ANNEX II

‘ANNEX XConversion and weighting factors referred to in Article 46(3)28

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 (per 1 m)

5

2

10 m2

Isolated tree (per tree)

20

1,5

30 m2

Trees in line (per 1 m)

5

2

10 m2

Group of trees/Field copses (per 1 m2)

n.a.

1,5

1,5 m2

Field margin (per 1 m)

6

1,5

9 m2

Ponds (per 1 m2)

n.a.

1,5

1,5 m2

Ditches (per 1 m)

3

2

6 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 (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

With production

6

6

1,5

0,3

9 m2

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 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.

0,3

0,3 m2