citrus Processing Aid Sugar, Isoglucose and Insulin Syrup
Concentrated Butter for Direct Consumption Tobacco
End Use Control of Certain Fruit and Vegetables Whisky refunds
Fibres Processing Aid Wine
Fish Carry-Over Aid
Fish Flat-Rate Aid
Fish Flat-Rate Premium
Fish Private Storage Aid
Fish Withdrawals Compensation
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Withdrawals
Fruit and Vegetable Operational Programme
Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisation Recognition
Grape Juice Aid
Herbage Seed Production Aid
Milk Quotas Scheme
Olive Oil Production Refunds
Over Thirty Months Scheme
Promotions to Internal Market
Promotions to Third Countries
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