People who claim under the single payment scheme (SPS) must be farmers with eligible land and payment entitlements. Under the scheme rules a farmer is defined as a natural or legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, whatever legal status is granted to the group and its members by national law, whose holding is situated within the EU and who exercises an agricultural activity.
SPS claimants will include farmers who own farms, rent land and new entrants to the scheme who have land and have brought or leased in entitlements, allowing them to claim.