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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1155/annex-II",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/1155",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1155",
  "path": "annex/II",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "‘ANNEX X\nConversion and weighting factors referred to in Article 46(3)\nFeatures\nConversion factor(m/tree to m2)\nWeighting factor\nEcological focus area(if both factors are applied)\nLand lying fallow (per 1 m2)\nn.a.\n1\n1 m2\nTerraces (per 1 m)\n2\n1\n2 m2\nLandscape features:\nHedges/wooded strips/trees in line (per 1 m)\n5\n2\n10 m2\nIsolated tree (per tree)\n20\n1,5\n30 m2\nField copses (per 1 m2)\nn.a.\n1,5\n1,5 m2\nPonds (per 1 m2)\nn.a.\n1,5\n1,5 m2\nDitches (per 1 m)\n5\n2\n10 m2\nTraditional stone walls (per 1 m)\n1\n1\n1 m2\nOther features not listed above but protected under GAEC7, SMR 2 or SMR 3 (per 1 m2)\nn.a.\n1\n1 m2\nBuffer strips and field margins (per 1 m)\n6\n1,5\n9 m2\nHectares of agro-forestry (per 1 m2)\nn.a.\n1\n1 m2\nStrips of eligible hectares along forest edges (per 1 m)\nWithout production\n6\n1,5\n9 m2\nWith production\n6\n0,3\n1,8 m2\nAreas with short rotation coppice (per 1 m2)\nn.a.\n0,3\n0,3 m2\nAfforested areas as referred to in Article 32(2)(b)(ii) (per 1 m2)\nn.a.\n1\n1 m2\nAreas with catch crops or green cover (per 1 m2)\nn.a.\n0,3\n0,3 m2\nAreas with nitrogen-fixing crops (per 1 m2)\nn.a.\n0,7\n0,7 m2\nConversion 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\nEquivalent ecological focus area\nSimilar standard ecological focus area\nConversion factor\nWeighting factor\nEcological focus area (if both factors are applied)\n(1)\nEcological set-aside (per 1 m2)\nLand lying fallow\nn.a.\n1\n1 m2\n(2)\nCreation of “buffer zones” (per 1 m)\nBuffer strips and field margins\n6\n1,5\n9 m2\n(3)\nManagement of uncultivated buffer strips and field margins (per 1 m)\nBuffer strips and field margins\n6\n1,5\n9 m2\n(4)\nBorders, in-field strips and patches:\nBorders, in-field strips (per 1 m)\nBuffer strips and field margins\n6\n1,5\n9 m2\nPatches (per 1 m2)\nField copses\nn.a.\n1,5\n1,5 m2\n(5)\nManagement of landscape features:\nIsolated tree (per tree)\nIsolated tree\n20\n1,5\n30 m2\nTrees in line (per 1 m)\nHedges/wooded strips/trees in line\n5\n2\n10 m2\nGroup of trees/Field copses (per 1 m2)\nField copses\nn.a.\n1,5\n1,5 m2\nHedgerows (per 1m)\nHedges/wooded strips/trees in line\n5\n2\n10 m2\nRiparian woody vegetation (per 1m)\nHedges/wooded strips/trees in line\n5\n2\n10 m2\nTerraces (per 1m)\nTerraces\n2\n1\n2 m2\nStone walls (per 1m)\nTraditional stone walls\n1\n1\n1 m2\nDitches (per 1m)\nDitches\n5\n2\n10 m2\nPonds (per 1 m2)\nPonds\nn.a.\n1,5\n1,5 m2\n(6)\nKeeping arable peaty or wet soils under grass (no use of fertilisers and no use of plant protection products) (per 1 m2)\nLand lying fallow\nn.a.\n1\n1 m2\n(7)\nProduction 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)\nAreas with short rotation coppice; Strips along forest edges with production; Areas with nitrogen-fixing crops\nn.a.\n0,3\n0,7 for nitrogen-fixing crops\n0,3 m2\n0,7 m2\n(8)\nConversion of arable land into permanent grassland (per 1 m2)\nLand lying fallow\nn.a.\n1\n1 m2\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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