Commission Decision of 24 February 2011 amending Decision 2007/863/EC granting a derogation requested by the United Kingdom with regard to Northern Ireland pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (notified under document C(2011) 1033) (Only the English text is authentic) (2011/128/EU)

Article 1 U.K.

Decision 2007/863/EC is amended as follows:

1.

Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The derogation requested by the United Kingdom with regard to Northern Ireland by letter of 10 August 2007 and the extension requested by letter of 23 September 2010, for the purpose of allowing a higher amount of livestock manure than that provided for in the first sentence of the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of Annex III to Directive 91/676/EEC and in point (a) of that subparagraph, is granted, subject to conditions laid down in this Decision.’;

2.

the last sentence of Article 8(1) is replaced by the following:

‘Those maps shall be submitted to the Commission annually by June.’;

3.

Article 11 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 11 Application

This Decision shall apply in the context of the Nitrates Action Programme Regulation (Northern Ireland) 2010.

It shall expire on 31 December 2014.’.