Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009

[F1[F2ANNEX XU.K.

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

Features Conversion factor (m/tree to m 2 ) Weighting factor Ecological focus area (if both factors are applied)
Land lying fallow (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 1 1 m 2
Terraces (per 1 m) 2 1 2 m 2
Landscape features:
Hedges/wooded strips/trees in line (per 1 m) 5 2 10 m 2
Isolated tree (per tree) 20 1,5 30 m 2
Field copses (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 1,5 1,5 m 2
Ponds (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 1,5 1,5 m 2
Ditches (per 1 m) 5 2 10 m 2
Traditional stone walls (per 1 m) 1 1 1 m 2
Other features not listed above but protected under GAEC7, SMR 2 or SMR 3 (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 1 1 m 2
Buffer strips and field margins (per 1 m) 6 1,5 9 m 2
Hectares of agro-forestry (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 1 1 m 2
Strips of eligible hectares along forest edges (per 1 m)
Without production 6 1,5 9 m 2
With production 6 0,3 1,8 m 2
[F3Areas with short rotation coppice (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 0,5 0,5 m 2]
Afforested areas as referred to in Article 32(2)(b)(ii) (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 1 1 m 2
Areas with catch crops or green cover (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 0,3 0,3 m 2
[F3Areas with nitrogen fixing crops (per 1 m 2 ) n.a. 1 1 m 2]
[F4Areas with Miscanthus n.a. 0,7 0,7 m 2
Areas with Silphium perfoliatum n.a. 0,7 0,7 m 2
Land lying fallow for melliferous plants (pollen and nectar rich species) n.a. 1,5 1,5 m 2]

Textual Amendments

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 U.K.

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 ]]