Commission Implementing Decision of 27 February 2014 on granting a derogation requested by Ireland pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (notified under document C(2014) 1194) (Only the English text is authentic) (2014/112/EU)

Article 9 U.K. Reporting

The competent authorities shall submit every year by June a report containing the following information:

(a)

maps showing the percentage of farms, percentage of livestock and percentage of agricultural land covered by individual derogation for each county, as well as maps on local land use, referred to in Article 7(1);

(b)

the results of ground and surface water monitoring, as regards nitrate concentrations, including information on water quality trends, both under derogation and non-derogation conditions as well as the impact of derogation on water quality, as referred to in Article 7(2);

(c)

the results of soil monitoring as regards nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in soil water and on mineral nitrogen in soil profile, both under derogation and non-derogation conditions, as referred to in Article 7(2);

(d)

a summary and evaluation of data obtained from the reinforced water monitoring referred to in Article 7(3);

(e)

the results of the surveys on local land use, crop rotations and agricultural practices, referred to in Article 7(4);

(f)

the results of model-based calculations of the magnitude of nitrate and phosphorus losses from farms benefiting from an individual derogation, referred to in Article 7(4);

(g)

an evaluation of the implementation of the derogation conditions, on the basis of controls at farm level and information on non-compliant farms, on the basis of the results of the administrative controls and field inspections, referred to in Article 8(1) and (2);

(h)

a comparative analysis of controls of derogation farms and non-derogation farms in Ireland. Information shall include data on annual inspections, administrative checks, agricultural inspections in the context of cross-compliance arrangements and statistics on breaches.