7.7.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 181/35

Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013

( Official Journal of the European Union L 435 of 6 December 2021 )

1.

 On page 116, Article 155(4), point (a)

for:

‘... and complies with Regulation (EU);’

read:

‘... and complies with Regulation (EU) 2021/2116;’.

2.

 On pages 150 to 152, Annex III, the line concerning GAEC 8 is replaced by the following:

 

 

GAEC 8

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Minimum share of agricultural area devoted to non-productive areas or features1

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Minimum share of at least 4 % of arable land at farm level devoted to non-productive areas and features, including land lying fallow.

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Where a farmer commits to devote at least 7 % of his/her arable land to non-productive areas or features, including land lying fallow, under an enhanced eco-scheme in accordance with Article 31(6), the share to be attributed to compliance with this GAEC standard shall be limited to 3 %.

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Minimum share of at least 7 % of arable land at farm level if this includes also catch crops or nitrogen fixing crops, cultivated without the use of plant protection products, of which 3 % shall be land lying fallow or non-productive features. Member States should use the weighting factor of 0,3 for catch crops.

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Retention of landscape features

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Ban on cutting hedges and trees during the bird breeding and rearing season

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As an option, measures for avoiding invasive plant species

Maintenance of non-productive features and area to improve on-farm biodiversity