Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs)

Under the Single Payment Scheme farmers are required to respect the various Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs) set down in EU legislation (Directives and Regulations) on the environment, public animal and plant health and animal welfare and to maintain land in Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC). This is known as Cross Compliance. The cross-compliance requirements are being phased in over a 3 year period.

SMRs- from 2005

SMR1 - Conservation of Wild Birds
SMR2 - Protection of Groundwater against Pollution
SMR3 - Protection of the Environment and Soil when Sewage Sludge is used in agriculture
SMR4 - Protection of Waters against Pollution caused by Nitrates
SMR5 - Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Flora and Fauna
SMR6 - Animal (Pigs) - Identification and Registration
SMR6/8A - Animals (Sheep/Goats) - Identification and Registration
SMR6/7/8 - Identification and Registration of Animals

SMRs - from 2006

SMR 9 - Authorisation, Placing on the Market, use and Control of Plant Protection Products
SMR10 - Concerning the prohibition on the use in stock farming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostraic action and of beta-agonists
SMR11 - General principles and requirements of food law and laying down procedures in matters of food safety
SMR12 - Rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible encephalopathies
SMR13 - Community measures for the control of foot and mouth disease
SMR14 - General Community measures for the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures relating to swine vesicular disease
SMR15 - Specific provisions for control and eradication of 9 bluetongue

SMRs - from 2007

SMR16 - Minimum standards for the protection of Calves
SMR17 - Minimum standards for the protection of Pigs
SMR18 - Rules concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes