Article 4 Notification
United Kingdom
Within 7 days after the date on which the decisions referred to in Article 1 were taken, Belgium, Spain, France, Lithuania, Poland and Portugal shall notify the Commission of:
the areas formally recognised by their competent authorities as having been affected in 2019 by the severe drought;
the decisions taken pursuant to Article 1, including the nature of the derogations applied at NUTS 3 level and the justification for using the derogations in the areas concerned.
By 15 December 2019 at the latest, Belgium, Spain, France, Lithuania, Poland and Portugal shall notify the Commission of the number of holdings which used the derogations provided for in Article 1 and the number of hectares where the derogations provided for in Article 1 have been applied. That information shall be provided at NUTS 3 level. By the same date Belgium, Spain, France, Lithuania, Poland and Portugal shall provide the Commission with an assessment of the impact of the derogation on the environment, biodiversity and climate objectives linked to ecological focus areas, catch crops and crop diversification, and where appropriate with a description of the measures to mitigate any identified negative impact.