The Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996

Delivery notifications for non-food raw materials

12.—(1) The declaration which a farmer is required to make by Article 7(3) of Commission Regulation 334/93 shall be made by 15th November in the scheme year in respect of which set-aside compensatory payments have been claimed in respect of the land used to grow the raw material referred to in that provision.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) of Article 8(4) of Commission Regulation 334/93, the date by which a collector or first processor is to provide the information referred to in that sub-paragraph shall be 15th November in the scheme year in respect of which set-aside compensatory payments have been claimed in respect of the land used to grow the raw material referred to in that provision.

(3) The declaration referred to in paragraph (1) above shall be made, and the information referred to in paragraph (2) above provided, in such form as the Minister may reasonably require.

(4) If the declaration referred to in paragraph (1) above is not made by the date specified in that paragraph, the Minister may reduce the set-aside compensatory payment due to the farmer in respect of the land used to grow the raw material referred to in that paragraph–

(a) by up to 10% if the notification is made after, but not more than 20 working days after, the said date; or

(b) by up to 15% if the notification is made more than 20 working days after the said date.