European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 125 of 2011). Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil, Cultivated plants, Water Keyword Soil pollution/quality Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Ecological production/organic production Fertilizers/nutrients Plant production Pollution control Freshwater pollution Surface water Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations amend the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2010 in article 17 concerning distances from a waterbody to be observed in use of fertilizer so as to allow a local authority to apply a landspreading restriction to the upstream catchment area and to the close proximity downstream of an abstraction point in the case of any surface waters. Full text English Website www.irishstatutebook.ie References - Legislation Amends European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 610 of 2010). Legislation | Ireland | 2010 Keyword: Farming, Agricultural development, Soil pollution/quality, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Ecological production/organic production, Fertilizers/nutrients, Plant production, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Groundwater, Water quality standards, Surface water, Monitoring, Effluent waste water/discharge Source: FAO, FAOLEX