EC - Nitrates Directive - ND - 91/676/EC -

ND - article 5.4

Keywords: designation, water quality status, nitrate, sensitive area, less sensitive area, identification, objectives, planning, programme of measures, agricultural management, implementation

Action programmes shall be implemented within four years of their establishment and shall consist of the following mandatory measures:

(a) the measures in Annex III;

(b) those measures which Member States have prescribed in the code(s) of good agricultural practice established in accordance with Article 4, except those which have been superseded by the measures in Annex III.