Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014Show full title

[F1 [F2 Article 41 U.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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(g)

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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Textual Amendments

F1 Regulation 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)

F2 Ch. 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)

F3 Art. 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)

F4 Words 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)