# Commission Decision of 28 February 2006 granting a derogation requested by Austria 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(2006) 590) (Only the German text is authentic) (2006/189/EC), Article 2: Definitions

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

For the purpose of this decision, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘cattle farms’ means holdings with more than three livestock units, where at least two-thirds of livestock are cattle,
(b) ‘grass’ means permanent or temporary grassland (generally temporary lies less than four years),
(c) ‘crops being undersown by grass’: silage cereals, silage maize to be undersown before (maize) or after harvest, by grass which will act as a catch crop, for biological retention of nitrogen residual during winter,
(d) ‘beets’ means forage beets.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/189/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-189/article-2
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