Annex II

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

Features			Conversion factor(m/tree to m2)	Weighting factor	Ecological focus area(if both factors are applied)
Land lying fallow (per 1 m2)			n.a.	1	1 m2
Terraces (per 1 m)			2	1	2 m2
Landscape features:
	Hedges/wooded strips/trees in line (per 1 m)		5	2	10 m2
	Isolated tree (per tree)		20	1,5	30 m2
	Field copses (per 1 m2)		n.a.	1,5	1,5 m2
	Ponds (per 1 m2)		n.a.	1,5	1,5 m2
	Ditches (per 1 m)		5	2	10 m2
	Traditional stone walls (per 1 m)		1	1	1 m2
	Other features not listed above but protected under GAEC7, SMR 2 or SMR 3 (per 1 m2)		n.a.	1	1 m2
Buffer strips and field margins (per 1 m)			6	1,5	9 m2
Hectares of agro-forestry (per 1 m2)			n.a.	1	1 m2
Strips of eligible hectares along forest edges (per 1 m)
		Without production	6	1,5	9 m2
		With production	6	0,3	1,8 m2
Areas with short rotation coppice (per 1 m2)			n.a.	0,3	0,3 m2
Afforested areas as referred to in Article 32(2)(b)(ii) (per 1 m2)			n.a.	1	1 m2
Areas with catch crops or green cover (per 1 m2)			n.a.	0,3	0,3 m2
Areas with nitrogen-fixing crops (per 1 m2)			n.a.	0,7	0,7 m2

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 IX

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 m2)	Land lying fallow	n.a.	1	1 m2
(2) Creation of “buffer zones” (per 1 m)	Buffer strips and field margins	6	1,5	9 m2
(3) Management of uncultivated buffer strips and field margins (per 1 m)	Buffer strips and field margins	6	1,5	9 m2
(4) Borders, in-field strips and patches:
Borders, in-field strips (per 1 m)	Buffer strips and field margins	6	1,5	9 m2
Patches (per 1 m2)	Field copses	n.a.	1,5	1,5 m2
(5) Management of landscape features:
Isolated tree (per tree)	Isolated tree	20	1,5	30 m2
Trees in line (per 1 m)	Hedges/wooded strips/trees in line	5	2	10 m2
Group of trees/Field copses (per 1 m2)	Field copses	n.a.	1,5	1,5 m2
Hedgerows (per 1m)	Hedges/wooded strips/trees in line	5	2	10 m2
Riparian woody vegetation (per 1m)	Hedges/wooded strips/trees in line	5	2	10 m2
Terraces (per 1m)	Terraces	2	1	2 m2
Stone walls (per 1m)	Traditional stone walls	1	1	1 m2
Ditches (per 1m)	Ditches	5	2	10 m2
Ponds (per 1 m2)	Ponds	n.a.	1,5	1,5 m2
(6) Keeping arable peaty or wet soils under grass (no use of fertilisers and no use of plant protection products) (per 1 m2)	Land lying fallow	n.a.	1	1 m2
(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 m2)	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 m2 0,7 m2
(8) Conversion of arable land into permanent grassland (per 1 m2)	Land lying fallow	n.a.	1	1 m2

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