Regulation 3 Amendment to the Common Agricultural Policy (Integrated Administration and Control System and Enforcement and Cross Compliance) (Wales) Regulations 2014I1

The Common Agricultural Policy (Integrated Administration and Control System and Enforcement and Cross Compliance) (Wales) Regulations 2014^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 6, for “that day”, substitute “the first working day of each calendar month”.

In paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 replace “mean breaching” with “conflict with”.

For paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 1 substitute—

“(2)

Where site specific conditions minimise risk of soil erosion and where a beneficiary leaves land without a covering of crops, stubbles, residues or other vegetation post cultivation, a beneficiary must:

(a)

leave a rough surface cover; and

(b)

not allow soil erosion down slope or off-site; and

(c)

complete a rough surface soil risk assessment and submit it to the Welsh Ministers on or before the day the land is cultivated to leave a rough surface.

(3)

In this paragraph—

• “off-site” (“oddi ar y safle”) means any area beyond the boundary of a field on a holding, including another field that is part of the same holding.”