# Commission Decision of 21 December 2007 granting a derogation requested by Belgium with regard to the region of Flanders 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) 6654) (Only the Dutch version is authentic) (2008/64/EC), Article 7: Land management

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

Farmers benefiting from an individual derogation shall carry out the following measures:
(a) grassland shall be ploughed in spring;
(b) grassland shall not include leguminous or other plants fixing atmospheric nitrogen;
(c) ploughed grass shall be followed immediately by a crop with high nitrogen demand and fertilisers shall not be applied in the year of ploughing of permanent grassland;
(d) catch crops shall be seeded immediately after harvest of winter wheat and no later than 10 September;
(e) catch crops shall not be ploughed before 15 February in order to ensure permanent vegetal cover of the arable area for recovering subsoil autumn losses of nitrates and limit winter losses.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/64/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-64/article-7
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