{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1205/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1205/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2019/1205",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1205 of 12 July 2019 granting a derogation requested by Belgium with regard to the region of Flanders pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (notified under document C(2019) 5180) (Only the Dutch and the French texts are authentic)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1205",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Reporting",
  "text": "The competent authorities shall, every year by 30 June, submit a report to the Commission containing the following information:\n(a) maps showing the percentage of farms, percentage of livestock, percentage of agricultural land and local land use, as well as data on crop rotations and agricultural practices in farms benefiting from an authorisation pursuant to Article 5, as referred to in Article 10(1);\n(b) the results of water monitoring, including information on water quality trends for ground, surface waters, and waters flowing to the North Sea, as well as the impact of the derogation on water quality as referred to in Article 10(3);\n(c) an evaluation of the nitrate residue in soil profile in autumn for the parcels benefiting from an authorisation pursuant to Article 5 and a comparison with nitrate residue data and trends on parcels that are not benefiting from such an authorisation for similar crop rotations. Parcels that are not benefiting from an authorisation pursuant to Article 5 should include parcels on farms benefitting from a such an authorisation and parcels on other farms;\n(d) an evaluation of the soil phosphorus status for parcels benefiting from an authorisation pursuant to Article 5 and parcels that are not benefiting from such an authorisation;\n(e) information on nitrate and phosphorus concentration in water leaving the root zone referred to in Article 10(5);\n(f) the data collected on local land use, crop rotations, agricultural practices, nutrient use and manure production, and the results of model-based calculations of the magnitude of nitrate and phosphorus losses from farms benefiting from an authorisation pursuant to Article 5, as referred to in Article 10(6);\n(g) an evaluation of the implementation of the conditions for an authorisation, on the basis of controls at farm and parcel level, as well as controls on manure transport, and information on non-compliant farms, on the basis of the results of the administrative and field inspections;\n(h) information on manure treatment, including further processing and utilisation of the solid fractions, and detailed data on the characteristics of treatments systems, their efficiency and composition of treated manure;\n(i) information on the number of farms benefiting from an authorisation pursuant to Article 5 and the number of parcels on which treated manure and effluent with low nitrogen and phosphate content has been applied as well as the volumes of that manure and effluent;\n(j) the methodologies to assess the composition of treated manure, the variations in composition and treatment efficiency for each farm benefiting from an authorisation pursuant to Article 5, as referred to in Article 6(3);\n(k) the inventory of manure treatment installation as referred to in Article 6(5);\n(l) a summary and an evaluation of data obtained from the area specific monitoring as referred to in Article 10(5);\n(m) trends in livestock numbers for each livestock category in Flanders region and in farms benefitting from an authorisation pursuant to Article 5.\nThe spatial data contained in the report shall, where applicable, comply with Directive 2007/2/EC. In collecting the necessary data, Belgium shall make use, where appropriate, of the information generated under the Integrated Administration and Control System set up in accordance with Article 67(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.",
  "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/2019/1205/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:38.206665+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."
}