Single Payment Scheme

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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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Label Occurrences
Single Payment Scheme canonical 5
Single Area Payment Scheme 2

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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 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 World Trade Organization Agreement on Agriculture ⓘ
introducedUnder Common Agricultural Policy reform of 2003 ⓘ
linked to: Fischler reform
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paymentLinkedTo historical reference amounts in many member states ⓘ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 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 ⓘ

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

Single Payment Scheme → relatedTo → Single Area Payment Scheme ⓘ
linked to: Single Payment Scheme
Basic Payment Scheme → replaced → Single Payment Scheme ⓘ
SPS → standsFor → Single Payment Scheme ⓘ
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 → defines → Single Area Payment Scheme ⓘ
linked to: Single Payment Scheme
Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 → introduced → Single Payment Scheme ⓘ