European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 225/2020). Country/Territory Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Water Keyword Farming Environmental standards Ecological production/organic production Fertilizers/nutrients Agricultural development Standards Protection of environment Water rights Effluent waste water/discharge Freshwater pollution Water conservation zone Pollution control 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 Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017. The purpose of the amendment is to specify the authorities to whom the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine shall make available information in relation to any holding where such transfer of data is necessary for the purposes of carrying out any functions set out in these regulations, including for promoting compliance with these Regulations. Furthermore, the amendment brings the regulations in line with the Data Sharing and Governance Act, 2019. Full text English Website www.irishstatutebook.ie References - Legislation Amends European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 605 of 2017). Legislation | Ireland | 2017 Keyword: Farming, Environmental standards, Agricultural development, Standards, Protection of environment, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Monitoring, Access-to-information, Soil pollution/quality, Organic waste, Ecological production/organic production, Fertilizers/nutrients, Transport/storage, Plant production, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Groundwater, Water quality standards, Surface water, Effluent waste water/discharge, Water conservation zone Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 113/2022). Legislation | Ireland | 2022 Keyword: Soil pollution/quality, Fertilizers/nutrients, Protection of environment, Farming, Agricultural development, Organic waste, Use restrictions, Plant production, Waste prevention, Transport/storage, Freshwater pollution, Waste management, Pollution control, Groundwater, Surface water Source: FAO, FAOLEX