# Commission Decision of 14 December 2007 granting a derogation requested by the United Kingdom with regard to Northern 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) 6281) (Only the English version is authentic) (2007/863/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 80 % or more of the agricultural area available for manure application is grass,
(b) ‘Grazing livestock’ means cattle (with the exclusion of veal calves), sheep, deer, goats and horses,
(c) ‘Grass’ means permanent grassland or temporary grassland (temporary implying leys of less than four years).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/863/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-863/article-2
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