Good agricultural and environmental condition of agricultural land: cross compliance of the new EU p

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Good agricultural and environmental condition of
agricultural land cross compliance of the new
EU policy

• Prof. dr. h. c. dr. ir. Lucien Carlier
• Department Crop Husbandry
• Centre for Agricultural Research
• Ministry of the Flemish Community
• Merelbeke - Belgium

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Mid Term Review of Agenda 2000

• Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003

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single farm payment

• statutory management requirements

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18 Directives and Regulations

• public, animal and plant health
• environment
• animal welfare
• Good agricultural and environmental condition

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Directives and Regulations

• Council Directive 80/68/EEC on the protection of
  groundwater against pollution caused by certain
  dangerous substances
• Council Directive 86/278/EEC on the protection of
  the environment, and in particular of the soil,
  when sewage sludge is used in agriculture
• Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the
  protection of waters against pollution caused by
  nitrates from agricultural sources
• Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation
  of natural habitats and of wild flora and fauna.
• Applicable from the 1st of January 2005 on

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nitrogen nutrient balance

• Flemish slurry action plan
• MAP I and MAP II
• Flanders vulnerable zone for NO3 leaching ?

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Good agricultural and environmental condition

• the avoidance of the abandonment of agricultural
  land
• the maintenance of existing permanent grassland,
  since permanent grassland has a positive
  environmental effect

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codes for good agricultural practices (GAP)
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Establishment of a Community framework
standards taking account taking account the
specific characteristics of the areas concerned,
including soil and climatic conditions and
existing farming systems (land use, crop
rotation, farming practices) and farm structures
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