Article 2 Areas concerned by the derogations

The decisions referred to in Article 1 shall apply only to areas where the affected livestock is located or in the case of Article 1(4) where the soil condition was made unsuitable for preparatory work before sowing at the relevant time therefore preventing compliance with Article 45(9) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014, and which are formally recognised by the competent authorities of Belgium, Spain, France, Lithuania, Poland and Portugal as having been affected in 2019 by the severe drought.