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Guide to Cross Compliance in England


Please use the links below and on the left to access the various sections of the e-version of The Guide to Cross Compliance in England.

Sections GAEC 19, SMR4 and SMR 7 were updated on 17 May 2013.

GOOD AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS (GAECs)
Soil Protection Review (SPR) (GAEC 1)
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (GAEC 5)
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) (GAEC 6)
Scheduled monuments (GAEC 7)
Public rights of way (GAEC 8)
Overgrazing and unsuitable supplementary feeding (GAEC 9)
Heather and grass burning (GAEC 10)
Control of weeds (GAEC 11)
Agricultural land which is not in agricultural production (GAEC 12)
Stone walls (GAEC 13)
Protection of hedgerows and watercourses (GAEC 14)
Hedgerows (GAEC 15)
Felling of trees (GAEC 16)
Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) (GAEC 17)
Water abstraction (GAEC 18)
No spread zones (GAEC 19)

STATUTORY MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS (SMRs)
Wild birds (SMR 1)
Groundwater (SMR 2)
Sewage sludge (SMR 3)
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) (SMR 4)
Habitats and species (SMR 5)
Pig identification and registration (SMR 6)
Cattle identification and registration (SMR 7)
Sheep and goats identification (SMR 8)
Restrictions on the use of plant protection products (PPPs) (SMR 9)
Restrictions on the use of substances having hormonal or thyrostatic action and beta-agonists in farm animals (SMR 10)
Food and feed law (SMR 11)
Prevention and control of transmissible spongiform
encephalopathies (TSEs)		 (SMR 12)
Control of foot and mouth disease, certain animal diseases and bluetongue (SMRs 13, 14, 15)
Welfare of calves (SMR 16)
Welfare of pigs (SMR 17)
Animal welfare (SMR 18)


Page published: 17 May 2013