# Commission Decision of 8 December 2005 granting a derogation requested by the Netherlands pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (notified under document number C(2005) 4778) (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (2005/880/EC), Article 2: Definitions

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

For the purpose of this decision, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘grassland farms’ means holdings where 70 % or more of the acreage available for manure application is grass;
(b) ‘grazing livestock’ means cattle (with the exclusion of veal calves), sheep, goats and horses, donkeys, deer and water buffalo;
(c) ‘farm land’ means the acreage owned, rented or managed by the farmer under another written individual contract, on which the farmer has a direct management responsibility;
(d) ‘Grass’ means permanent grassland or temporary grassland which lies less than four years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2005/880/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-880/article-2
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