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Yn dilyn fy mhenderfyniad i gadw 15 Mai fel y dyddiad cau ar gyfer cyflwyno’r Ffurflen Cais Sengl (SAF) yng Nghymru, rwy’n ysgrifennu atoch am ddatblygiadau diweddaraf y broses. 

Cafwyd 16,958 o ffurflenni heb gosbau am fod yn hwyr.  (Gan mai dydd Gwener oedd 15 Mai, roedd yn bosib cyflwyno SAF heb gosb hwyr dros benwythnos 16\-17 Mai.)  Daeth 105 o ffurflenni SAF i law yn y cyfnod cosbau hwyr a barodd tan 9 Mehefin. Mae hyn yn llai o ffurflenni hwyr na blynyddoedd cynt.  Roedd 17,063 o ffurflenni SAF wedi’n cyrraedd erbyn diwedd 9 Mehefin. 

Mae ychydig llai o ffurflenni SAF wedi dod i law na’r blynyddoedd diwethaf.  Hynny yn rhannol oherwydd cynyddu’r arwynebedd lleiaf sy’n gymwys am y Taliad Sylfaenol i 5 hectar ond mae’n dilyn patrwm y blynyddoedd diweddar. (Cofiwch, gallai’r ffigur terfynol newid gan nad yw pob hawliad o’r gwledydd eraill wedi’u pasio i Taliadau Gwledig Cymru eto.)

Rwy’n falch bod 72% o’r ffurflenni SAF sydd wedi’u cyflwyno wedi’n cyrraedd ar\-lein.  Mae hyn yn dipyn o gamp ac yn argoeli’n dda ar gyfer y nod o 100% ar\-lein flwyddyn nesaf. 

Rwy’n gwybod nad bychan fu cyfraniad undebau’r ffermwyr a’u hasiantwyr at y llwyddiant hwn.  Buon nhw’n gweithio oriau hir i helpu ffermwyr i lenwi’u ffurflenni.  Am hyn, rwy’n ddiolchgar iawn. 

Mae’r llwyddiant hwn yn cyfiawnhau fy mhenderfyniad i gadw 15 Mai fel y dyddiad cau a bydd yn ein helpu i dalu ffermwyr mor fuan yn y cyfnod talu â phosibl. 

Rwy’n pwyso ar ffermwyr sy’n derbyn ymholiadau gan Taliadau Gwledig Cymru i ateb y cwestiynau hynny cyn gynted fyth ag y medrant, er mwyn inni allu dechrau talu rhan\-daliadau mor fuan â phosibl ar ôl dechrau cyfnod talu’r CE ym mis Rhagfyr 2015\.  Yn ôl rheolau’r UE, rhaid sicrhau bod y mesurau rheoli i gyd wedi’u cyflawni cyn dechrau talu unrhyw beth.  Mae hynny’n cynnwys archwiliadau ar y fferm ac o bell, sicrhau bod y tir yr hawlir arno a hawlwyr yn gymwys a chadw golwg ar y rheolau Gwyrddu a ffermwyr actif newydd. 







Translation:


 
Following my decision to stick to the 15 May deadline for the submission of Single Application Forms (SAFs) in Wales, I am writing to update you on progress.


 The total number of SAFs submitted without late penalty was 16,958\.  (Given that 15 May was a Friday, SAFs could be submitted without late penalty over the weekend of 16\-17 May.) 105 SAFs were received during the late penalty period, which ran to 9 June. This is a lower number of late forms than in previous years. The total number of SAFs received by the end of 9 June was 17,063\.


The total number of SAFs received is slightly down on previous years. This is due in part to the increase in the minimum land area for Basic Payment Scheme eligibility to five hectares, and follows a pattern of small reductions in recent years. (Please be aware that the final figure may change slightly due to cross\-border claims not yet passed to Rural Payments Wales.)


I am pleased that 72% of SAFs submitted were submitted online. This is an excellent achievement, and places us in a good position to move to 100% online next year.


I know this performance has been helped in no small way by the work done by the farming unions and agents, whose staff have worked long hours to help farmers with their forms. For this I am most grateful.


This performance justifies my decision to keep to the 15 May deadline, and will help us to deliver payments as early in the payments period as possible.


I urge any farmers who receive queries from Rural Payments Wales to respond to them as quickly as possible in order to help us get to the point where we can start to make partial payments as early as possible once the EC payment period starts in December 2015\.  European rules dictate that all controls are completed before we can make any payments.  These include the on the spot and remote sensing inspections, and cross\-checking all the land claimed and the eligibility of claimants \- including checking the new Greening and active farmer rules.