# 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 9: Conditions regarding land management

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

1. 80 % or more of the acreage available for manure application shall be cultivated with crops with high nitrogen uptake and long growing season.
2. Grass catch crops shall not be ploughed before 1 March the year after they have been established.
3. Temporary grasslands shall be ploughed in spring. A crop with high nitrogen uptake and long growing season shall be seeded as soon as possible, and no later than 3 weeks, after grass has been ploughed.
4. Crops used in crop rotation shall not include leguminous plants or other plants fixing atmospheric nitrogen, except for the following:
(a) clover in grassland with less than 50 % clover and alfalfa;
(b) alfalfa in grassland with less than 50 % clover and alfalfa;
(c) barley and pea undersown with grass;
5. Nitrogen fertilisations standards for crops following temporary grassland shall be reduced by the previous crop nitrogen value according to Order on agricultural use of fertiliser in the planning period 2017/2018 No 963 (12 July 2017), and in corresponding orders in the subsequent planning periods regarding fertilisation standards, table on fertilisation norms for agricultural crops and vegetables, and subsequent changes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/1928/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1928/article-9
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