{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-489/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-489/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2011/489",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 29 July 2011 on granting a derogation requested by the Kingdom of 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 C(2011) 4503) (Only the Dutch version is authentic) (2011/489/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-489",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Monitoring",
  "text": "1. The competent authority shall ensure that maps showing the percentage of farms, number of parcels, percentage of livestock, percentage of agricultural land and local land use covered by individual derogation for each municipality are drawn up and updated every year. Data on crop rotations and agricultural practices covered by individual derogation shall be collected and updated every year.\n2. The monitoring network for sampling of surface and shallow groundwater established under Decision 2008/64/EC shall be maintained to assess the impact of the derogation on water quality. The amount of initial monitoring sites cannot be reduced and the location of the sites cannot be changed during the period of applicability of this Decision.\n3. A reinforced monitoring shall be conducted in agricultural catchments on sandy soils.\n4. The monitoring sites, corresponding to at least 150 farms, established under Decision 2008/64/EC shall be maintained in order to provide data on nitrogen and phosphorus concentration in soil water, on mineral nitrogen in soil profile and corresponding nitrogen and phosphorus losses through the root zone into groundwater, as well as on nitrogen and phosphorus losses by surface and subsurface runoff, both under derogation and non-derogation conditions. The monitoring sites shall include main soil types (clay, loamy, sandy and loessial soils), fertilisation practices and crops. The composition of the monitoring network shall not be modified during the period of applicability of this Decision.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/489/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:42.654448+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}