CHAPTER 3 - Payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment
‘Article 43 - General rules
1. Farmers entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme or the single area payment scheme shall observe, on all their eligible hectares within the meaning of Article 32(2) to (5), the agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article or the equivalent practices referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article.
2. The agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment shall be the following:
(a) crop diversification;
(b) maintaining existing permanent grassland; and
(c) having ecological focus area on the agricultural area.
3. The equivalent practices shall be those which include similar practices that yield an equivalent or higher level of benefit for the climate and the environment compared to one or several of the practices referred to in paragraph 2. Those equivalent practices and the practice or practices referred to in paragraph 2 to which they are equivalent are listed in Annex IX and shall be covered by any of the following: [...]‘