Article 7 Land management

Farmers seeking to benefit from a derogation shall ensure that all the following conditions are met:

1. (a)

   70 % or more of the acreage of the farm shall be cultivated with crops with high nitrogen demand and long growing season;

2. (b)

   temporary grassland shall be ploughed in spring;

3. (c)

   temporary and permanent grassland shall not include more than 50 % of leguminous or other plants fixing atmospheric nitrogen;

4. (d)

   late maturing maize shall be harvested, including the stalks;

5. (e)

   winter herbage, such as Italian ryegrass, barley, triticale or winter rye, shall be seeded within two weeks after harvest of maize or sorghum and shall be harvested no earlier than two weeks before maize or sorghum sowing;

6. (f)

   summer herbage, such as maize, sorghum, Setaria or Panicum sp., shall be seeded within two weeks after harvest of winter cereals and shall be harvested no earlier than two weeks before winter cereals sowing;

7. (g)

   a crop with high nitrogen demand shall be seeded within two weeks after ploughing grass and fertilisers shall not be applied in the year of ploughing of permanent grassland.