# Commission Decision of 10 June 2010 on guidelines for the calculation of land carbon stocks for the purpose of Annex V to Directive 2009/28/EC (notified under document C(2010) 3751) (2010/335/EU), Division 2: CONSISTENT REPRESENTATION OF LAND CARBON STOCKS

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

For determining the carbon stock per unit area associated with CSR and CSA the following rules shall apply:
(1) the area for which the land carbon stocks are calculated shall for the entire area have similar:
(a) biophysical conditions in terms of climate and soil type;
(b) management history in terms of tillage;
(c) input history in terms of carbon input to soil.
(2) the carbon stock of the actual land use, CSA , shall be taken as:
in the case of loss of carbon stock: the estimated equilibrium carbon stock that the land will reach in its new use,
in the case of carbon stock accumulation: the estimated carbon stock after 20 years or when the crop reaches maturity, whichever the earlier.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2010/335/annex/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-335/annex/division-2
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