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[F1CHAPTER 1U.K.SCOPE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 2U.K.Provisions related to definitions in Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

[F2Article 4U.K.Framework for criteria on maintaining the agricultural area in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation

1.For the purposes of the point (ii) of Article 4(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the criteria that farmers are to meet in order to fulfil the obligation to maintain the agricultural area in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation without preparatory action going beyond usual agricultural methods and machineries shall be established by [F3the relevant authority] in either or both of the following ways:

(a)

[F4the relevant authority requires] at least one annual activity to be carried out by a farmer. Where justified for environmental reasons, [F5the relevant authority] may decide to recognise also activities that are carried out only every second year;

(b)

[F6the relevant authority sets] out the characteristics to be met by an agricultural area in order to be deemed maintained in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation.

2.When establishing criteria referred to in paragraph 1, [F7the relevant authority] may distinguish between different types of agricultural areas.]

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[F8Article 5U.K.Framework for minimum activities on agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation

For the purposes of the point (iii) of Article 4(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the minimum activity to be established by the [F9relevant authority] that is to be carried out on agricultural areas naturally kept in a state suitable for grazing or cultivation shall be at least one annual activity to be carried out by a farmer. Where justified for environmental reasons, [F10the relevant authority] may decide to recognise also activities that are carried out only every second year.]

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Article 6U.K.Predominance of grasses and other herbaceous forage in case of permanent grassland

For the purposes of Article 4(1)(h) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, grasses and other herbaceous forage shall be deemed to remain predominant where they cover more than 50 % of the eligible area at the level of the agricultural parcel within the meaning of Article 67(4)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.

[F11Article 7U.K.Established local practices in case of permanent grassland

For the purposes of Article 4(1)(h) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, established local practices shall be practices for areas for livestock grazing which are traditional in character and are commonly applied on the areas concerned.]

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[F12Article 8U.K.Reduction coefficient according to Article 32(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013

When applying Article 32(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 for permanent grassland which can be grazed and which forms part of established local practices where grasses and other herbaceous forage are traditionally not predominant in grazing areas, [F13the relevant authority] may distinguish between different categories of areas in order to apply different reduction coefficients to such categories [F14, provided that such a decision was made and notified to the Commission no later than 31 January 2015].]

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[F15Article 9U.K. Hemp

[F161.For the purposes of Article 32(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the eligibility of areas used for the production of hemp shall be subject to the use of seed of the varieties listed in [F17Annex IV].]

2.[F18The relevant authority] shall establish the system for determining the Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol content (hereinafter referred to as ‘THC content’) in hemp varieties, which allows them to apply the method set out in Annex III.

3.The [F19relevant authority] shall keep the records related to findings on the THC content. Such records shall comprise for each variety at least the results in terms of THC content from each sample expressed in percentage to two decimal places, the procedure used, the number of tests carried out, an indication of the point at which the sample was taken and measures taken at national level.

4.If an average of all the samples of a given variety exceeds the THC content as laid down in Article 32(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, [F20the relevant authority] shall use procedure B as described in Annex III to this Regulation for the variety concerned in the course of the following claim year. That procedure shall be used in the course of the next claim years unless all the analytical results for the given variety are below the THC content as laid down in Article 32(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013.

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6.For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘hemp cultivated as catch crop’ means crop of hemp sown after 30 June of a given year.

7.Crops of hemp shall continue to be cultivated under normal growing conditions in accordance with local practice for at least 10 days from the date of the end of flowering so that the checks necessary for the application of this Article can be made. Hemp cultivated as catch crop shall continue to be cultivated under normal growing conditions in accordance with local practice at least until the end of the vegetation period.

However, [F22the relevant authority] may authorise hemp to be harvested after flowering has begun but before the end of the 10-day period after the end of flowering, provided that the inspectors indicate which representative parts of each plot concerned must continue to be cultivated for at least 10 days following the end of flowering for inspection purposes, in accordance with the method set out in Annex III.]]

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