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Division Conversion and weighting factors referred to in Article 46(3) to be applied to features included in the equivalent practices as listed in Section III of Annex IXF1F2F3F4

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Equivalent ecological focus area Similar standard ecological focus area Conversion factor Weighting factor Ecological focus area (if both factors are applied)

(1)

Ecological set-aside (per 1 m 2 )

 Land lying fallow n.a. 1 1 m 2

(2)

Creation of ‘buffer zones’ (per 1 m)

 Buffer strips and field margins 6 1,5 9 m 2

(3)

Management of uncultivated buffer strips and field margins (per 1 m)

 Buffer strips and field margins 6 1,5 9 m 2

(4)

Borders, in-field strips and patches:

Borders, in-field strips (per 1 m) Buffer strips and field margins 6 1,5 9 m 2
Patches (per 1 m 2 ) Field copses n.a. 1,5 1,5 m 2

(5)

Management of landscape features:

Isolated tree (per tree) Isolated tree 20 1,5 30 m 2
Trees in line (per 1 m) Hedges/wooded strips/trees in line 5 2 10 m 2
Group of trees/Field copses (per 1 m 2 ) Field copses n.a. 1,5 1,5 m 2
Hedgerows (per 1m) Hedges/wooded strips/trees in line 5 2 10 m 2
Riparian woody vegetation (per 1m) Hedges/wooded strips/trees in line 5 2 10 m 2
Terraces (per 1m) Terraces 2 1 2 m 2
Stone walls (per 1m) Traditional stone walls 1 1 1 m 2
Ditches (per 1m) Ditches 5 2 10 m 2
Ponds (per 1 m 2 ) Ponds n.a. 1,5 1,5 m 2

(6)

Keeping arable peaty or wet soils under grass (no use of fertilisers and no use of plant protection products) (per 1 m 2 )

 Land lying fallow n.a. 1 1 m 2

(7)

Production on arable land with no use of fertiliser and/or plant protection products, and not irrigated, not sown with the same crop two years in a row (per 1 m 2 )

 Areas with short rotation coppice; Strips along forest edges with production; Areas with nitrogen-fixing crops n.a.

0,3

0,7 for nitrogen-fixing crops

0,3 m 2

0,7 m 2

(8)

Conversion of arable land into permanent grassland (per 1 m 2 )

 Land lying fallow n.a. 1 1 m 2

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)