# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1928 of 6 December 2018 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(2018) 8081) (Only the Danish text is authentic), Article 3: Definitions

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

For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:
(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;
(b) ‘crops being undersown by grass’ means silage cereals, silage maize, spring cereals, winter cereals or spring barley and pea, to be undersown by grass before or after harvest;
(c) ‘crops with high nitrogen uptake and long growing season’ means any of the following:
(i) grass;
(ii) grass catch crops;
(iii) forage beets;
(iv) crops being undersown by grass;
(v) chicory;
(d) ‘grass’ means permanent or temporary grassland;
(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;

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/1928/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1928/article-3
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