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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014Show full title
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) N o 639/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and amending Annex X to that Regulation
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[F1[F2Article 41U.K.Framework for the designation of further environmentally sensitive permanent grassland areas outside of Natura 2000 areas
Environmentally sensitive permanent grassland areas outside the areas covered by Directive 92/43/EEC or Directive 2009/147/EC as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 45(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 shall be designated on the basis of one or more of the following criteria:
(a)
covering organic soils with a high percentage of organic carbon, such as peat land or wetlands;
(b)
hosting habitats listed in Annex I to Directive 92/43/EEC or protected under national legislation;
(c)
hosting plant species listed in Annex II to Directive 92/43/EEC or protected under national legislation;
(d)
being of significant importance for wild bird species listed in Annex I to Directive 2009/147/EC;
(e)
being of significant importance for wild animal species protected under Directive 92/43/EEC or protected under national legislation;
(f)
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covering soils with a high risk of erosion;
(h)
being located in a sensitive area designated within the river basin management plans pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC.
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F1Regulation revoked (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Delinked Payments and Consequential Provisions) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1430), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 3 para. 1 Table 1 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 2)
F2Ch. 3 omitted (W.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1556), regs. 1(2)(a), 8(8); and Ch. 3 omitted (E.) (1.1.2021 in relation to an application for direct payments made in 2021 or in any subsequent year) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers and Cross-Compliance (Simplifications) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1387), regs. 1(1), 6(3) (with reg. 1(2)); and Ch. 3 omitted (N.I.) (25.2.2021) by virtue of The Direct Payments to Farmers (Simplifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/42), regs. 1(1), 5(3)
F3Art. 41(f) omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 12(3)(a)
F4Words in Art. 41 omitted (31.1.2020) by virtue of The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/91), regs. 1(2), 12(3)(b)
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