Article 3 Definitions

For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:

1. (1)

   ‘grassland farm’ means any holding where at least 80 % of the acreage available for manure application is grass;

2. (2)

   ‘grazing livestock’ means cattle (with the exclusion of veal calves), sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, deer, and water buffalo;

3. (3)

   ‘farmland’ means the acreage owned, rented or managed by the farmer under a written individual contract and on which the farmer has a direct management responsibility

4. (4)

   ‘grass’ means permanent grassland or temporary grassland which lies less than five years;

5. (5)

   ‘fertilisation plan’ means a calculation of the planned use and availability of nutrients;

6. (6)

   ‘fertilisation account’ means the nutrient balance based on the real use and uptake of nutrients;

7. (7)

   ‘southern and central sandy soils’ means soils indicated as southern and central sandy soils under the Dutch legislation implementing Directive 91/676/EEC;

8. (8)

   ‘loess soils’ means soils indicated as loess soils under the Dutch legislation implementing Directive 91/676/EEC