{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-847/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-847/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2017/847",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/847 of 16 May 2017 granting a derogation requested by Denmark pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (notified under document C(2017) 2891) (Only the Danish text is authentic)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-847",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:\n(a) ‘cattle farm’ means a holding with a yearly production of nitrogen in livestock manure above 300 kg of which at least two thirds are from cattle;\n(b) ‘grass’ means permanent or temporary grassland;\n(c) ‘crops being undersown by grass’ means silage cereals, silage maize, spring barley or spring barley and pea, to be undersown by grass before or after harvest;\n(d) ‘crops with high nitrogen uptake and long growing season’ means any of the following:\n(i) grass;\n(ii) grass catch crops;\n(iii) forage beets;\n(iv) crops being undersown by grass;\n(e) ‘soil profile’ means the soil layer below ground level to a depth of 0,90 m or to the average highest groundwater level where that level is less than 0,90 m below ground level;",
  "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/2017/847/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:29.930977+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."
}