# Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009, Article 3: Habitats report


(1) A habitats report (in this paragraph, a “report”) must have been prepared not more than five years before the start of the claim year to which it relates.
(2) A report must include a map of land on the holding that is managed on a permanent basis showing, at a minimum, the location of any habitat types described in subparagraph (3).
(3) The habitat types referred to in subparagraph (2) are—
(a) coastal land;
(b) cropped land;
(c) grassland;
(d) linear features;
(e) peatland;
(f) upland grazings;
(g) wetlands; and
(h) land designated by a competent authority for cultural, environmental, historic, scenic or scientific purposes.
(4) In this paragraph—
(a) “linear feature” includes drystone dykes, hedges, and watercourses;
(b) a reference to a competent authority is a reference to a body or person exercising a function under an enactment;
(c) a reference to land managed on a permanent basis does not include land let for a period of less than a year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1307/annex/IXa/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1307/annex-IXa/3
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

