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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1306/annex-II",
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  "legislation": "eur/2013/1306",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008",
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  "number": "II",
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  "text": "RULES ON CROSS-COMPLIANCE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 93\nSMR Statutory management requirement\nGAEC Standards for good agricultural and environmental condition of land\nThe GAEC buffer strips must respect, both within and outside vulnerable zones designated pursuant to Article 3(2) of Directive 91/676/EEC, at least the requirements relating to the conditions for land application of fertiliser near water courses, referred to in point A.4 of Annex II to Directive 91/676/EEC to be applied in accordance with the action programmes of Member States established under Article 5(4) of Directive 91/676/EEC.\nThe requirement can be limited to a general ban on burning arable stubble, but a Member State may decide to prescribe further requirements.\nAs implemented in particular by:\nArticle 14 of Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 and the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 37/2010,\nRegulation (EC) No 852/2004: Article 4(1) and Annex I part A (II 4 (g, h, j), 5 (f, h), 6; III 8 (a, b, d, e), 9 (a, c)),\nRegulation (EC) No 853/2004: Article 3(1) and Annex III Section IX Chapter 1 (I-1 b, c, d, e; I-2 a (i, ii, iii), b (i, ii), c; I-3; I-4; I-5; II-A 1, 2, 3, 4; II-B 1(a, d), 2, 4 (a, b)), Annex III Section X Chapter 1(1),\nRegulation (EC) No 183/2005: Article 5(1) and Annex I, part A (I-4 e, g; II-2 a, b, e), Article 5(5) and Annex III (under the heading ‘FEEDING’, point 1 entitled ‘Storage’, first and last sentences, and point 2 entitled ‘Distribution’, third sentence), Article 5(6), and\nRegulation (EC) No 396/2005: Article 18.\nArea\nMain Issue\nRequirements and standards\nEnvironment, climate change, good agricultural condition of land\nWater\nSMR 1\nCouncil Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1)\nArticles 4 and 5\nGAEC 1\nEstablishment of buffer strips along water courses\nGAEC 2\nWhere use of water for irrigation is subject to authorisation, compliance with authorisation procedures\nGAEC 3\nProtection of ground water against pollution: prohibition of direct discharge into groundwater and measures to prevent indirect pollution of groundwater through discharge on the ground and percolation through the soil of dangerous substances, as listed in the Annex to Directive 80/68/EEC in its version in force on the last day of its validity, as far as it relates to agricultural activity\nSoil and carbon stock\nGAEC 4\nMinimum soil cover\nGAEC 5\nMinimum land management reflecting site specific conditions to limit erosion\nGAEC 6\nMaintenance of soil organic matter level through appropriate practices including ban on burning arable stubble, except for plant health reasons\nBiodiversity\nSMR 2\nDirective 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7)\nArticle 3(1), Article 3(2)(b), Article 4(1), (2) and (4)\nSMR 3\nCouncil Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild flora and fauna (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7)\nArticle 6(1) and (2)\nLandscape, minimum level of maintenance\nGAEC 7\nRetention of landscape features, including where appropriate, hedges, ponds, ditches, trees in line, in group or isolated, field margins and terraces, and including a ban on cutting hedges and trees during the bird breeding and rearing season and, as an option, measures for avoiding invasive plant species. Restrictions on converting, ploughing or reseeding environmentally sensitive permanent grassland.\nPublic health, animal health and plant health\nFood safety\nSMR 4\nRegulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1)\nArticles 14 and 15, Article 17 and Articles 18, 19 and 20\nSMR 5\nCouncil Directive 96/22/EC of 29 April 1996 concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and beta-agonists, and repealing Directives 81/602/EEC, 88/146/EEC and 88/299/EEC (OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 3)\nArticle 3(a), (b), (d) and (e) and Articles 4, 5 and 7\nIdentification and registration of animals\nSMR 6\nCouncil Directive 2008/71/EC of 15 July 2008 on identification and registration of pigs (OJ L 213, 8.8.2005, p. 31)\nArticles 3, 4 and 5\nSMR 7\nRegulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97(OJ L 204, 11.8.2000, p. 1)\nArticles 4 and 7\nSMR 8\nCouncil Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 of 17 December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, p. 8)\nArticles 3, 4 and 5\nAnimal diseases\nSMR 9\nRegulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1)\nArticles 7, 11, 12, 13 and 15\nPlant protection products\nSMR 10\nRegulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1)\nArticle 55, first and second sentence\nAnimal welfare\nAnimal welfare\nSMR 11\nCouncil Directive 2008/119/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves (OJ L 10, 15.1.2009, p. 7)\nArticles 3 and 4\nSMR 12\nCouncil Directive 2008/120/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs (OJ L 47, 18.2.2009, p. 5)\nArticle 3 and Article 4\nSMR 13\nCouncil Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes(OJ L 221, 8.8.1998, p. 23)\nArticle 4",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Annex 2 revoked (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Removal of Cross-Compliance and Miscellaneous Revocations and Amendments, etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/816), reg. 1(1), Sch. Pt. 1 para. 1 Table 1 (with Sch. Pt. 2 para. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 inserted (W.) (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to direct payments) by The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(20); and words in Annex 2 inserted (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), 2(23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Annex 2 substituted (31.1.2020 in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy direct payment schemes) by The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90), regs. 1(2), 11(2); and word in Annex 2 substituted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/763), regs. 1, 11(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (Official Journal of the European Union L 347 of 20 December 2013)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The GAEC buffer strips must respect, both within and outside vulnerable zones designated pursuant to Article 3(2) of Directive 91/676/EEC, at least the requirements relating to the conditions for land application of fertiliser near water courses, referred to in point A.4 of Annex II to Directive 91/676/EEC to be applied in accordance with the action programmes of Member States established under Article 5(4) of Directive 91/676/EEC."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The requirement can be limited to a general ban on burning arable stubble, but a Member State may decide to prescribe further requirements."
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      "type": "footnote",
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      "text": "As implemented in particular by: Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 and the Annex of Regulation (EC) No 37/2010, Regulation (EC) No 852/2004: Article 4(1) and Annex I part A (II 4 (g, h, j), 5 (f, h), 6; III 8 (a, b, d, e), 9 (a, c)), Regulation (EC) No 853/2004: Article 3(1) and Annex III Section IX Chapter 1 (I-1 b, c, d, e; I-2 a (i, ii, iii), b (i, ii), c; I-3; I-4; I-5; II-A 1, 2, 3, 4; II-B 1(a, d), 2, 4 (a, b)), Annex III Section X Chapter 1(1), Regulation (EC) No 183/2005: Article 5(1) and Annex I, part A (I-4 e, g; II-2 a, b, e), Article 5(5) and Annex III (under the heading ‘FEEDING’, point 1 entitled ‘Storage’, first and last sentences, and point 2 entitled ‘Distribution’, third sentence), Article 5(6), and Regulation (EC) No 396/2005: Article 18."
    }
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      "affecting": "nisr/2025/165",
      "affecting_title": "The Farm Sustainability Standards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025"
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