Division B

Member States may also include in their code(s) of good agricultural practices the following items:

1. 7..

   land use management, including the use of crop rotation systems and the proportion of the land area devoted to permanent crops relative to annual tillage crops;

2. 8..

   the maintenance of a minimum quantity of vegetation cover during (rainy) periods that will take up the nitrogen from the soil that could otherwise cause nitrate pollution of water;

3. 9..

   the establishment of fertilizer plans on a farm-by-farm basis and the keeping of records on fertilizer use;

4. 10..

   the prevention of water pollution from run-off and the downward water movement beyond the reach of crop roots in irrigation systems.