# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/209 of 8 February 2018 granting a derogation requested by Ireland 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) 624) (Only the English text is authentic), Article 7: Land management

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

1. Temporary grassland shall be ploughed in spring.
2. Ploughed grass on all soil types shall be followed immediately by a crop with high nitrogen demand.
3. Crop rotation shall not include leguminous or other plants fixing atmospheric nitrogen. This shall, however, not apply to clover in grassland with less than 50 % clover and to other leguminous plants that are undersown with grass.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/209/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-209/article-7
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