Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (repealed)Show full title

Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and amending Regulations (EEC) No 2019/93, (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001, (EC) No 1454/2001, (EC) 1868/94, (EC) No 1251/1999, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1673/2000, (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EC) No 2529/2001 (repealed)

ANNEX IVU.K.Good agricultural and environmental condition referred to in Article 5

IssueStandards

Soil erosion:

  • Protect soil through appropriate measures

  • Minimum soil cover

  • Minimum land management reflecting site-specific conditions

  • Retain terraces

Soil organic matter:

  • Maintain soil organic matter levels through appropriate practices

  • Standards for crop rotations where applicable

  • Arable stubble management

Soil structure:

  • Maintain soil structure through appropriate measures

  • Appropriate machinery use

Minimum level of maintenance:

  • Ensure a minimum level of maintenance and avoid the deterioration of habitats

  • Minimum livestock stocking rates or/and appropriate regimes

  • Protection of permanent pasture

  • [F1Retention of landscape features, including, where appropriate, the prohibition of the grubbing up of olive trees

  • Avoiding the encroachment of unwanted vegetation on agricultural land

  • Maintenance of olive groves in good vegetative condition]