CAP 5 - 009
Scottish Beef Calf Scheme
We are currently developing a new Article 68 (1) (b) scheme to replace the
existing Scottish Beef Calf Scheme (SBCS). Since the Health Check introduced
certain changes to the nature of special support we need to make sure that the
replacement scheme is compliant with article 68 (1) (b) “to address specific
disadvantages affecting farmers in the dairy, beef and veal, sheepmeat and
goatmeat and rice sectors in economically vulnerable or environmentally
sensitive areas, or, in the same sectors, for economically vulnerable types of
farming”.
The intention is that the new scheme under Article 68 (1) (b) would continue until
the new CAP regime post-2013 came into force. Since we do not yet know what
shape the longer term CAP will take, we are considering introducing only minimal
changes to the SBCS that will be necessary in order to make the scheme
compliant with article 68 (1) (b).
The existing scheme is allowed under the CAP Health Check Regulation to
continue until the end of 2012, however, we are seeking clarification over the
timing the start of the new scheme since a separate article in the Health Check
Regulation on the notification of new schemes could be taken to mean that a new
scheme would need to start from 1st Jan 2012.
CAP Reform & Crop policy July 2011