{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-820/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-820/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2018/820",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/820 of 31 May 2018 granting a derogation requested by the Netherlands 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) 3222) (Only the Dutch text is authentic)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-820",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Applications for authorisation",
  "text": "1. Grassland farmers may submit an application for an annual authorisation to apply grazing livestock manure containing up to 230 kg nitrogen per hectare per year for southern and central sandy soils and loess soils or up to 250 kg nitrogen per hectare per year for other soils to the competent authorities.\n2. Together with the application referred to in paragraph 1, the applicant shall submit a written declaration that he fulfils the conditions laid down in Articles 7 and 8 and that he accepts that the fertiliser application as well as the fertilisation plan and the fertilisation account referred to in Article 7, may be subject to control.",
  "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/2018/820/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:05.957757+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."
}