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The Annexes to these regulations are being published in the English language with the English text of these regulations. ANNEX I

FOR IDENTIFYING WATERS REFERRED TO IN REGULATION 4(1) referred to in regulation 4(1) shall be identified making use, inter following criteria: whether surface freshwaters, in particular those used or intended for the abstraction of drinking water, contain or could contain, if action pursuant to regulation 6 is not taken, more than the concentration of nitrates laid down in accordance with the Quality of Surface Water Intended for the Abstraction of Drinking Water Regulations; whether groundwaters contain more than 50 mg/l nitrates or could contain more than 50 mg/l nitrates if action pursuant to regulation 6 is not taken; whether natural freshwater lakes, other freshwater bodies, estuaries, coastal waters and marine waters are found to be eutrophic or in the near future may become euthropic if action pursuant to regulation 6 is not taken. applying these criteria, the competent authority shall also take account of:

the physical and environmental characteristics of the waters and land; the current understanding of the behaviour of nitrogen compounds in the environment (water and soil); the current understanding of the impact of the action taken pursuant to regulation 6.

ANNEX II CODE(S) OF GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE

or codes of good agricultural practice with the objective of reducing nitrates and taking account of conditions in the different regions of the should certain provisions covering the following items, in so far as they periods when the land application of fertilizer is inappropriate; the land application of fertilizer to steeply sloping ground; the land application of fertilizer to water-saturated, flooded, frozen or snow-covered ground; the conditions for land application of fertilizer near water courses; the capacity and construction of storage vessels for livestock manures, including measures to prevent water pollution by run-off and seepage into the groundwater and surface water of liquids containing livestock manures and effluents from stored plant materials such as silage; procedures for the land application, including rate and uniformity of spreading, of both chemical fertilizer and livestock manure, that will maintain nutrient losses to water at an acceptable level. competent authority may also include in their code(s) of good practices the following items: 7. land use management, including the use of crop rotation systems proportion of the land area devoted to permanent crops annual tillage crops; 8. the maintenance of a minimum quantity of vegetation (rainy) periods that will take up the nitrogen from the otherwise cause nitrate pollution of water; 9. the establishment of fertilizer plans on a farm-by-farm keeping of records on fertilizer use; 10. the prevention of water pollution from run-off and the downward movement beyond the reach of crop roots in irrigation systems.

ANNEX III MEASURES TO BE INCLUDED IN ACTION PROGRAMMES AS REFERRED TO IN REGULATION 6(4)(a)