Paragraph 5 The under 10 metre strips option
In each part of a field to be managed in accordance with the under 10 metre strips option, a farmer must —
subject to sub-paragraph (2) and paragraph 7, establish a green cover by the start of the current green cover season —
by sowing seed of a relevant kind; or
by allowing natural regeneration following the last crop which was produced on that part of the field in question in the previous year;
subject to paragraphs 8, 12 and 13, maintain the green cover until the end of the relevant period; and
cut the green cover at least once during the current year.
The requirement to establish a green cover in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(a) does not apply in 2005 where—
the field or part of a field was set aside in 2004 pursuant to Article 6 of Council Regulation 1251/1999 and was managed during that year in accordance with the field margins option set out in paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Arable Area Payments Regulations 1996; and
the green cover established in accordance with the requirements of that option has been maintained until the beginning of the current green cover season.