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The online Cross Compliance Self Assessment ToolThe online Cross Compliance SelfAssessment Tool at Defra FarmSurveys & AssessmentsWhat is it?The online Cross Compliance Self Assessment Tool (CCSAT) enables you to quickly and easily assessyour current farming practices against both the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions(GAECs) and the Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs) that make up cross compliance. TheCCSAT provides an action plan, a checklist, tailored advice and guidance and further informationto help you meet the rules.Where do I find it?You can access the CCSAT through the Defra Farm Surveys & Assessments service on Business Linkat www.businesslink.gov.uk/cross-compliance. Input your Government Gateway account details(User ID and Password) via the ‘Login’ button and access the CCSAT directly. If you are new toDefra Farm Surveys & Assessments, please follow the Sign-up instructions via the link entitled‘Go to Farming Online to Register’ from the website www.businesslink.gov.uk/cross-compliance.The Cross Compliance Self Assessment Tool is accessed through the Government Gateway tomake sure that it is secure and your information is protected.How do I use it?Once you have logged in, you will be asked a short set of questions. These are Shaping Questions.Your answers to the Shaping Questions help to tailor the cross compliance standards specificallyto your farm. This means that you will only respond to the areas that directly concern you. Also,if you are a regular Defra Farm Surveys & Assessments customer, information you have previouslysupplied through other areas that relate to cross compliance will be pre-populated, meaning youwill not need to give the same information twice.Benefits of the Defra Farm Surveys & Assessments Cross Compliance Self Assessment ToolAs you use the CCSAT, an action plan and checklist will be created along the way. These provideyou with useful hints and tips about documents, licences, notifications and other information toretain. The action plan will also highlight any areas you may need to think about to improve yourfarming practice. Each standard also contains further in-depth information sections to help you,in the form of related websites, articles, documents and detailed advice and guidance. You do nothave to fill in the whole CCSAT in one go. You can save it, and return to it later to complete andsubmit your response at another time. Also, you can update and re-submit your answers as oftenas you want to.14
GAEC 1Soil Protection Review (SPR)The aim of these rules is to maintain soil structure and organic matter, and to prevent erosion,compaction and damage to landscape features.If you were required to complete a Soil Protection Review (SPR) 2010 1 by31 December 2011:A. You must!1. be carrying out the measures you have earlier identified in your SPR 2010;2. keep your SPR 2010 available for inspection.B. You must update your SPR 20101. at least once every year (including the year in which you began implementing it) bycompleting the annual review;2. as soon as is practical if it becomes clear that the measures you chose are not working or ifyou change or adopt new measures;3. as soon as is practical if you transfer land in or out, or when soil conditions change onyour land which result in a change in risk or where your management systems or croppingpractices change.If you are required to complete an SPR 2010 for the first time in 2012 or a lateryear:C. You must1. complete your SPR 2010 by 31 December 2012 (or by 31 December of the first year you areclaiming), with the exception of Part 4, Access to Waterlogged Land, which you must startcompleting from 1 January of the first year you are claiming;2. carry out the measures that you have identified in your SPR 2010 from 1 January of the yearafter it is produced;3. keep your SPR 2010 available for inspection.1 PB 13311 Soil Protection Review 2010.15
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