# Commission Decision of 22 October 2007 granting a derogation requested by Ireland 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(2007) 5095) (Only the English text is authentic) (2007/697/EC), Article 6: Land management

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

80 % or more of the area available for manure application on farms shall be cultivated with grass. Farmers benefiting from an individual derogation shall carry out the following measures:
(a) temporary grassland shall be ploughed in spring;
(b) ploughed grass on all soil types shall be followed immediately by a crop with high nitrogen demand;
(c) crop rotation shall not include leguminous or other plants fixing atmospheric nitrogen. This however will not apply to clover in grassland with less than 50 % clover and to cereals and pea undersown with grass.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/697/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-697/article-6
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