Single Payment Scheme

E150263

Common Agricultural Policy instrument European Union agricultural subsidy scheme farm income support system

The Single Payment Scheme was an EU farm support system that provided income subsidies to farmers based on land area rather than production, aiming to decouple aid from output and promote more market-oriented agriculture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Single Payment Scheme canonical	2
Single Area Payment Scheme	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Common Agricultural Policy instrument ⓘ European Union agricultural subsidy scheme ⓘ farm income support system ⓘ
administeredBy	national paying agencies in member states ⓘ
aimsTo	decouple farm support from production ⓘ promote market-oriented agriculture ⓘ reduce production-linked distortions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	SPS ⓘ
appliesTo	Member States of the European Union ⓘ surface form: European Union member states
basedOn	eligible agricultural land area ⓘ
conditionedOn	maintenance of land in good agricultural and environmental condition ⓘ respect of statutory management requirements ⓘ
criticizedFor	creating windfall gains for landowners ⓘ limited targeting of environmental outcomes ⓘ unequal distribution of payments among farmers ⓘ
designedTo	be classified largely as Green Box support under WTO rules ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion	availability of eligible hectares ⓘ compliance with cross-compliance requirements ⓘ possession of payment entitlements ⓘ
fundedBy	European Agricultural Guarantee Fund ⓘ
impactOn	encouraged extensification or land set-aside in some regions ⓘ production decisions became less directly linked to subsidies ⓘ
implementedFrom	2005 ⓘ
influencedBy	Agreement on Agriculture ⓘ surface form: World Trade Organization Agreement on Agriculture
introducedUnder	Fischler reform ⓘ surface form: Common Agricultural Policy reform of 2003
legalBasis	Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 ⓘ
monitoredBy	European Commission ⓘ
objective	improve compatibility with World Trade Organization rules ⓘ simplify the EU direct payment system ⓘ stabilize farm incomes ⓘ
partOf	first pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ
paymentLinkedTo	historical reference amounts in many member states ⓘ regional flat-rate models in some member states ⓘ
phasedOutIn	2015 in most EU member states ⓘ
policyDomain	agricultural policy ⓘ rural development and farm income support ⓘ
provides	direct income support to farmers ⓘ
relatedTo	Single Payment Scheme self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Single Area Payment Scheme cross-compliance ⓘ modulation of direct payments ⓘ
replaced	many livestock-specific direct payments in the EU ⓘ most crop-specific direct payments in the EU ⓘ
requires	annual aid application by farmers ⓘ
scope	arable crops ⓘ certain permanent crops ⓘ grassland and permanent pasture ⓘ
succeededBy	Basic Payment Scheme ⓘ
targetGroup	commercial farmers in EU member states ⓘ
typeOfDecoupling	area-based decoupled payment ⓘ
usesInstrument	payment entitlements ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Common Agricultural Policy implementation (pre-Brexit) → includesProgramme → Single Payment Scheme ⓘ

Single Payment Scheme → relatedTo → Single Payment Scheme self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Single Area Payment Scheme

Basic Payment Scheme → replaced → Single Payment Scheme ⓘ