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1.By way of derogation from the first requirement of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land (GAEC) standard 8, Member States may decide that for claim year 2024 farmers and other beneficiaries subject to that standard may fulfil the first requirement of that standard by devoting a minimum share of at least 4 % of arable land at farm level to:
—non-productive areas and features, including land lying fallow; and/or
—nitrogen fixing crops; and/or
—catch crops.
Catch crops and nitrogen fixing crops shall be cultivated without the use of plant protection products. Member States shall use a weighting factor of 1 for catch crops.Decisions taken by Member States in application of paragraph 1 shall apply as from 1 January 2024.
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