# Commission Decision of 10 February 2005 laying down rules implementing Decision No 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol (notified under document number C(2005) 247) (2005/166/EC), Division: Assumptions for the agriculture sector

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For Member States using econometric models:
Agricultural trade (import/export)
Domestic consumption (e.g. milk/beef consumption)
For Member States using other models:
Development of area of crops, grassland, arable, set-aside, conversion to forests etc
Macroeconomic assumptions behind projections of agricultural activity
Description of livestock (e.g. by input/nutrient balance, output/animal production, milk production quota/productivity of cattle)
Development of farming types (e.g. intensive conventional, organic farming)
Distribution of housing/grazing systems and housing/grazing period
Parameters of fertiliser regime:
Details of fertiliser use (type of fertiliser, timing of application, inorganic/organic ratio);
Volatilisation rate of ammonia, following spreading of manure on the soil;
Efficiency of manure use.
Parameters of manure management system:
Distribution of storage facilities (e.g. with or without cover):
Nitrogen excretion rate of manures
Methods of application of manure
Extent of introduction of control measures (storage systems, manure application), use of best available techniques
Parameters related to nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soils (e.g., Nitrogen leaching fraction, emission factor for direct emissions, Nitrogen content in crop residues)
Amount of manure treatment

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2005/166/annex/IV/division/2/division/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-166/annex-IV/division-2/division-6
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