| | GAEC 8 | - Minimum share of agricultural area devoted to non-productive areas or features1
- Minimum share of at least 4 % of arable land at farm level devoted to non-productive areas and features, including land lying fallow.
- 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 %.
- 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.
- Retention of landscape features
- Ban on cutting hedges and trees during the bird breeding and rearing season
- As an option, measures for avoiding invasive plant species
| Maintenance of non-productive features and area to improve on-farm biodiversity |