# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1074 of 17 July 2020 granting a derogation requested by Denmark pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (Only the Danish version is authentic), Article 9: Conditions regarding land management

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. 80 % or more of the acreage available for manure application shall be cultivated with crops with high nitrogen uptake and long growing season.
2. Grass catch crops shall not be ploughed before 1 March the year after they have been established.
3. Grasslands shall be ploughed in spring. A crop with high nitrogen uptake and long growing season shall be seeded as soon as possible, and no later than 3 weeks, after grass has been ploughed.
4. Crops used in crop rotation shall not include leguminous plants or other plants fixing atmospheric nitrogen, except for the following:
(a) clover and alfalfa in grassland together amounting to less than 50 %;
(b) barley and pea undersown with grass.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/1074/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1074/article-9
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