# Commission Decision of 29 May 2009 granting a derogation requested by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with regard to England, Scotland and Wales 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(2009) 3853) (Only the English version is authentic) (2009/431/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/2009/431/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-431/article-2
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