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Division Conversion and weighting factors referred to in Article 46(3)F1F2F3F4

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Features Conversion factor (m/tree to m 2 ) Weighting factor Ecological focus area (if both factors are applied)
Land lying fallow (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 1 1 m 2
Terraces (per 1 m) 2 1 2 m 2
Landscape features:
Hedges/wooded strips/trees in line (per 1 m) 5 2 10 m 2
Isolated tree (per tree) 20 1,5 30 m 2
Field copses (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 1,5 1,5 m 2
Ponds (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 1,5 1,5 m 2
Ditches (per 1 m) 5 2 10 m 2
Traditional stone walls (per 1 m) 1 1 1 m 2
Other features not listed above but protected under GAEC7, SMR 2 or SMR 3 (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 1 1 m 2
Buffer strips and field margins (per 1 m) 6 1,5 9 m 2
Hectares of agro-forestry (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 1 1 m 2
Strips of eligible hectares along forest edges (per 1 m)
Without production 6 1,5 9 m 2
With production 6 0,3 1,8 m 2
F5Areas with short rotation coppice (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 0,5 0,5 m 2
Afforested areas F6as referred to in Article 32(2)(b)(ii) (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 1 1 m 2
Areas with catch crops or green cover (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 0,3 0,3 m 2
Areas with nitrogen fixing crops (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 1 1 m 2
F7Areas with Miscanthus n.a. 0,7 0,7 m 2
Areas with Silphium perfoliatum n.a. 0,7 0,7 m 2
Land lying fallow for melliferous plants (pollen and nectar rich species) n.a. 1,5 1,5 m 2
F8Low density woodland planting n.a.22 m2
Unharvested crop (per 1 m2)n.a.1,51,5 m2
Low input grassland (per 1 m2)n.a.0,20,2 m2
Herb and legume-rich pastures (per 1 m2)n.a.1,51,5 m2

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regulation revoked (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1430), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 3 para. 1 Table 1 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)

F2

Annex 9a inserted (S.) (5.3.2025) by The Rural Support (Improvement) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/59), regs. 1, 3(3)

F3

Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1155 of 15 February 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 as regards the control measures relating to the cultivation of hemp, certain provisions on the greening payment, the payment for young farmers in control of a legal person, the calculation of the per unit amount in the framework of voluntary coupled support, the fractions of payment entitlements and certain notification requirements relating to the single area payment scheme and the voluntary coupled support, and amending Annex X to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

F4

Annex 10 omitted (W.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 7(26); Annex 10 omitted (E.) (1.1.2021 in relation to an application for direct payments made in 2021 or in any subsequent year) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Cross-Compliance (Simplifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1387), regs. 1(1), 5(10) (with reg. 1(2)); and Annex 10 omitted (N.I.) (25.2.2021) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers (Simplifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/42), regs. 1(1), 4(8)

F5

Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2017/2393 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2017 amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), (EU) No 1306/2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy, (EU) No 1307/2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy, (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and (EU) No 652/2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material.

F6

Words in Annex 10 omitted (S.) (10.11.2022) by virtue of The Rural Support (Simplification and Improvement) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/279), regs. 1, 2(3)

F7

Inserted by Regulation (EU) 2017/2393 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2017 amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), (EU) No 1306/2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy, (EU) No 1307/2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy, (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and (EU) No 652/2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material.

F8

Words in Annex 10 inserted (S.) (31.12.2025) by The Rural Support (Improvement) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/397), regs. 1(1), 2(3)