Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. No. 215 of 2015). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Scotland Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Cultivated plants, Water Keyword Subsidy/incentive Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Farming Agricultural development Plant production Pesticides Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Ecological production/organic production Freshwater pollution Inland waters Pollution control Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations amend the Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 so as to make provision for the exercise of derogations in respect of deadlines for relevant applications, to remove references to specific species of grass which are required where a farmer wishes to meet his or her Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) requirement by under-sowing grass and to insert new Schedules 3 and 4. Schedule 3 makes provision for a voluntary coupled support scheme in Scotland in favour of bovine and ovine animals that are born on the farmer’s holding and in respect of which the relevant eligibility criteria are met. Schedule 4 lists which breeds of cattle are ineligible for support. These Regulations also amend the Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 in respect to standards for good agricultural and environmental condition regarding, among other things, use of pesticides and protection of watercourses from cultivation practices. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amends Common Agricultural Policy Schemes (Cross-Compliance) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 325 of 2014). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2014 Keyword: Agricultural development, Farming, Subsidy/incentive, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Plant protection, Pesticides, Sustainable use, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Groundwater, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters Source: FAO, FAOLEX Common Agricultural Policy (Direct Payments etc.) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. No. 58 of 2015). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2015 Keyword: Subsidy/incentive, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Farming, Agricultural development, Forest management/forest conservation, Afforestation/reforestation Source: FAO, FAOLEX