{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1305/annex-III",
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  "legislation": "eur/2013/1305",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1305",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "BIOPHYSICAL CRITERIA FOR THE DELIMITATION OF AREAS FACING NATURAL CONSTRAINTS\nMember StatesThe relevant authority need only check fulfilment of this criterion against those of the thresholds that are relevant to the specific situation of an area\nCRITERION\nDEFINITION\nTHRESHOLD\nCLIMATE\nLow Temperature\nLength of growing period (number of days) defined by number of days with daily average temperature > 5 °C (LGPt5) or\n≤ 180 days\nThermal-time sum (degree-days) for Growing Period defined by accumulated daily average temperature > 5 °C\n≤ 1 500 degree-days\nDryness\nRatio of the annual precipitation (P) to the annual potential evapotranspiration (PET)\nP/PET ≤ 0.5\nCLIMATE AND SOIL\nExcess Soil Moisture\nNumber of days at or above field capacity\n≥ 230 days\nSOIL\nLimited Soil Drainage\nAreas which are water logged for significant duration of the year\nWet within 80 cm from the surface for over 6 months, or wet within 40 cm for over 11 months or\nPoorly or very poorly drained soil or\nGleyic colour pattern within 40 cm from the surface\nUnfavourable Texture and Stoniness\nRelative abundance of clay, silt, sand, organic matter (weight %) and coarse material (volumetric %) fractions\n≥ 15 % of topsoil volume is coarse material, including rock outcrop, boulder or\ntexture class in half or more (cumulatively) of the 100 cm soil surface is sand, loamy sand defined as:\nSilt % + (2 × clay %) ≤ 30 % or\nTopsoil texture class is heavy clay\n(≥ 60 % clay) or\nOrganic soil (organic matter ≥ 30 %) of at least 40 cm or\nTopsoil contains 30 % or more clay, and there are vertic properties within 100 cm of the soil surface\nShallow Rooting Depth\nDepth (cm) from soil surface to coherent hard rock or hard pan\n≤ 30 cm\nPoor Chemical Properties\nPresence of salts, exchangeable sodium, excessive acidity\nSalinity: ≥ 4 deci-Siemens per meter (dS/m) in topsoil or\nSodicity: ≥ 6 Exchangeable Sodium Percentage (ESP) in half or more (cumulatively) of the 100 cm soil surface layer or\nSoil Acidity: pH ≤ 5 (in water) in topsoil\nTERRAIN\nSteep Slope\nChange of elevation with respect to planimetric distance (%)\n≥ 15 %",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 3 substituted (W.) (26.3.2021 in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development) by The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 7(53)"
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (Official Journal of the European Union L 347 of 20 December 2013)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Member StatesThe relevant authority need only check fulfilment of this criterion against those of the thresholds that are relevant to the specific situation of an area"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1305/annex/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:08.109073+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}