Judgment_paragraph 38 · Martin Grund v Landesamt für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume des Landes Schleswig-Holstein (C-47/13)

38If it were accepted that only the change from one type of herbaceous forage to another could exclude that classification as ‘permanent pasture’ during the period of five years or more referred to by that provision, it would be difficult to attain the objective of maintaining permanent pasture. Therefore, ploughing up and seeding the land during that period with a type of herbaceous forage other than that previously grown on it cannot, in itself, have any effect on that classification.