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Bernir ei bod yn debygol y bydd y Comisiwn Ewropeaidd yn rhoi’r opsiwn i Aelod\-wladwriaethau ymestyn y dyddiad cau ar gyfer cyflwyno Ffurflen y Cais Sengl (SAF) o 15 Mai hyd at 15 Mehefin 2015\. Mae ffermwyr yn defnyddio’r SAF i hawlio eu taliadau Cynllun y Taliad Sylfaenol (BPS) a’u taliadau datblygu gwledig sy’n seiliedig ar dir.

 Rwy’n ymwybodol iawn o bwysigrwydd llif arian i ffermwyr, felly nid wyf yn bwriadu ymestyn y dyddiad terfyn oherwydd y bydd hyn yn oedi cychwyn taliadau rhannol i bawb sy’n hawlio. O ganlyniad, rwyf wedi benderfynu mai dyddiad terfyn y SAF yng Nghymru fydd 15 Mai 2015 o hyd.

 Yng Nghymru, mae’r broses geisiadau Taliadau Gwledig Ar\-lein wedi bod yn gweithio’n dda ers 27 Chwefror. Rydym wedi cael adborth da iawn gan y diwydiant ac mae undebau’r ffermwyr wedi bod yn annog pobl i ddefnyddio’r gwasanaeth ar\-lein. Roedd dros 1,400 o ffurflenni wedi’u cyflwyno erbyn 31 Mawrth, mwy na dwywaith na’r nifer a gyflwynwyd yr un pryd y llynedd.

 Pe bai oedi o ran derbyn y SAF, byddai sgil\-effaith anochel ar daliadau rhannol o dan y BPS ac ar daliadau’r cynlluniau datblygu gwledig seiliedig ar dir presennol. O ran cyllid y Rhaglen Datblygu Gwledig 2007\-2013 sy’n dod i ben ar 31 Rhagfyr 2015, bydd yn rhaid rhoi unrhyw gyllid nad yw’n cael ei defnyddio erbyn y dyddiad hwn yn ôl i’r Comisiwn Ewropeaidd, a bydd Cymru’n ei golli. Yna byddai’n rhaid tynnu unrhyw daliadau dyledus o’r Rhaglen Datblygu Gwledig newydd 2014\-2020, a fyddai felly’n lleihau maint y gronfa ar gyfer prosiectau newydd.

 Bydd yn cymryd mwy o amser i lenwi SAF eleni na mewn blynyddoedd blaenorol o ystyried mai dyma flwyddyn gyntaf y cynllun newydd. Rwyf felly’n annog pob ffermwr i lenwi ac anfon eu SAF cyn gynted â phosibl, ac yn sicr cyn 15 Mai eleni i osgoi cosbau hwyr neu fod heb ddigon o amser i wneud cais am hawliadau yn y flwyddyn hollbwysig hon.

 Caiff y datganiad ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i aelodau. Os bydd aelodau eisiau i mi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau ynglŷn â hyn pan fydd y Cynulliad yn dychwelyd, byddwn yn hapus i wneud hynny.







Translation:


 
The European Commission (EC) is thought likely to provide Member States with an option to extend to the deadline for submission of the Single Application Form (SAF) from 15 May up to the 15 June 2015\.  The SAF is used by farmers to claim their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and land based rural development payments. 


I am very aware of the importance of cash flow for farmers and therefore I am minded not to take up the option to extend the deadline as it will delay the start of part payments to all claimants.  As a result, I have decided the SAF deadline in Wales will stay at 15 May 2015\.


 


In Wales, the RPW Online application process is working very well and has been available since 27 February.  Feedback from the industry is very positive and farming unions have been encouraging the use of the online service.  Over 1,400 SAFs had been submitted by 31 March, more than twice as many as were received by the same time last year.


 


If there were to be a delay to the receipt of SAFs, it would inevitably have knock\-on impacts to part payments under the BPS and to payments on existing land\-based rural development schemes.  As the funding for the Rural Development Programme 2007 \- 2013 ends on 31 December 2015, any funding not utilised by this deadline would have to be handed back to the European Commission and lost to Wales.  Any outstanding payments would then need to be funded from the new Rural Development Programme 2014 \- 2020 thereby reducing the fund for new projects.


 


The SAFs will take longer to complete this year compared to previous years given this is the first year of the new scheme.  Therefore I would urge all farmers to complete and submit their SAF as soon as they can, and certainly in advance of the 15 May, this year to avoid late penalties or being out of time to apply for entitlements in this critical year.    


 


This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed. Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Assembly returns I would be happy to do so.